Improvements in Shoe Holders.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoe Holders.
1, CHARLES AITKIN LLOYD, of 612, Parkwyrth Avenue, in the City of Balti-
more and State of Maryland, United States of America, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained, in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to supports for shoes while being blacked or polished,
and affords, not only a firm support for the shoe, but also a filling, similar to
the wearer's foot, whereby the shoe upper is maintained in the best form to be
polished.
The shoe form or last, is made to be folded back against the body of the holder,
on which are provided receptacles for boxes of shoe dressing. The accompanying
drawing illustrates the invention, in which Figure 1, is a side elevation; the
last arm being shown, in the operative position by solid lines and by dotted lines
in the folded position: certain parts being in section. Figure 2, is an enlarged
front detail of the arm joint. Figure 3, is a sectional plan view of part of the
last, taken on line of Figure 1, and with the members of the holder com-
and
pressed together; the spring, guides and check rod not being divided
Figure 4, is a front elevation of the upper part of the device.
The letter A, indicates the body of the invention. It is adapted to be fastened
as a bracket against a wall, or other perpendicular base, and is provided with
receptacles a, a, to hold boxes or bottles as desired. B, is a rigid, horizontal
shoulder on the lower part of the body, having a vertical slot b, adapted to re-
ceive one end of an arm C, which is held horizontally therein, and allowed
vertical motion, by its pivot c. The sides of the slot b, converge towards the
bottom, so as to bind and prevent lateral motion of the arm when the device is
in use.
A removable transverse lock pin D, through holes near the upper for-
ward edge of the shoulders, prevents vertical motion, and when the lock pin is
withdrawn, and the arm is raised, it will, if re-inserted, retain the arm in its
folded position. The free end of the arm C is curved downward, and secured
to the last E. This last is longitudinally extensible, being cross-bisected ver-
tically about its middle. One of its members is furnished with guide bars e, e,
and the other member with engaging sockets e, e¹. A repelling coil spring F,
is disposed between the guides, its ends occupying seats 9, g¹, in the opposite
faces of the divided last. To limit the action of the spring F, a shallow recess h,
is formed at the bottom of one spring seat as g, and a deep recess h', in the bot-
tom of the opposite spring seat as g¹. A check rod I, is held in the shallow
recess by a pin 1, through its terminal loop i; its other end is movable within
the deep recess h¹, and retained therein by a cross pin 11, at the mouth of the
recess, which will engage its terminal hook 1.
The check rod operates through the spring F, and is adjusted so that its
hook, engages the pin l, before the guides e, e, are entirely withdrawn from
their sockets. As the normal position of the toe member of the last is at its

page_text: greatest attainable distance from the heel member, the last may be made to fit
the largest shoe, and yet be compressed to fit a very small size. In every case
it draws taut the shoe upper in a form most favorable for polishing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A shoe holder comprising a vertical body attachable to a perpendicular
base, a normally horizontal and vertically foldable arm jointed thereto, and a
longitudinally extensible last on said arm, substantially as described.
2. In a shoe holder an arm joint formed of a shoulder on the holder body
having a vertical slot with downward converging sides, a vertically movable arm,
which is normally held in horizontal position therein by transverse pivot, and a
removable pin to lock said arm in the desired position, as herein described.
3. In a shoe holder a last attachable to a supporting arm, and cross-bisected
vertically midway of its length, a repelling spring between its members having
seats therein, a check rod through said spring secured to one member by a pin
through its terminal loop, its other end entering a deep recess in the other
member, its terminal hook adapted to engage a cross pin at the mouth of said
recess, and guide bars fixed to one member and engaging sockets in the opposite
member as herein set forth.
4. A shoe holder having a bracket body A, box and bottle receptacles a, a,
thereon, and a foldable arm supporting a last attached thereto, substantially as
herein set forth.
Doted this 14th day of December 1899
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.