US873722A - Innersole. - Google Patents

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No. 873,722. PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907,

H. COHEN.

INNERSOLE. APPLIoATIoN FILED 0012.12. 190e.

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IIYMAN COHEN, OI" NEW YORK, N. Y.

INNERsoLE.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907'.

Application filed October l2. 1906. Serial No. 338.551.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, HYMAN COHEN, a subi ject of the Czar of Russia, and la citizen of the Russian-Empire, residing at New York, in the county of New 'York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Innersles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to inner soles for boots and shoes andits novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts vas will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

The purpose of the invention is to provide means for varying the thickness of the sole at 15`its heel and making such variations, either uniform across the entire width of the sole, or greater at one side of the sole than the other.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa top plan view l of one of the two pieces of which the device is composed and a bottoni plan view of the other piece when the two are joined together;.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, each piece being turned over g Fig. 3 1s a side elevation 25 of the parts shown in Fig. 2; 4 is a rear elevation of the device when the wedges are 'arranged at the same side of the heel Fig. 5 is a similar view when the wedges are arranged at the opposite sides of the heel, and

Fig. 6 is a side view of the parts assembled as shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawings, 10 is the lower or positioning layer lof the lower heel piece. It may be of cloth, leather, canvas, buckram or Its function is to carry, support and locate a lower wedge 11 made of soft elastic material, such as soft rubber, and which wedge is preferably made in the form of a spherical or spheroidal seg- 40 ment with its wider edge 12 coincident with the outer edge of a part of thelayer 10, and tapering clown to a thin edge at '13. This wedge is secured to the layer '10 by any suitable means, for instance, the rows of stitching 14. The wider edge ,12 is preferably beveled sloping toward the layer 10.

20 is the upper or positioning layer of the upper heel piece.. It may be of cloth,

leather, canvas, buckram, or other suitable material. 4 It is preferably made of leather with a smooth upper surface, because it is the piece brough-tinto contact with the foot support a cushioning layer 21 of felt or similar material secured by rows f stitches 22, or in any other suitable manner, and to carry landlocate an upper wedge 23 made of soft elastic material such as soft rubber. The wedge 23 is preferably made in the forni of a spherical or spheroidal segment. Its wider edge 24 is beveled and coincides in contour with the` outer edge of the layer 20. It diminishes inwardly to a thin edge25 andis secured by any suitable means between the layers v20 and 21.

The lower piece made'of the layer 10 and wedge 11 and the upper piece nia-dc of the layers 20 and 21 and the wedge aro connected to each other by a short strip 30 ol' soft elastic material such as elastic webbing.

In using the device, if it is desired to increase the thickness of the sole at one side of the heel the parts are arranged as seen in rear elevation in Fig. 4 the upper 'and lower wedges being both on the saine side ol. the shoe and underneath each other. If, how ever, it is desired merely to increase the thickness of the sole uniformly the ,parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 5. In Fig. 4 the connecting strip 3() forms a flat hinge. In Fig. fthe strip 30 is twisted but 'forms a hinge which is not in contact with the foot of the wearerjthe layers 20 and 21 being between the wearer and the hinge. V

The lower heel piece 1s preferably made of less width than the upper heel piece, so that vthe entire device tapers downwardl)T and in wardly and the upper layer of the upper piece .overlaps the layers beneath it so that their edges cannot come into contact with the foot of the wearer.

The device is very cheap to make and is convenient and efficient in use.

What I claim-as new is 1. A device of the kind. described, comprising two hingedly connected ieces one of which consists of a positioning ayer, a pro-` adapted to be arranged to position the thicker portion of the wedge of one over 'either the thicker `or thinner portion ofthe wedge of the other.

2. A device of `the kind described, cornrising v'one piecev consisting voi a positioning ayer, a protecting layer and a wedge, and another p1ece'consisting of a positioning layer and a wedge and united by a iiexible hinge .secured to both pieces at their rear. 1

3. A device'of the4 kind described, coinprising a plurality of superimposed pieces each of which is'provided with a wedgek and .one of whichis movable with relation to the other to cause the thicker part of the wedge of one to b e positioned over either the thinner f or thicker part ofthe wedge of the other.

4f A device of the lkind'descrioed, comprising. a plurality' of A superimposed pieces each provided. with a wedge and a flexible `hinge connecting said pieces with each other fand ada ted to permit the pieces to be relatively a justable to place the thicker part of other."

tie wedge of one over either the thicker or thinner art of the wedge of theother..-

5` A. e'vic'e ofthe kind described comprising a plurality of superimposed* pieces each of which is provided with a wedge which is thinned" both laterally and longitudinally,

one of said pieces being reversible to position the thicker art of its Wedge over either the thicker or t 'nnen part of the wedge of the `v6.V A device 'of the kind described comprising a plurality of superimposed pieces each of rlwhich is provided witha wedge which is thihned both laterally .and longitudinally,

and means ,connecting said pieces" with each other, said connecting means adapted to perinit one of the pieces to be reversed, to permit the thicker part of the wedge of one to be positioned over either the thicker or thinner part ofthe wedge of the other.

v` 7. A device of the kinddescribed compris'- 40- which ls'providedrwith a wedge which is ing a plurality of superimposed pieces each of Nthinnedboth laterally vand longitudinally7 and a flexible hinge connecting said' pieces with each other and adapted to be twisted between the same. l f

' 48. A device of the kind described, comprisA ing an upper positioning layer and a wedge `secured to the lower surface thereof, the

thicker edge of the ,wedge coincidingin outlinewith t e contour of the positioning layer and sloping downwardly and inwardly therefromin combinationwith a lower positioning layer and ar wedge secured to the upper surface thereof, the'- thicker edge oi this wedve ycoincidinginoutline with the contour of the lower pos1tioning-layer-and sloping upwardly 4and outwardly therefrom, the up er posi-A tioning layer and' its wedge being inged 'to the lower positioning layer and its wedgewith a rear flexible strip. y

. 9. A device ofthe kind described compris-y ing a plurality of-pieces each having a posi- `from, a protecting layer .tioning layer provided with a wedge, saidl pieces being relatively movable to position the thicker art of the wedge oi one over either the t 'nner orv thicker part of the ing its thicker edge coinciding in outline withthe contour of its positioning layer and ,sloping laterally and longitudinally therefrom,

and a protecting layer between the positionwedge of theother, each of said wedges havwedgeof the other, each of the said wedges having its thicker edge coinciding in outline with the contour of its positioning layer andsloping -laterally and ongitudinally there- 'etween the positioning' layers, secured to one of theposition-v ing layers and arranged over the outer surface of the wedge therein, and a flexible" means 'connecting said pieces with-each other and adapted to permit said relative adjust. ment thereof.

1l. A device of prising an u er the kind described; ,tpmositioning layer fand a.,

wedge secure -to t e lower surface thereof,

the thicker edlgleof the wedgecoincidingin outline with t e contour'of the-positioning layer and sloping downwardly and' inwardly therefrom in combination with. a lower positioning layer and a wedge securedto the u'p-A s per surface thereof,- the thicker edge of this Wedge coinciding in outline with the contour of the lower positioning layer and sloping upwardly and outwardlytherefrom, the upper positioning layer and its wedge being hin ed 105.

to the lower ositioning layer vand. its we ge with a 'rear exible strip, and la'pro'tectingl layer intermediate the wedges ,and secured to dne'of the positionin layers.

IZN-Adevice of t e kind prising two positioninfy layers each provided with a segment-shaped of which extends diagonally ofthe layer to describedl lcom- A l 1'10 wedgethe niner edge which it is .applied and the outer edge of said layer, each of said layers/thinned toward lsaid inner edge', andv means connecting the layers with each other and 'adaptedto permit the same to' be relativelyl adjustedto position which coincides in outlinewith theedge of,

the 'thicker' artofthe wedgel of one over'.

either the t inner or thicker vpart 'of the'c wedge of the other.-

13. A device of I y I l the kinddesc'ribed scom-1 prismg 'two positionin layers each provided with a segmentshape wedge theA inner edge of which extends diagonally of the layer to l either the thinner or thickerpartof the Wedge which it vis applied and the outer edge of 'of the other. 10 which coincides in outline with the edge of In testimony whereof I affix my signature seid layer, each of said layers thinned toward in presence of tWo witnesses. o

said inner edge'y 'and a twistable connection HYMAN COHEN. between the rear ends of said layers, whereby Witnesses z' the same may be relatively adjusted to posi- HERMAN MEYER,

tion the thicker part of the Wedge of one over ALAN MCDONNELL. v

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