Year: 1888

page_text: I, AUGUST EDUARD MÜLLER of Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia Germany Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The ordinary straps used on boots and shoes are either made of leather or in most
cases of strong, tight woven band, which are sewn to the leg of the boot or shoe.
These leather straps and bandstraps are easily torn and unfortunately they become
useless soonest just on those boots where they are most required, i.e. with tight fitting
boots, difficult to put on.
In order to obviate this draw back, I have invented the metallic straps described
hereafter and shown on the accompanying drawing.
The object I have in view is to produce a metallic boot strap which will last, which
is convenient to the foot, which can easily be fixed to the leg of the boot, which can
be made invisible from the outside, or if parts of it are seen, that they may serve to
ornament the boot.
My metallic strap is shown in various forms of manufacture in the drawing.
Figure 1 shows it in the simplest manner: a metallic plate a is fixed to the boot
and to it is hinged the strap b made of wire in such a manner that when not used it
can be turned round and stuck inside of the leg of the boot or hang down out-
side of it.
Fig. 2 shows a similar arrangement; the plate c is fixed to the boot by cramps or
hooks d pressed out of it and to this plate is hinged the strap e as is indicated by the
figure. This strap can also be turned back in a similar manner as described with
fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a metallic boot strap made entirely of wire. The part f which is fixed
to the leg of the boot is made by bending a piece of wire at first double, then pressing
it flat, turning the double end at g at a right angle to form a hook which is afterwards
stuck into the leg of the boot, turning then the open ends at right angles in opposite
directions and finally pressing them flat and turning them in the same direction as
the end g to form similar hooks for fastening. To this piece is then hinged the real
strap which then can be turned backwards or forwards as will be understood from
the drawing and in a similar manner as the straps figs. 1 & 2.

page_text: The metallic strap shown by fig. 4 differs in construction from the three arrange-
ments shown. This strap in order to make it invisible when not used, is made so
that it can be sunk into the leg of the boot instead of being turned behind it. A
plate is made in channel or shape and the strap m is so formed that its legs n
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can be laid into the channel and pulled up and down in it; a stop piece o which also
serves as a guide to the legs of the strap is fixed to the plate 7, so that the ends p of
the legs stand against the piece o when the strap is pulled out in use.
Fig. 5 shows a metallic strap of this class corresponding to the strap fig. 2. The
plate is provided with the hooks r by means of which it is fixed to the leg of the
boot; the straps is held and guided in it by its legs being passed through the eyes t
formed on the plate 9 and against which the ends of the legs which are turned round
find a hold when pulled upwards.
Fig. 6 is a similar arrangement as that shown by fig. 4; the plate u being of channel
shape and the legs of the strap w are embedded and guided therein, but instead of
the stop piece o of fig. 4 the plate u itself is pressed out at x as shown by the figure
so as to hold the strap properly.
Fig. 7 shows a metallic strap forming a combination of the two classes described
and shown by figs. 1-3 & 4-6 respectively. The boot strap fig. 7 can be sunk into
the leg of the boot or it can be turned round or behind it. A plate y of ornamental
shape in front is bent double and fixed to the leather as shown so that the strap z can
either be sunk into the space left free or turned backwards or forwards as indicated by
dotted lines in the sectional figure.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pulling-on-loops for Boots and Shoes.
1, AUGUST EDUARD MÜLLER of Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia, Germany Merchant
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:-
The ordinary pulling on loops or straps used on boots or shoes are either made of
leather or in most cases of strong and tight woven band which are sewn to the leg of
the boot or shoe. These leather straps and band straps are easily torn and unfor-
tunately they become useless soonest just on those boots where they are most
required, i.e. with tight fitting boots difficult to put on.
To obviate this draw back, I have invented the metallic pulling on loops or straps
described hereafter and shown on the accompanying drawing.
The object I have in view is to produce a metallic pulling on loop which will last,
which is convenient to the foot, easily to be fixed to the boot, which can be made
invisible from the outside, or if parts of it are seen that they may serve to ornament
the boot.
My metallic pulling on loop is shown in various forms of manufacture in the
drawing.
Figure 1 shows it in the simplest manner: A metallic plate a is fixed to the boot
and to it is hinged the strap 6 made of wire in such a manner that when not used, it
can be turned round and stuck inside of the leg of the boot or hang down outside.
In the latter case it would be made of fine and ornamental shape and finish.
Figure 2 shows a similar arrangement. The plate c is fixed to the boot by the
cramps or hooks d punched out of it and to it is hinged the strap e as is shown by:
the figure. This strap can also be turned round in a similar manner as before
described with fig. 1.
Figure 3 is a metallic pulling on loop or boot strap made entirely of wire. The
part which is fixed to the leg of the boot is made by bending a piece of wire at.
first double, then pressing it flat, turning the double end at at a right angle to form
the hook, which is afterwards stuck into the leather of the bootleg; turning then the
open ends at right angles in opposite directions and finally pressing flat the two
ends and turning them again in the same direction as g to form similar hooks for
fastening. To this piece is then hinged the pulling on loop or strap proper k, which
then can be turned backwards or forwards as will be understood from the drawing
and in a similar manner as the pulling on loops shown by figs. 1 & 2.
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The pulling on loop shown by fig. 4 differs in construction from the three arrange-
ments shown and described before. This strap in order to make it invisible when not
used, is made so, that it can be sunk into the leg of the boot instead of being turned
behind it. A plate is made in channel form and the pulling on loop m is so formed
that its legs n can be laid into the channel and pulled up and down in it. A stop
piece o which also serves as a guide to the legs n is fixed to the plate / so that the
ends p of the legs stand against the piece o when the loop is pulled out for use.

page_text: Figure 5 shows a pulling on loop of this class corresponding to that of fig. 2 of the
class of the three devices first described.
The plate is provided with the hooks by means of which it is fixed to the leg of
the boot; the loop s is held and guided in it by its legs being passed through the eyes t,
formed on the plate q and against which the ends of the legs, which are turned round,
find a hold when pulled upwards.
Figure 6 is a similar arrangement as that shown by fig. 4; the plate u being of
channel shape and the legs of the pulling on loop w are embedded and guided
therein. But instead of the stop piece o of fig. 4 the plate u itself is pressed out as
shown at a so as to hold the strap properly.
Figure 7 shows a metallic pulling on loop forming a combination of the two classes
described and shown by the figs. 1-3 and 4-6 respectively. The pulling on loop
fig. 7. can be sunk into the leg of the boot or it may be turned round or behind it. A
plate y of ornamental shape in front is bent double and fixed to the leather as shown
so that the strap z can either be sunk into the space left free or turned backwards as
indicated by dotted lines in the sectional figure.
Figure 8 shows a pulling on loop embodying all the qualities specified at first, but
differing from the devices described by its being self adjusting, that is to say by
withdrawing into the leg of the boot as soon as it is left free. The plate A is bent
double and may be made of any shape and it is fixed to the leather in a similar
manner as the one described before, but its top side has only one slit B cut into it, and
the part cut out is bent or rolled half right and half left towards the inside as shown
at C. The loop or strap is made of hardened steel wire or spring steel and the ends
are bent round. The shanks D D acting like springs and having the tendency to
open outwards. From their shape and the spring action it will now be easily under-
stood that when pulled upwards, where the hook ends E E are stopped and take hold
of the rolls C, they will tend to open and thus to go back as soon as they are left
free and so they will retire automatically into the open space left between the
plate A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
Pulling on loops for boots and shoes made of any suitable metal and in any shape,
plaine or ornamental and being capable of being fixed in such a manner to the leg of
the boot or shoe that they can be made invisible from the outside when not used by
being either
1) Laid backwards or forwards, into the inside of the leg of the boot or shoe, in
turning like a hinge on the fixing plate, as per figs. 1, 2 and 3.
2) Sunk or stuck into the leg of the boot or shoe between the leather and holding
plate, by being pushed down or pulled up straightways, or
3) By being sunk into the leg of the boot or shoe between the leather and the
holding plate automatically by the spring action of the shanks of the loop.
Dated this 5th day of September 1888.
KARL T. MAYER,
Agent for Applicant.