Improvements in Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
Improvements in Shoes.
A communication by EDWIN LYFORD GODING, of 154, Middle Street, Portland,
in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, United States of America,
Shoe Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street,.
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this.
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to that class of shoes in which the upper and the sole are
placed wrong side out on the last, the upper being drawn over the edge of
the sole and stitched thereto and the shoe or slipper being then turned right
Bide out
The lower edge of the upper in the complete shoe is thus turned inward and
stitched directly onto the single sole by a single row of stitching and when this
stitching gives way, there is nothing to prevent the turned in edge of the upper
from projecting out over the edge of the sole and so spoiling the shoe for further
wear.
This tendency of the uppers of turned shoes to stick out and spoil the shoe as
soon as the stitches begin to break, constitutes their chief defect and it is to.
remedy this difficulty that this invention is directed.
The invention consists in connecting the turned in edges of the upper by a stay
piece extending across the ball of the foot. Thus, when the upper breaks away
from the sole, the edges are still held in place by the stay piece.
In the accompanying drawing is illustrated a shoe constructed according to the
invention.
In the drawing:
Fig. 1 represents an enlarged section across the ball of the foot and
Fig. 2 is a top view looking down on the shoe, a portion of the upper being cut.
away.
A is the upper and B is the sole of a turned shoe secured together in the usual
manner by means of a row of stitching & passing through a "leaf" e formed on the
sole.
The inner edges of the upper are connected by means of a stay piece C which
extends across the ball of the shoe on the inside of the sole. It is preferred to
use for this stay piece a piece of cotton fabric and it is usually secured to the
edges of the upper by a row of stitches c, although it is evident that other material.
may be used for the stay piece and that it may be otherwise secured. In practice
the stay piece is only made wide enough to cover the ball of the shoe as shown.
in Fig. 2, but if desired it may run the whole length of the shoe.
b
It will be seen that after the stitching & rips ont, the edges of the upper will be
held in and held together by the stay piece C and that the usefulness of the shoe
will be greatly increased.
In addition to the advantages named, it will be observed that the stay piece.
takes a portion of the strain which would ordinarily come on the stitching band.
thus the wearing qualities of the shoe are increased.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
The herein described turned shoe having a stay piece extending across the ball
of the shoe on the inside of the sole and stitched or otherwise secured to the inner
edges of the upper, the upper being stitched directly to the sole, substantially as
described.
Dated this 26th day of April 1804
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.