Combination Shoe Horn and Shoe Pulling Strap.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb., 1898
Combination Shoe Horn and Shoe Pulling Strap.
I, WILLIAM HERMAN LEWIS, of Princeton, County of Gibson, Indiana, U.S.A.,
Shoe Dealer, 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 has for object to facilitate the drawing on of shoes, more especially
of low shoes, by combining with a shoe horn a strap which engages against the
shoulder formed by the front of the heel, and by means of a pull exerted from the
shoe horn greatly assists in drawing on the shoe.. With the use of the device of
the invention the wrinkling or breaking down of the counter of the shoe which
frequently occurs with the use of the ordinary shoe horn alone, is avoided.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a shoe
with the invention applied thereto in operative position. Fig. 2 a detail view of a
portion of the shoe horn and shoe pulling strap secured thereto. Fig. 3, a section
on line of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 a perspective view of the rivet for securing the shoe
horn and pulling strap together.
1 is the shoe horn of usual form and material. 2 the pulling strap comprising a
strap of leather or textile material folded upon itself as at 3 to form a finger loop, one
end terminating at 4 and attached to a ring 5. The opposite end of the strap is also
passed through this ring and turned back, the extreme end being furnished with a
clasp 6 adjustable on the strap and by which the size of the lower loop is adjusted.
The horn 1 is provided with a slot 7 through which passes a rivet 8, said rivet
having a head 9, rib 10, and shank 11, the rib being of a size to take into the slot
and allow a movement of the rivet along the same.
To secure the strap to the horn a washer 12 is placed upon the shank 11 of the
rivet so as to bear against the rib 10. The rivet is then passed through an opening
in the strap, and a second washer 13 is placed thereon, and the rivet then headed
as at 14, thus the strap is securely fastened to the rivet and the rivet is adjustably
secured to the shoe horn whereby the horn has a movement independent of the
strap.
In operation the loop is placed around the heel of the shoe, the shoe horn being
inserted within the shoe, when the strap is made tight by means of the adjustable
clasp 6, when by the insertion of the foot into the shoe and by pulling on the strap,
the foot is easily slipped into the shoe without straining or wrinkling the counter
or the lining thereof.
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:
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In combination, a shoe horn having a longitudinal slot at its upper end, and a
combined pulling strap and heel loop comprising a strap folded upon itself, one
end carrying a ring, the opposite end being passed through the ring and turned

page_text: upon itself and a slide carried by the extreme end and adjustably secured on the
body of the strap, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 28th day of December 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.