An Exchangeable Heel for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1897-Accepted, 24th July, 1897
CUMPLEIN SPECIFICATION.
An Exchangeable Heel for Boots and Shoes.
I, LUDWIG FALTA, of No. 1 Altportelplatz, Speyer, in the German Empire, Boot
and Shoe Manufacturer, 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 a heel for boots and shoes, which can be detachably
attached to boots and shoes of any description by means of any attaching device.
In order that this invention may be the better understood I now proceed to
describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 shows the application of the heel to light boots and shoes, such as are
worn by ladies and children, for which the heel may be made of light leather, wood,
paper, cellulose or other suitable material such as metal, for instance aluminium.
Figure 2 shows the application of the heel to a heavy boot or shoe by means of a
screw.
For the attachment of the heel as shown in Figure 1, in section and plan, a
cramp y is provided between the inner sole and the sole a attached thereto."
The ends of the cramp y which project from the sole, have lugs h or recesses.
In order to fit and lock the cramp y in the heel, two small rectangular tubes k are
arranged in the latter. The tubes & consist of a rigid part and an elastic rear part,
which latter fit into recesses in the sole, and have projections z to engage with the
lugs or notches of the cramp y. A bar f, preferably connected rigidly to the
elastic parts of the tubes k by means of screw threads, passes, parallel to the sole,
through an orifice in the rigid front part of the tube and is adapted to move in a
tubular recess in the heel. By a pressure exerted on the knobbed end of the bar f
at e, the elastic part of the tube k can be drawn back and the heel disengaged from
the cramp y retaining it, in order to be exchanged for another heel.
For the attachment of the heel as shown in Figure 2, also in section and plan, a
screw e is rigidly attached to the inner sole by means of a metal plate i placed across
it, and 4, 6 or any other suitable number of guide pins 7 are also fixed to the inner
sole, so as to project outwards like the screw and to prevent the rotary movement of
the heel attached by the screw. In this modification the heel has a hole from top to
bottom to allow of the passage of the screw and the latter is screwed into a nut e
provided in a recess of the heel. A metal plate n is screwed to the lower face of the
heel to protect the recess and to prevent wear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. An attaching and detaching device for heels for boots and shoes, consisting
of a suitable cramp or screw arranged on the inner sole engaging into a
corresponding device in the heel.
2nd. In the device as claimed in Claim 1 a bar, having a knob or handle, and

page_text: provided on the heel, by which the spring pressure of the elastic parts is overcome
for the exchange of the heel.
3rd. In the device as claimed in Claim 1 the attachment of the heel by a screw
and recess at the lower part of the heel for the reception of a nut, and the covering
thereof by a metal plate.
A