US2888767A - Exchangeable shoe ornament - Google Patents

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. June 2, 1959 L; PINKUS 2,888,767

EXCHANGEABLE SHOE ORNAMENT Filed March 26, 1958 I A IE- EBA-'5 T I H. INVENTOR:

United States Patent EXCHANGEABLE SHOE ORNAMENT Lotte Pinkus, New York, N.Y.

Application March 26, 1958, Serial No. 724,059

1 Claim. (Cl. 41-34) My invention relates to shoe ornaments and some of its objects are to aifix an ornament firmly, but removably and, hence, exchangeably to a shoe, to provide the ornament for this purpose with a pliable metal clip and to protect the base of the shoe wearer from damaging contact with this clip.

Other objects are to make possible to adorn a shoe with any one of a variety of ornaments, to increase the variability by including a plurality of exchangeably connected ornamental pieces in the ornament, one of these pieces forming a base alfixed to the clip, another piece forming a top removably connected with this base.

Further objects are to hold the ornament on the shoe by other means in addition to the clip, thereby to pro vide additional protection against loss or dislocation of the ornament, and to use the means protecting the hose for this additional purpose.

Still other objects are to attain these results with simple and inexpensive means, and to provide an exchangeable shoe ornament that can be easily made and can be conveniently aflixed to and removed from a shoe.

Still other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an exemplifying embodiment of my invention, from the appended claim and from the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 shows a top view of a partially represented shoe with an ornament according to my invention atfixed to the shoe.

Fig. 2 shows a partially sectional side view of the parts shown in Fig. l, the sectionally represented parts being out along the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 to show the ornament in detached condition.

Fig. 3 shows a cross-section taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 4 shows a cross-section taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 5 which line coincides with line 3-3.

Fig. 5 shows a bottom view seen from the lower side in Figs. 3 and 4.

Figs. 2 to 5 are represented on a larger scale than Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 5 indicates a shoe which has an upper 6 with a free edge 7.

An illustrative embodiment of my invention comprises a clip 8 made of pliable metal and shaped like a U when seen from the side as in Fig. 2. The head 9 of this U connects its two legs 11 and 12 which are formed by plates that may be broader than the head 9. The leg or plate 11 is in afi'ixed condition adjacent to the outside of the upper 6 while the leg 12 is adjacent to the inside.

The outside leg 11 may have a window-like cut-out. The inside leg 12 has prongs or sharp projections 13 which may be stamped out of its area and point toward the leg 11.

An ornamental piece 14 is permanently aflixed to the leg 11, for example, by staples 15. The piece 14 is represented as a simple flat rectangle, but may have any desired shape, circumference, curvature and design. Another ornamental piece 16 may be detachably affixed on ice top of the piece 14, for example, by means of a snap button 17 afiixed to the piece 14 and snapping into a hole of the piece 16.

A tape 18 is aflixed to the clip in any suitable manner. For example, one end of this tape is clamped between the leg plate 11 and the ornamental piece 14. From the clamped end, the tape extends about the clip head 9, along the leg 12 and considerably farther into the shoe along the upper 6.

The tape 18 may be made of'fabric, thin leather, soft flexible plastic or any other suitable flexible non-metallic material, and is broader and longer than the clip 8. The side of the tape which is adjacent to the upper 6 may be adhesive like a scotch tape which can be afiixed and disengaged repeatedly.

The described ornament is affixed to the shoe 5 in the following manner:

In the original condition shown in Figs. 3 to 5, the clip 8 is sufiiciently spread to allow insertion of the upper 6 between the leg 11 and the prongs 13 of the leg 12. After the clip has been placed about the central portion of the upper edge 7 and has been moved toward the shoe front as far as possible, the legs are compressed whereby they grip the upper firmly and the prongs 13 bite into the same. If the tape 18 is of the adhesive type described, it is stretched into the shoe toward the front and pressed against the upper to which the tape will then cling. If the tape is not adhesive, it may dangle down from the clip until a foot is inserted in the shoe. The entering foot will stretch the tape into the position along and adjacent to the upper.

In thus aflixed condition, the ornament is secured against dislocation or loss in several ways which comprise the strong clamping action of the metal clip legs, the biting engagement of the sharp prongs and the hold of the tape on the upper due to its adhesion or to frictional engagement under the pressure of the inserted foot.

In order to separate the ornament from the shoe, the tape is disengaged from the upper, and the clip is unbent to spread its legs until the clip and the entire ornament can be withdrawn from the upper. The ornament can then be replaced by another ornament having a similar clip and tape, but having a difierent ornamental piece. In addition, the ornament can be varied without removing the clip from the shoe by exchanging the ornamental top piece 16.

I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular embodiment shown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that my invention may be carried out in other ways within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention as it is obvious that the particular embodiment shown and described is only one of the many that may be employed to attain the objects of my invention.

Having described the nature of my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A removable ornament affixing system for womens and girls shoes to prevent running and tearing of silk and nylon hosiery, said shoes having an upper with an instep vamp element at the forward portion of the shoe, said system providing a firm attachment permitting ready replacement and substitution whilst providing a firm stable attachment when mounted on the vamp, said system having a top decorative element positioned on the top of the vamp, a U-cross section metallic engaging element having an upper leg and a lower leg and connecting bend integrally connecting the adjacent ends of the upper and lower legs, said upper leg carrying the decorative element and being covered thereby and engaging the top face of edge of the vamp and the lower leg engaging the inside face of the top edge of the vamp directly inside of and under the top face of the vamp and said bend on its interior face contacting the edge of vamp at front instep of the shoe, said legs having offset interengaging projection elements firmly to engage the top and inside faces of the edge, and a protective adhesive cover strip serving both to protect the hosiery and enforce the attachment, said adhesive cover strip being permanently attached at one end between the upper leg and the ornament and being connected at one end between the upper leg and the decorative element and extending away therefrom so as to cover the bend and the lower leg, said adhesive cover strip having a smooth outer face and an adhesive inside face to cling to and attach itself to the lower face of the lower leg and extending beyond the lower leg to engage and attach itself securely to the inside face of the top edge of the vamp beyond the lower leg.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,640,898 Konicke Aug. 30, 1927 10 2,396,080 Bruegger Mar. 5, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS 679,190 France July 23, 1929

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