Improvements in and connected with Fasteners for Shoes, Boots,. Gloves, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application (in the United Kingdom), 22nd July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fasteners for Shoes, Boots,.
Gloves, and the like.
We, HANS ANDREAS FINSRUD, Goldsmith, and CARL EDWARD RAMBERG, Agent,
both of Skien, Norway, 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:-
:
These fasteners have for object to hold together the slit parts or flaps of shoe
uppers gloves and the like. For this purpose we employ a U shaped wire or double
pin which is introduced with its two legs into corresponding folds tubes loop-eyes or
staples arranged along the two edges of the slit, the head or piece which connects
the two legs being made to a certain extent feathering or spring like.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a shoe provided with such a
fastener.
Fig. 2 is a section through the fastener on line 2-2 Fig. 1.
Figs. 3 and 4 are front elevation and end view of the fastener.
Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of another form of fastener.
Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate yet another form. .
The pin shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is the preferred form which consists of the two
legs a a and the uniting head 6 formed as a helical spring all made of one piece of
wire. The wire may be quite thin, as it is not liable to break. It may also be of
flat section as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 where the head is formed with a twisted bend
acting like a spring.
The edges of the slit or flaps are provided with a fold c in which may be inserted
a wire helix or a thin tubular by preference flexible tube d of soft material say
This tube is below fixed
copper or rubber composition withstanding wear and tear.
to the leather flaps in some suitable manner so that it does not follow the pin when
the latter is withdrawn. When the pin is introduced, the feathering head will prevent
all unpleasant pressure on the foot, and anyone can easily increase or decrease the
spread or distance between the legs a of the pin so that it fits the foot exactly. The
legs of the pin in side view may be straight or have a gentle bend, or a curve of
contrary flexure answering to the profile of the instep (see Figs. 4 and 6).
The head of the pin may be a separate piece or knob into which the ends of the
legs enter, for instance as shewn in Figs. 7 and 8, where e is a coil spring placed in a
hollow knob and serving to spread the upper ends of the legs apart and thereby when

page_text: inserted draw their other ends apart. A knob of some suitable shape may also for
the sake of looks be used in combination with the pin constructions of the kind
shewn in Figs. 3 to 6.
This fastener may also be applied to boots, but then in connection with a fastening
device or lacing for the shaft of the boot.
The fastener herein before described is very simple and strong, wherefore it is
cheap and lasting. As it is also elastic it is comfortable in use while it gives the
shoe a neat appearance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A fastener for shoes, boots, gloves and the like consisting in a U shaped pin,
the legs of which-are introduced in folds hollows, tubes wire helices, loops or staples
arranged in or along the edges of the slit or gap substantially as set forth.
2. A fastener as firstly claimed consisting of a U shaped, bent, round or flat, wire
of steel or other suitable material, the legs being united by a coil or other spring or
placed in a knob containing a spring, substantially as set forth.
3. A shoe having a tube shaped fold along each edge of the gap or slit on the
instep and wherein may be placed a wire coil or a tube of soft material with-
standing wear and tear, for the purpose of being applicable with the fastener described
substantially as set forth.
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Dated this Twenty-second day of July 1808