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E111. HOOPER.

RU88R HEEL. APPLICAUON Hutu JUNE :9. 191a.

Reissued Feb. 25,1919. 14,596.

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. 14 596, I Specification of Beissued Letters Patent. Reiggugd Feb; 25, 1919,

Original No. 1,236,174, dated August '1, 191?, Serial 130. 41,151, flied July 21, 1915. Application or reissue Zone 19, 1918. Serial 1T0. 240,855.

To all whom it may concern-3 ing or'attaching the same manually upon a 7 Be it known that I, Emvaan J. Ttlcorna, a shoe or the like; and I 85 citizenof the United States, residing at Fig. 7 1s a side elevatlonal view illustrat- Stoughton, Massachusetts, have invented a ring the fastening of my new heel upon a certain new and useful improvement in shoe through the use or employment of a Rubber Heels, of which the following is machine-operated spanker-plate. a specification, reference being had to the Referring to the said drawing, in which 60 accompanying drawings, forminga part like reference characters refer to like parts thereof. throughout the several views, my new heel 10 This invention relates to certain new comprises or includes a body-member 1 and useful improvement in rubber orcushformed or made of rubber or other analogous ion heels for boots, shoes and the like,the resilient or cushioning material and which 35 objects principally of my present invention, may be of various sizes and outlines, as debeing to provide heel of the kind and for sired, to neatly fit and correspond with the the purpose stated of simple and inexpensive sizes and outlines, respectively, of the parfoim and construction, which may be res vticula-r shoe heels or the like to Wnich my new ily, conveniently, and quickly eperatively' heels are adapted to be fixedly attached.

1 attached firmly and secureiy upon the shoe This bodymcmber 1, which is of any suitable or the like, which, when cperatively apthickness to provide a comfortable elastic plied and fixed upon the shoe-heel, will or resilient cushion, is preferably, forpurneatly register at its therewith, and poses hereinafter appearing and as illuswhich is capable of approximately maxi- 'trated particularly in Fig. 4, normally, that 75 mum, wear Without its fastening means be-- is to as manufactured and prior to atcoming exposed, and to improve gsneraiiy tachment of the heel upon a shoe or the like,

26 upon and simplify the eenstiuct-ion of heeis concaved at its upper surface, as at a," and of the kind described. correspondingly convexed at its under or- 1th the above and ob in view, tread suriace, as at a. 39 my present invention resides certain novel Embedded fiatwise and approxlmately features of form, arrangement, construction, centrally Within body-member l and form- !0 and combination (if-parts, all as wiilhereining substantially an integral part of the after he described and afterward pointed heel, is a relatively small flatmetallic plateout in the claims. i 2, laterally projecting integrally from one In the accompanying drawing, side of which through the upper portion of Figure 1 is a plan view, showingthe under body-member 1 is a plurality of pointed 35 face or surface, of a rubber or cushion heel ,members or nails 3. These nails 3, which, embodying my invention; gas illustrated in Fig. 5, are preferably in a.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the same series around plate 2 adjacent its edge or -takcn approximateiy on the line -42, Fig. margin, are of such length relatively to the 1, the same being shown finished form in thickness of the upper portion of bodyconnection with, and prior to removal member 1 as to extend or protrude at their from the producing maid: ointed or shoe-engaging portions suitably Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a siightly lieyond the plane of the upper face or sum modified form of heel embod ing my invenfare of body member 1, as clearly seen in tion talren through the heel on aline such Fig. 4. I a i 45 .ilPPlOKlnltttBly line 3-3 of Fig. 1", I Provided in body-member 1 on -its oppo- Fig, t is a sectional view through the heel site or tread portion and preferably coincion approximately the line 4%, Fig. 1; dent or in alinement, respectively. with nails Fig. 5 is an inverted plan. view of the heel- 3 of plate 2, are countersunk approximately fastening member piste forming an incylindrical openings or recesses 4 of suitable to tegral part of my new ,depth adapted to receive either thepegs or Fig. 6 is an inverted pa iew of the tool lugs 5 of a manually operable heel attaching or spankenplate which p to employ in or ephnkenplate 6, illustrated inllig. 6, or connection with my new heel. when fastenthe pegs or lugs 5,, of a machine operable ,hiscl-attaching or spanker-plate 6, illustrated in Fig. 7.

In manufacturing my new heel, I preferably employ a mold such as is lllustrated in Fig. 2. This mold includes abase'member,

\ B, an intermediate member G, and a top or movable member D. Base member B, Within the confines of intermediate member C, has a raised upper face or surface convexed at its margin, as at h, to form the, as it might be described, depressed upper surface of body-member 1 with its normally concaved marginalportion a', top member D being correspondingly provided with a, as it also might be described, recessed under'face or a surface concaved at its margin, as at d, to

form the tread surface of bodymember 1 with its normally'convexed marginal portion a. Base member B is further provided on its upper surface or face with a pluralit of-sultably positioned or arranged upstanding proj ect1ons or lugs 7 adapted to properlysupport'plate 2 flatwise approximately centrallyin the-mold, projections or lugs 7, being reduced at their upper ends to proiddeshoulderedportions 8 adapted to loosely fit and engage with small perforations 9 in plate2 to hold plate 2 inproper position in the molddurin' the process of manufacture of the heel. Countersunk in'base B of the mold is a pluralityof approximately .cylindrica'l recesses 10 of suitable depth adapted to accommodate the proj ectin or protruding portions of nails 3 of plate 2. 1'0- jecting downwardly from the under face of mold top member D is a, plurality of lugs or the ]i re 11 adapted to form saidcylindri;

cal recesses 4 of bodynnemberl.

Plate 2 being positioned as described with in the mold, the proper weight or amount of rubber or other analogous material in a soft or plastic condition or state, as will be understood, is suitably placed in the mold around plate 2, and the mold then closed for vulcanization orother rubber hardeningprooess'. As shown in Fig. 5; plate 2 is also provided transversely with a plurality of openings 12, through which penetrates the soft or plastic rubber or other material when pou-redor placed in the mold, whereby plate 2 is thoroughly and firmly centrally anchored, during-the vulcanization or other rubber hardening process, in body-member 1, with its integral nails 3 protruding from body-member 1, as described. The moldbeing Qubjectcd to suitable pressure and vulcanization or other rubber hardening process being now had, the heel, when removed from the mold, has the form and construction described. I

, The heel so formed and having the characteristics or features stated is nowready to be attached or fixed upon a shoe or the like, which may be easily and conveniently accomplished through the use or employment of the hand spankenplatc 6' or the machine spanker-plate 6', the pegs or projections 5 or 5' of the same, respectively, being adapted to neatly fit said recesses -l of body-member 1. A heel of proper size and outline being placed upon a shoeand= either of sai spanker-plates being engaged, as described,

with the heel, on suitable pressure, a blow,

or the like being applied to and upon the spanker-plate, the force thereof will be transmitted or imparted approximately directly to and upon plate 2 and its integral nails 3 consequently driven into. the shoe heel. In such operation, body-member 1 will be flattened against the underside of the shoe-heel and its edge or marginal portion caused to neatly register with the outline of the shoe-heel, body-member l losing its described normal shape or form. This flattening or-flexin of the heel will to a certain extent place ody-member 1 under tension, that is to say, body-member. 1 will have1a constant tendency, under its inherent elasticity or resiliency, to return to or regain its described normal form or shape, and bodymember 1 at and throughout its edge or marginal portion will accordingly tightly hug or press approximately flatwise against the under side of the shoe-heel.

Thus the heel, though free from nails or the like and hence substantially unattachedat its marginal portion from the shoe-heehwill be held by nails 3 and its; 'own inherent elasticity or resiliency firmly and securely in close flatcontact throughout its area with the shoeheel. It will be noted by reference'to Fig.

1 that body-member 1 is preferably of slightly greater thicknessat its edge or marginal portion to increase the wearing properties of the heel, the wear upon a shoe heel being usually greatest at its rear margi-- nal edge.

Mynew he'el may be cheaply and economlcally manufactured, and from the foregoing it will be seen that, due to the peculiar and novel construction of my ,newheel and the arrangement andposition of plate 2 and its nails 3 relatitvely to body-member 1, the heel may not only be quickly, easily, securely, and most convenientlyfixed upon the shoe-heel, but also is capable of approxi: mately maximum wear without plate 2 becoming exposed.

The modified form of my new heel shown in Fig. 3- difi'ers from the preferred form thereof hereinbcfore described merely that the marginal portion-of body-member 1, mstead of having the normal-curved or concavo-convexed form shown in Fig. 4, is

more sharply or obliquely disposed to the central art of the heel; and it is to be understoo that other changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new heel may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and. rinciple'of my invention.

Having. t us described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is:

1. The cushion heel for boots, sl1oes, and

the like herein described, the same including a body-memberof rubber. having an outline to correspondwith the outline of the usual boot or shoe, said body-member having transversely greater thickness at its marginal portion than at its central portion and eing formed with opposite tread and attachlng-faces approximately flat throughout their central portions, the body-member at its thicker marginal portion only "being concaved on its attaching-face and convexed on its tread-face. v

2.-A heel construction comprising an elastic body having a flat central base'portion provided With a heel-engaging side and a tread surface, said side and surface lying in parallel planes, an integral bevel portion projecting from and extending entirely around said .base ortion, the marginaledge of the heel-engaging side of said bevel portion lying in a single plane, and means for fastening said body upon the heel of a shoe.

3. A heel construction comprising an elastic body having aflat central base portion provided with a heel engaging side and a tread surface, said side and surface lying in i i. A rubber heel for boots and shoes consisting of an elastic or resilientbody-meinber normally of concavo-convex form, having embedded fiatwise and approximately centrally within the body-member a relatively small metallic plate provided with a plurality of pointed nails of'such length relatively to the thickness of the rpper portion of the body-member as to extend or protrude beyond the upper face or surface of the body-member, adapted to be driven into the shoe-heel, thereby flattening the body-member against the under side of the shoe heel and placing the body-men'iber under tension so that it will have a constant tendency to return to or regain its normal form or shape and throughout its edge or I marginal portion will accordingly tightly hug-or press flatwise against the under side of the shoe heel.

I 5. A rubber heel for boots and shoes consisting of a body-member comprising a substantially fiat central portion having a margin concave on its upper or attaching surfaceand convex on its under or tread surface, a relatively small metallic plate embedded in the body-member approximately central thereof, and a plurality of nails integrally {connected to the plate and projecting beyond the attaching surface to securethe central portion of the heel to a shoe, the dimensions of the plate being such as not to substantially interfere with the distortion of the marginal portion of the heel When flattoned on the shoe heel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

EDWARD J. HOOPER.

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