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US 4,358,903 AGranted
Wedge bonded shoe welting
AssigneeBarbour Welting Company, Inc.
InventorsRichard K. Hynes, Robert W. Hynes
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Abstract
A wedge bonded shoe welting is provided comprising fibrous and non-fibrous component members which has the strength, pliability, and appearance of genuine leather welting and the ability to be trimmed and finished as leather welting but at lower cost.
Claims7
A wedge bonded shoe welting adapted to be secured in a shoe comprising:
- a member of non-fibrous composition comprising a base, a groove within the base extending along its length, and a broad beveled surface;
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- a member of fiberboard material comprising an outer surface and an end surface, each having a grain appearance which is exposed to exterior view in an assembled shoe, and a broad beveled surface which is coextensive with and bonded to the broad beveled surface of the non-fibrous member, said fiberboard member having a generally trapezoidal cross-section, said fiberboard member being bonded to said non-fibrous member at the beveled surfaces thereof such that said non-fibrous member is hidden by said fiberboard member when secured in a shoe, thereby to prevent viewing of the non-fibrous member.
A wedge bonded shoe welting comprising:
- a member of non-fibrous material having a bottom surface, a broad beveled surface extending upward and inward from the bottom surface, a narrow beveled surface extending from the broad beveled surface and a groove in the bottom surface extending along the length thereof;
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- a member of fiberboard material having a broad beveled surface coextensive with and bonded to the broad beveled surface of the non-fibrous member, a bottom surface coplanar with the bottom surface of the non-fibrous member, a top surface and an end surface each having a leather-like appearance;
- the welt adapted to be affixed to a shoe with the bottom surface of both members supported on an upper surface of the outer sole, with the narrow beveled surface of the non-fibrous member engaging a portion of the shoe upper near the sole, the top and end surfaces of the fiberboard member being substantially the only visible portion of the welting in an assembled shoe.
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