Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1897-Accepted, 11th Sept., 1897
I, ATHELSTON EXSERVIA GOOCH, Shoemaker, of South Braintree, in the County
of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America, 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 improvements in insoles, and consists of the
combination with an insole proper of a stiffening strip secured about the edge of
the under surface of the same and adapted to receive the welt.
In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,―¸.
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an insole embodying my invention,
taken from above; part of the slit portion being turned back to expose the stitches.
Figure 2 represents a bottom plan view of said sole, with a portion of the welt
attached, and
Figure 3 represents an enlarged detail perspective view of the stiffening strip.
1 in the drawings represents the insole proper and 2 the stiffening strip. Said
insole is cut to the desired shape and slit at the desired point in proximity to its
edge upon its upper surface as at 3 to permit the slit portion to be turned back and
the thread 4 for the attachment of the stiffening strip 2 to pass through the portion
of the insole at the bottom, of said slit part so that said slit portion may be turned
down over the stitches to protect the same after the stiffening strip has been
attached.
Said stiffening strip comprises a base portion 5 through which the thread 4 is
adapted to pass to secure said strip in position and a thickened downwardly
extending portion 6 extending across about half the width of said strip. This
thickened portion 6 is slit as at-7 to provide an attaching lip 8, whereby the welt
may be secured thereto.
It will be observed from the foregoing description that from, the peculiar con-
struction of my insole a very light sole may be employed, the same receiving the
desired stiffness and elasticity from the strip 2 with which it is provided. At
the same time the quantity of leather necessary for the manufacture of this insole
is greatly reduced and the same thereby constructed much cheaper than other-
wise could be possible if the thickness of leather were used across the entire breadth
of the sole. The strip 2 is preferably grooved along its extended portion so that
the stitches of the thread 4 will sink in the said grooved portion and thus be
protected from being cut by the needle of the welt machine while the welt is
being secured in position.
My improved insole contains all of the required features of a perfect insole in
both rigidity and elasticity but at the same time requires a much less amount
of leather in its manufacure than has heretofore been possible.
This insole is equally applicable to hand sewed and hand welt as to machine
work

page_text: 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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. The combination with an insole proper, of a stiffening strip secured about
the same in proximity to its outer edge, substantially as described.
2. The combination with an insole proper, of a stiffening strip secured about
the same in proximity to its edge and provided with a downwardly extended
portion slit to form a lip for the attachment of the welt, substantially as described.
3. The combination with an insole having a diagonal slit in proximity to its
outer edge upon one side for the reception of a thread, of a stiffening strip upon the
opposite side of said sole in proximity to its outer edge, and a thread passed
through said stiffening strip and the diagonal slit to secure the former in position,
substantially as described.
4. The combination with an insole proper having a diagonal slit arranged in
proximity to its edge upon one side, of a stiffening strip having a downwardly
extending slit portion for the attachment of a welt, and a thread passed through
said stiffening strip and the insole proper so as to lie in the slit of the latter,
substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of July 1897
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.