Two-piece high top shoe tree
AssigneeRpm Industries, LLC
InventorsRoger P. Mueller, Roy P. Mueller, Joe Nemeth, Robert Schoning
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Abstract
A two-piece, high top shoe tree includes a toe member that has a distal tip end and a proximal end. The toe member is insertable into a toe portion of a respective shoe and formed to support the toe portion of the shoe. The shoe tree also includes a heel member that is insertable into a heel portion of the respective shoe and formed to support the heel portion thereof. The heel member has a forward end and a top end. The shoe tree is further provided with a quick release mechanism for securing the toe member to the heel member so that the toe member and the heel member may be assembled together and inserted into the respective shoe to give support thereto.
Claims16
A high top shoe tree for use with foot wear, said shoe tree comprising:
- a toe member, having approximately the shape of the front half of a human foot, having a distal tip end and a proximal end, said toe member being insertable into a toe portion of a respective piece of footwear and formed to support the toe portion of the footwear;
- an L-shaped heel member having approximately the shape of the back half of a human foot, being insertable into a heel portion of the respective piece of footwear and formed to support the heel portion thereof, said heel member having a forward end and a top end and extending from said midpoint of the footwear to a back thereof when inserted therein;
- quick release means for securing said toe member to said heel member whereby said toe member and said heel member may be assembled together and inserted into the respective piece of footwear to give support thereto said quick release means including a dovetail tenon formed on said proximal end of said toe member;
- and a mortise slot formed in said forward end of said heel member, said mortise slot being shaped to correspond to said dovetail tenon so that it is snugly slidable into said mortise slot whereby said toe member is secured to said heel member at a midpoint of the respective piece of footwear when the two members are inserted therein.
A two-piece shoe tree for use with footwear, said shoe tree comprising:
- a toe member, having approximately the shape of the front half of a human foot, having a distal tip end and a proximal end, said toe member being insertable into a toe portion of a respective piece of footwear and formed to support the toe portion of the footwear;
- a heel member having approximately the shape of the back half of a human foot, being insertable into a heel portion of the respective piece of footwear and formed to support the heel portion thereof, said heel member having a forward end and a top end extending to ankle height, said heel member extending from said midpoint of the footwear to a back thereof when inserted therein;
- quick release means for securing said toe member to said heel member whereby said toe member and said heel member may be assembled together and inserted into the respective shoe to give support thereto said quick release means including a dovetail tenon formed on said proximal end of said toe member;
- and a mortise slot formed in said formed end of said heel member, said mortise slot being shaped to correspond to said dovetail tenon so that it is snugly slidable into said mortise slot whereby said toe member is secured to said heel member at a midpoint of the respective piece of footwear when the two members are inserted therein.
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