US1020160A - Shoe-pad. - Google Patents

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L. S. ROWE.

SHOE PAD.

APPLIOATIONILED SEPT. 30, 1 911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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.To dll whom it may concern Beit known "that I, LEWIS S. Bowie, a' jcitizen ofthe United States,-residing at Santa Barbara, inthe county o f Santa Barbara and State of'California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Pads, of which the following is a specification, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawing.`

This inventionrelates. toheel pads for shoes, and has for its .object to provide a pad orprotector .which may be easily vand '.'quickly applied; to shoesdurmg the manufacture othe lsame orfafter.

n .A further Object ofthe invention is to conv-struotan:article of this character in a peculiarzmannenfwhereby' the heel is.- prevented Y ,fromsmoviinggup and downxand sidewise,

.thereby not-.only making the shoe fit more comfortablygbut saving the .foot covering as'.

NVith.thefabove:and otherobjects in view, the-, invention .consists in'thenovel. features offconstruction, .combination andA arrange# .ment :ofparts hereinafter described, pointed .outin'the'.olaiinsand.illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which* thegpad-.orfprotector; Fig. 3 isa sectional Viewl on the line -3-'3 .off Fig. 2.

bein preferably formed fromffelt and. provide with a central opening 3, said opening being substantiall elliptical in shape. .That ,portion ofthe pa surrounding-the'opening 3 is. gradually tapered. or v'reduced in thick-` ness, .towardits outer edges, thereby providing a pad which-is thickestadjacent the openin .-3, ...andai-.afv point where thezpressure o the. heel ,.f Vthe vwearer .isA greatest'.

lThe.outeranldinner -facesof the pad 2 are 'convex and concavere'spectiv'ely.- as. indicated .at 4.an'd`5 so thatthe pad more Areadily 4con- .:forms 'gto Athe v..conc,avoconvex lform of the heel counter, therebypermitting of the easy.

insertionfof v the heel ofthe foot into the shoe.

.'Tojthefouterface of the pad 2 is pasted A..or-.1lotherwise1 suitably secured a backing',

"ofisioft leather, said backing being the'same1 `size-*asgthe pad 2 so that vthe latter isen- 'l tirely covered. A `A. facing strip is provided and tapers slightly toward its upperend,

and 'glued or otherwise suitably secured to the inner face of the pad 2 so that theouter face of the strip 7 is devoid of obstructions. It will bo observed from reference to Fig.1

opening 3 of the pad and lies closely against the wall thereof.

`The dimensions. of the strip 7 are such that the edges `thereof project beyond Vthe edges of the pad 2,.whereby the pad is secured in itsV proper position atthe heel lcounter of thev shoe byigluing. the projected. .edges of the-strip to the heel countenl .The -upper edge of the strip -7 is stitched. to-.the upper Vedge of the: heel ofthe shoe,'.which prevents said strip-.from becoming displacedA atthis y point, when the shoe isbeing-,placed on the foot. Thev lower edge of. the strip -7isbent `soas to rest upon the heel .andis-heldin the ball of the .heel Arest-s V.upon the `li'faoing strip 7, the .cavity-or depression-inthe-central portion of the heel pad,formedrin-.the manner above described, receivingzthezcentral portion ofthe .back of the heel,l thereby preventing the .heel from movingfupand down or sidewise, thus eliminating thisob saving the foot covcringas well asA the lining of the shoe. f

If desired and as. shownin Fig. 4l dotted lines, the strip.7 maybe so-secured tothe pad 2 that the central portion of thefsame' is stretchedacross lthe openin .3, thereby prd- .the-backing 6 and facingstrip.7,-for` vcontact with the ball of the. heel.

y Having thus described the invention, I claim:` 1 V l 1. .The combination with-ashoe,.of apad ing formed-thereimsaidpad being' shaped to; conform to the inner. Asurface ofthehheel counter of the shoe, -andfaiacing strip of flexible. material .arran ged gnipon' the inner .aceof thefpa'dmnd upon'the wall of the .opening ,therei-n, the edges of said strip extendingfbeyond theedges'of the pad and being'secured to the heel counter to hold the pad in position.

2. The combination with a shoe, of a pad -consisting of .compressible material having said strip being also formed from leather".

that this facing strip also extends intothe ducing,in effect, an air c amber 'between` place by Vpasting .the sameto` the-sole lining.-

From this construction itwill be seen that" jection experienced in walking,fand:thus.

...im of yielding material having.a central open-l a central opening therein and being gradually reduced in thickness from said .opening to its edges, said pad beino shaped to -conform to the inner surface of the heel counter of the shoe, and a flexible facing strip arranged upon the inner face of the pad and extending into the opening thereof, portions of said strip being extended beyond the edges of the pad and secured to the shoe to hold the pad against displacement.

3. The combination with a shoe, of a felt A pad of concavo-convex form provided with a central opening, a flexible backing secured to the convex face of the pad, and aflexible facing secured to the concave face -of the vpad and 'lying closely against the wall of the opening therein, theedges of said facing extending beyond the edges of the pad and being secured to the' shoe to hold said pad against displacement.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of twowi'tnesses.

' LEWIS S. ROWE. Witnesses:

E. J. TAYLOR, l B. H. FISH.

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