Binding strip for shoes
AssigneeThe Alger Corporation
InventorHarold F. Davenport
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Abstract
There is provided a binding strip for shoes comprising a long strip of leather having marginal portions of substantially uniform thickness and one or more laterally arcuate portions of reduced thickness disposed between the marginal portions; the reduced portion may be passed between rollers which cooperate to crush or break the leather fibers in order to render the binding still more compliant, the result being that the strip may be over-folded about the margin of an element of the shoe upper in such fashion as to provide a smooth wrinkle-free binding of pleasing appearance.
Claims1
A binding strip for shoes, comprising a long strip of leather having a grain side and a flesh side, said flesh side being provided with a continuous laterally arcuate groove cut therein to remove a portion of the fibers therefrom and disposed intermediate the margins of the strip and extending throughout the length of the strip, said cut arcuate groove providing a zone of reduced thickness and facilitating the overfolding of the strip, the fibers of the leather lying beneath said cut arcuate groove being crushed, broken and compressed and the fibers adjacent but beyond said groove being uncrushed so that the strip may be overfolded about the margin of an element of a shoe upper to provide a wrinkle-free binding of pleasing appearance.
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