Boot and shoe making – Tools – Interiorly stretching assembled shoes
Patent
1976-02-13
1976-10-19
Lawson, Patrick D.
Boot and shoe making
Tools
Interiorly stretching assembled shoes
A43D 500
Patent
active
039862216
ABSTRACT:
A boot tree comprising a shoe tree including adjustably interconnected toe and heel structures, an elongate shaft including adjustably interconnected shaft sections and having a plurality of longitudinally spaced, laterally oriented grooves in the outer surface thereof, one end of the shaft being pivotably connected to the shoe tree, a handle connected to the other end of the shaft, a crossbar pivotably connected to the shaft, a pair of boot strap engaging hook members connected to the opposite extremities of the crossbar, and a locking tongue connected to the crossbar and engaging one of the grooves in the shaft in one angular position of the shaft relative to the crossbar so as to permit movement of the crossbar towards the handle and to prevent movement of the crossbar towards the shoe tree, rotation of the handle and the shaft relative to the crossbar and the shoe tree from the one position releasing the locking tongue and permitting movement of the crossbar towards the shoe tree and release of the hook members from the boot straps.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1650846 (1929-11-01), Moland
patent: 2253725 (1941-08-01), Plotkin
patent: 3187357 (1965-06-01), McCabe
Hinderstein Philip M.
Lawson Patrick D.
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