US1261459A - Shoe-fitting device. - Google Patents

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D. A. THALIMER.

SHOE FITTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, |911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

WITNESS INVENTOH.

DAVID ARTHUR THALIMER, OF VASI-IINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-FITTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed June 19, 1917. Serial No. 175,610.

i vTo all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID ARTHUR THALI- Mnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Vashington, in the county of lVashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fitting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

rIhe invention relates to shoe fitting devices intended for use in the retail shoe business, and has for its primary objects, the provision of a foot measuring device whereby the size of shoe required can be quickly and accurately determined by merely adjusting the device to the foot of the customer; the provision of a cheap simple device of the character specified whereby the two measurements of the foot required may be taken at the same time; and the provision of a measuring device which can be easily adjusted and read. One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein-- Figure l is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-II of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line III- III of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a development of the cylindrical indicating member shown in Fig. 1.

The body portion of the device is in the form of a tray having the bottom 1, the sides 2, 3, and the ends 4: and 5. The bottom preferably has its upper surface provided with a sheet, 1a, of Celluloid to protect the wood and improve the appearance of the device. Extending longitudinally of this tray or box is the bar 6 provided at its ends with transverse bars 7 and 8 adapted to bear against the ends t and 5. above the transverse bar 7 is a retaining strip 9, while a cylindrical member or roller 10 lies above the bar 8. The bar 6 is thus mountedl for limited lateral movement toward and away from the side 2 of the tray, and is at the same time always maintained in parallelism with the sides 2 and 3.

rlhe bar 6 is preferably of the cross-section indicated in Fig. 3 and carries the longitudinal movable block 11 which is raised so as to fit the bar 6 with a dove-tail connection, thus preventing the accidental removal of the block 11. Mounted for lateral movement in the block 11 is the bar l2, such bar having end portions 13, 14, and a middle portion which extends over the bar Lying- 6 and through arecess 1 5 in the block 11 (Fig. 2).

The bar 6 is provided with the graduations 32, 33, 34, etc., and also carries at its end a pointer or indicator 16 adapted to fit over the rotary member 10. The rotary member 10 is provided with a plurality of longitudinal lines 32, 33, 311, etc., (F ig. 4:) and each of these lines is graduated vand marked with the letters A, B, C, D and E, which correspond to widths of shoes.

In operating the device the foot is placed as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 with the heel resting against the side l and the side of the foot resting against the side 2. The bar 6 is then adjusted laterally until the block 11 engages the outer side of the foot, such block also being adjusted longitudinally until the bar 12 engages the toe of the foot. This brings the parts in position to indicate the size of shoe required for the foot being measured, the front end of the block 11 coinciding with the 36 graduation, and when the member l0 is turned to bring the 36 line thereof uppermost the indicator 16 is opposite the letter B. If the 32 graduation, which is the first one on the bar 6, represents a No. 1 shoe, then the 36 graduation represents a No. 5 shoe, and the size of shoe required is .f5-B. The foregoing will be sufficient to represent the method of use, the graduations on the bar 6 representing the lengths while the graduations on the rotary member 10 represent the widths, the length being first ascertained and the member 10 then being rotated to bring uppermost the member corresponding to the length. The device can be quickly and conveniently adjusted and gives an accurate showing as to the size of shoe required in each case. The device is relatively small and cheap in construction but is capable of use within a wide range and is so constructed that it can be conveniently applied to the foot. Other advantages incident to the device will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. In a foot measuring device, relatively fined side and end members for engaging the side and end of the foot to be Ineasured, a graduated bar extending parallel to the side member and movable toward and from said side member, an end bar secured at right angles to the said graduated bar and movable longitudinally thereof, a rotary` member extending transversely of the graduated bar, and a plurality ot' sets of graduations extending longitudinally of the rotary member and arranged to indicate the Widths of shoes required for given lengths.

2. In a foot measuring device, relatively fixed side and' end members for engaging the side and end of the foot to be measured, a graduated bar extending parallel to the side member and movable toward and from said side member, an end bar .secured at right angles to the said graduated bar and movable longitudinally thereof, a rotary member eX- tending transversely of the graduated bar, and a plurality of sets of graduations extending longitudinally of the rotary member, the graduated bar being marked to correspond to different lengths or sizes of shoes, and the rotary member having its sets of graduationsl marked to correspond to the lengths marked on the graduated bar.

3. In a foot measuring device, relatively fixed side and end members for engaging the Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the side and end of the foot to be measured, a graduated bar extending parallel to the side member and Vmovable toward and from said said side member, an end bar secured at right angles to the said graduated bar and mov-I able longitudinally thereof, and also mounted for endWise movement, and graduated means for indicating the lateral yposition of the said graduated bar.

t. In a foot measuring device, a tray having an upright end and sides, a graduated bar extending longitudinally thereof and mounted for lateral movement but held parallel to said sides, an end bar mounted on the graduated bar for movement longitudinally thereof and extending at right angles thereto, an indicator on the end of the graduated bar, and a cylindrical rotary member provided on different portions of its circumference With a plurality of sets of longitudinal graduations with which the indicator on the graduated bar is adapted to register.

DAVID ARTHUR THALIMER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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