Improvements in Shoe or Boot Heels.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
Improvements in Shoe or Boot Heels.
I, LOUIS ALEXIS HILAIRE VANHOVE, of No. 139, Calle Paraná, in the City of
Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Republic, Shoemaker, 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 a shoe or boot heel of improved form, which unites
the advantages of cheapness, lightness, elegance, and to an improved method of
attaching the same to the upper-leather without requiring the use of nails, stitch-
ing or glue.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a front view of
a heel constructed according to my invention; Fig. 3 being a longitudinal section
showing the mode of connecting the heel with the upper-leather.
As will be seen on reference to the drawings, my improved heel, which may
be constructed of wood, metal or any other suitable material, is provided, in its
upper periphery, with a groove a designed to receive the lower edge of the quarter
or rear portion of the upper-leather b which is held firmly in the said groove by
means of a clamping strip c of sole leather, whereof the cross section corresponds
with that of the said groove and which passes around the semi-circular or rear
part of the heel, the extremities of the said strip projecting forwardly on each
side of the heel and being skived to the proper thickness so as to meet and form
a part of the welt or a part of the insole to which the outer sole is sewn or pegged.
This clamping strip c is driven or forced into the groove a while in a moist
state, forcing the edge of the quarter of the upper-leather 6 firmly into the same;
when dry it is trimmed to correspond with the configuration of the heel. I have
found in actual practice that the said clamping strip is amply sufficient for the
purpose of holding the edge of the upper securely in its place without the use
of any other means. It nevertheless receives the additional security of the
stitches or pegs used in attaching the outer sole and which pass through the
forward extremities of the strip. The said clamping strip & may be replaced by
a metallic spring adapted to the form of the heel or by a
suitable material.
strip of any other
Although the groove a is represented in the accompanying drawings as triangu
lar in cross section, I do not limit myself to such a form of groove as same may
be varied as desired. The general form of the heel is also unessential to the
invention, which is applicable to the gracefully formed heel of a lady's shoe or
slipper, as well as to the heaviest brogan or military shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim:-
1. A heel for shoes, boots or the like, provided with a groove in its upper
periphery, into which groove the edge of the upper-leather is introduced and held
therein by means of a clamping strip or spring, substantially as described.
2. In a shoe, boot or the like, the combination, with the upper-leather 6, of
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page_text: a heel having a groove a in its upper periphery, and a clamping strip or spring c,
whereby the upper-leather is firmly secured to the heel without the use of other
means of fastening, substantially as described.
Dated the
1000
1030
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For the Applicant,
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
Chartered Patent Agent,
Clun House, Surrey Street, London, W.C.
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