US639326A - Heel. - Google Patents

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No. 639,326. Patented 'Dec. l9, I899. F. WIESEN.

H E E L.

(Application filed May 12, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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FRANK WFIESEN, OF MILWAUKEE, YVISCONSIN.

HEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,326, dated December 19, 1899.

Application filed May 12, 1899. Serial No. 716,486. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, FRANK WIESEN, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide the boot and shoe trade with simple, economical, and light readily-attachable metal heels having detachable leather tread-lifts. Said invention therefore consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a sectional View of a portion of a shoe and illustrates an application of my improved heel, the View being indicated by line 1 1 in the succeeding figure; Fig. 2, a top View of the heel with fastening devices for the same in horizontal section, this View being indicated by line 2 2 in the preceding figure; Fig. 3, a view indicated by line 3 3 in the first figure,

illustrating a partly-sectional plan view ofthe parts inverted, the leather lift and backing for same being broken; and Fig. 4, a transverse section indicated by line 4 4 in said first figure.

Referring byletter to the drawings, A indicates a shell of metal,preferably aluminium, and this shell constitutes part of a shoe-heel in accordance with my invention. The general design and dimensions of the shell are subject to variation according to the style of shoe the heel is to form a part. The bottom of the shell is shown closed to form a backing B for a leather tread-lift O, and this backing may be an integral part of said shell or a plate set therein, the latter being illustrated as the preferred construction. The backing-plate is of steel and preferably provided with outturned prongs b at intervals of its edge for engagement with the leather tread-lift. The upper portion of the shell is provided with front and rear central seats for a steel plate D, herein shown as being preferably made with a longitudinal keyhole-slot c, the circular enlargement of this slot being The plate is made at the forward end of same.

fast to the shell by screws d or otherwise, as may be found most convenient, and a heelsupport is shown in the form of a headed stud E engaging the plate-slot, this stud being a projection depending from the shoe-sole here in shown.

Extending through the shoe sole and slotted upper plate of the heel is a metallic post F, headed in said sole. That portion of the post immediately under its head is preferably squared to have snug angular engagement within the slot of plate D, and the lower end of said post engages a corresponding aperture in the backing for the leather tread-lift of the heel. This lower end of the post is made hol low and interiorly threaded for the engagement of a screw Gr, that extends up through the leather tread-lift, the head of the screw being flush in said lift or countersunk in the same, as may be preferred.

It is preferable, as herein shown, to provide the lower portion of shell A with a depending flange 0, engageable with a corresponding notch in the leather tread-lift (3, this flange being flush with the bottom of said lift, where the greatest wear comes upon the heel.

In practice the slotted plate D of the heel is engaged with the stud E and said heel moved forward into the position it is to 00* cupy as part of the shoe. The post F is now positioned and the screw G run up in said post to firmly hold the heel in place. The stud F prevents the heel from straining on the post, and instead of this stud some other means may be employed for connecting plate D with the heel end of the shoe-sole.

The metal portion of the heel may be exteriorly polished and burnished,-or it may be enameled to match or contrast with the foot portion of the shoe, and if the leather treadlift becomes worn a new one may be readily substituted Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Aheel com prising ainetal shell provided with a central upper plate longitudinally thereof, another plate set in the lower portion of the shell and provided with outturned prongs, means for. connecting the upper plate with the sole portion of a boot or shoe, a soleengaging post extending down through said plates, a leather tread-lift hacked by the lower plate, and a post-engaging screw extending up through the tread-lift.

2. A heel comprising a closed-bottom metal shell having a central upper plate extending in a direction from front to rear and provided with a keyhole-slot, a headed stud attachable to a hootor shoe sole for engagement with the plate-slot, a post engageable with the sole to extend down through said plate-slot and the shell-bottom, a leather tread-lift backed by said shell-bottom, and a post-engaging screw extending up through the tread-lift.

3. A heel comprising a closed-bottom metal shell provided with a depending flange where the greatest wear comes upon said heel and having a central upper plate longitudinally thereof, means for connecting the plate with the sole portion of a boot or shoe, a sole-engaging post extending down through said plate and shell-bottom, a leather tread-lift notched to fit the aforesaid flange, and a postengaging screw extending up through the tread-lift.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK WIESEN. Witnesses:

B. O. ROLOFF, N. E. OLIPHANT.

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