US2370951A - Shoe heel - Google Patents

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March 6, 1945. MiGOLDBERG 2,370,951

SHOE HEEL Filed June 16. 1945 Patented Mar. 6, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I I SHOE HEEL 1 Michael Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa;, M v Application Junelfi, 1943, SerialNo. 491,269- r 7 101mm." (erase-46') i V l which location is-the part of the heel that is This invention relates to improvements in shoe heels, and while primarily designed and intended for rubber heels, it will be obvious that the inventionmay be successfully embodied in heels constructed of leatherpplastic, composition, or any other suitable'material.

Important objects and advantages of the in vention are to provide a shoe heel of the character described, which embodies a removable and. replaceable heel section at the part of the-heel usually most subject to wear whereby the wear-'-- ing life of theheel is doubled or at least appreciably prolonged, which may be embodied in the shoe structure by the manufacturer and replacement of the removable heel section made readily by the user himself when required, which will renovate run-down heels on otherwise good heel structures, which eliminates the distortion and discomfort of shoes and feet caused by walking on run-down heels, which is simple in its construction and arrangement,.highly eflicient in its use, and comparatively economical in its manufacture, attachment, and use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood that the latter is merely illustrative of an embodiment'of the invention, and that changes in the form, proportions, and detailsof construction may be resorted to that'come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts. throughout the several views:

Figure l is a bottom plan view of a shoe heel constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational viewthereof with the replaceable section removed therefrom.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the improved heel, partly in cross section, and illustrating its connection with the associated heel base.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the replaceable heel section.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a reenforcing member embodied in the present invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing I denotes the main body of a shoe heel, which is generally of the conventional construction universally employed in the manufacture of rubber shoe heels, excepting that same is constructed with a comparatively large indentation 2. The latter is disposed at the rear outer side of the main body 1,

run-downfrom wear in -fully-ninety percent of run-down heel conditions. i

The indentation 2 has a straight side wall 3' and-a straight end wall 4, which latter is disposed at-right angles withresp'ect to said side walls. The side wall 3 extends at an angle of approximately sixty degrees, relatively to the longitudinal center of the 'mainbody' I, andhas its outer or rearward end preferably disposed slightly beyond or inward of said longitudinal center.

Y The top edge margins or the side and end walls 3 and 4 are recessed to provide communicating grooves, respectively indicated at 5 and 6, when the main-body I is secured to and against the usual heel base 1 of a shoe in the manner well known in the art, whereby the bottom of the heel base 1 provides the top, walls ofsaid grooves .5 and 6.

A replaceable heel section 8 is mounted in the indentation 2 of the heel main body I and is complemental to the latter in forming the full and complete heel structure.

The heels section 8 has a straight inner side wall 9 and a straight forward end wall I0 which abut against respective side and end walls 3 and 4 of the indentation 2. The top of the walls 9 and m are provided with respective connecting flanges II and I2, which engage in respective grooves 5 and 6 formedin the Walls of the indentation 2.

As the heel section 8 is complemental to the i main body I, the outer peripheral wall of the y former is suitably curved to form the proper heel curvature between the outer ends of the I heel base 1 by means of a screw l3, which extends through a countersunk aperture 14 provided therefor in the heel section 8 and engages in the heel base 1.

If the improved heel is embodied in the shoe structure by the manufacturer, a nut l5 for the screw I3 is preferably embedded in the heel base I to provide a more substantial and definite attaching engagement for said screw I3. enhance the stability of the stated screw attachment, a foraminous reenforcing member l6 may be molded into the heel section 8. The screw I3 passes through and may have ment with the latter.

It will be noted that the engagement of the To further threaded engagesection flanges H and I2 in respective body grooves 5 and 6 will provide holding attaching means for the heel section 8 extending throughout the lengths of the embodied side and end walls 9 and !0. Such engagement of the flanges, in conjunction with the engaged screw I3 will efiectively secure the heel section 8 against movement in the heel structure. It is, of course, apparent that vcement also may be employed in connection with the above described attaching elements, or that nails, or other suitable'attach-" ing means maybe used instead of the screw 13 without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any advantages of the invention:

In employing the improved heel, it is, of course,'

necessary to provide conversely arranged indentations 2 and heel sections 8 to suit same for use 2,370,951 iii the entire heels, assuming, of course, that the heels originally or previously were provided with the improved heels. -Further, the heels sections 8 may be procured separately and mounted ,or attached by the user himself.

The present invention provides a most efi icient device of its kind, which will obviously conserve the useof rubber, which may be economically manufactured, and which may be successfully employed in the manner andfor the, purpose herein set forth.

What I claim is: A shoe heel structure comprising in combina- 'tion, a heel base, a threadednut embedded in said base, a rubber heel body secured to said base,

said body being providedwith an indentation on both right and left shoes 'ofa pair of 'shoes.1

nished by themanufacturer conform exactly to the contour of the heels in connection with which they are supplied. 7

In repair work by a shoemaker, the latter simply replaces only the heels sections 8 instead of 1 having 'a straight side wall and a straight end wall which latter extends at right angles with respect to said side wall, the top edge margins of said side and end walls being recessed to provide a connecting groove in conjunction with the adjacent face of said base, a rubber heel section mounted in said indentation and being shaped to conform to the contour of said indentation,- said Y section including projecting flanges engaging in said connectinggroove, a foraminousreenforcing member embedded in said section, and a screw extending through" saidsection and through said member and engaging in said nut for removably securing said section with said body and to said base.

MICHAEL J. GOLDBERG.

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