US1280984A - Shoe-lace clip. - Google Patents

Description

S. M. GOSLEE.

SHOE LACE CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12. 19:1.

1,280,98. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

INVENTOR 5M Goalee 527M464 SAMUEL M. GOSLEE, 0F GLASSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-LACE CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed October 12, 1917. Serial N 0. 196,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. GosLEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glassport, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe lace clip and has for its primary object to provide a clip by means of which shoe lace ends may be eifectively held against displacement and in such a manner that the tying of a bow knot is dispensed with.

An object of the invention is the novel manner of stampin the bead from one edge of the body and slitting the same whereby the shoe lace end may be held between the walls of the slit and the adjacent portion of the shoe lace protected by the bead.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a shoe showing my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the clip.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clip.

Fig. 4 is an edge view.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view.

The clip consists of a body portion 1 of a substantial rectangular configuration with tongues 2 extending therefrom. These tongues are passed through the leather of the shoe and bent so as to hold the clip in place. One edge of the body, in this particular instance the lower edge, is rolled back nipon itself to form a hollow head 3 through which the shoe lace passes. After the shoe lace is arranged in the head a knot maybe formed in the lace as illustrated in Fig. 1 with a result that the shoe lace end is prevented from being pulled through the bead.

If found advisable in practice, a slit 4: may be formed in the body at thejuncture thereof with the bead into which the end of the shoe lace may be squeezed. This latter construction more efi'ectively grips the shoe lace and may allow the shoe lace to be inserted into the bead by moving the shoe lace parallel to the body 1 until the shoe lace enters the bead 3, after which the end is forced into the slit.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

A shoe lace fastener comprising a resilient rectangular metallic body having one longitudinal edge curved outwardly and then inwardly toward the body with its edge terminating in slightly spaced relation to the body, to form a hollow bead, one end of said bead adjacent its juncture with the body being slit and the material of the bead at one side of the slit being bent outwardly upon itself to provide a tapered slot.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL M. GosLEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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