US1492513A - Ice creeper - Google Patents

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April 29, 1924 1,492,513 A. F. GROEBL ICE CREEPER Filed Jan. l0 1925 /N VE /V TOR Patented pr. 29, 1924..

UNITED STATES PATEK? GFFEC.

ADOLPH F. GROEBL, OF OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN BERNARD POWERS, OF OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK.

ICE CREEPER.

Application led January 10, 1923..

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ADoLPH F. GRoEBL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Oyster Bay, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ice Creeper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to ice creepers and has for an object to provide an improved construction which is very efficient and which may be quickly and easily applied o-r removed.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ice creeper having an appreciable sup-porting surface with means for holding the same on the ball of the foot.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an ice ,creeper in which an elastic member is used for holding the supporting and friction surfaces in position.

In the accompanying drawing* Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a shoe with an ice creepe-r embodying the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view on an enlarged scale, o-f the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 1 approximately on line 8 3.

Figure 4 is a. diagram showing the way the chain illustrated in Figure 2 is laced into the supporting buckles.

Fi ure 5 is a plan view of a supporting bucle or plate embodying certain features of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a shoe of any kind. On the shoe 1 a creeper is adapted to be positioned as shown in Figures 1 and 2 and when in this position, the elastic retaining member 2 is arranged across the toe of the shoe an appreciable distance from .the end while the supporting friction surface 3 is .arranged across the ball of the foot, said supporting friction surface extending to the respective fastening plates or buckles 4 and 5 whereby they are connected to the elastic 2. Preferably, each of the plates 4 and 5 is made with a slot 6 for receiving the elastic 2 Serial No. 611,895.

and with a cut-out portion 7 having bendable fingers 8 and 9 arranged adjacent thereto. The surface 3 is preferably formed of a single chain though it may be made of a number. Then formed of a single. chain, it is looped into the respective plates 4 and as shown in Figure 4, namely, with one end fastened at l0 on the plat-e 5 with the body threaded through the respective openings 7 a number of times and then the bendable fingers 8 and 9 bent up as shown in Figure 4 whereby substantially closed apertures 11, 12 and 13 are presented for accommodating the links of the chain while holding the same spaced.

If desired, a central spacer 14 may be used, said central spacer being preferably a small rod or wire formed with eyes enclosing part of the side chains or side sections of the single chain. After the parts have been completed as shown in Figures 1 and 3, the device may be readily applied or removed at any time and by reason of the elastic 2, caused to properly fit different sized shoes.

What I claim is 1. An ice creeper, comprising a pair of plates having a plurality of notches therein, and bendable fingers positioned between said notches, a chain threaded through said notches to provide a supporting surface, the various sections of said chain being held separated by said fingers, and a supporting member secured to said plates for holding the plates and chain in an operative position on the shoe when the device is in use.

2. An ice creeper of the character described, comprising a pair of plates, each plate having an opening therein, and a pair of bendable fingers adapted to be bent toextend across the opening for dividing the same into a plurality of apertures, a chain threaded through said apertures for forming a supporting surface, and means connected with said plates for supporting the plates and the chain on a shoe when the device is 1n use.

ADOLPH F. GROEBL.

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