US3473241A - Shoe heel with an interchangeable heel tap - Google Patents

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US3473241A
US3473241A US675087A US3473241DA US3473241A US 3473241 A US3473241 A US 3473241A US 675087 A US675087 A US 675087A US 3473241D A US3473241D A US 3473241DA US 3473241 A US3473241 A US 3473241A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B21/00—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts
    • A43B21/24—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B21/30—Heels with metal springs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B21/00—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts
    • A43B21/36—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by their attachment; Securing devices for the attaching means
    • A43B21/42—Heels with replaceable or adjustable parts, e.g. top lift
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B21/00—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts
    • A43B21/36—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by their attachment; Securing devices for the attaching means
    • A43B21/47—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by their attachment; Securing devices for the attaching means by resilient means
    • A43B21/48—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by their attachment; Securing devices for the attaching means by resilient means by press-buttons

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  • a shoe heel with an interchangeable heel tap comprising an axial hole opening downwardly, a sleeve member firmly mounted in said hole, one end of said sleeve member projecting from said hole and being provided with a flange-like element in abutting engagement with the free end of said heel, a shaped block member for abutting engagement with said step element, a stem member carrying said block member and designed to be releasably inserted into said sleeve member.
  • This invention relates to an interchangeable heel tap particularly suitable for use with female shoe heels in general.
  • heel taps are commercially available which, whilst having different structures, are designed to satisfy but one object, and, more precisely, they are intended to preserve a shoe heel from wear.
  • These known types of heel taps are advantageous from some points of view and are widely used.
  • these heel taps are disadvantageous due, above all, to the fact that they are diicult to apply to shoes and consequently usually necessitate the aid of a Shoemaker.
  • Heel taps are also known which allow the user both to apply and to substitute them.
  • these heel taps are not such as to guarantee the stability and life usually required from such articles.
  • the main object of this invention is that of providing a heel tap which is not subject to the above indicated inconveniences, and, which may, consequently, readily be iitted and/ or substituted on female shoes by the user without by this adversely affecting the required characteristics of practically, stability and resistance to wear.
  • Another object of this invention is that of providing a heel tap which comprises means adapted to ensure the protection of the bottom part of the heel to which it is fitted even wher "l heel tap be completely worn down.
  • Another object of this invention is that of providing a heel tap whose structural dimensions are of limited encumbrance and which is consequently suitable to be tted to shoes in general.
  • a further object of this invention is that of providing a heel tap which may be produced from materials which are readily commercially available and such as to give the required attributes of mechanical resistance and resistance to wear, as well as a heel tap which may be produced by known work processes, and which is of consequently low cost.
  • An object of the invention is that of providing a shoe heel adapted to releasably and interchangeably receive a heel-tap member according to the invention.
  • a shoe heel having a longitudinal hole, characterized in nited States Patent O ice that it comprises a heel-tap member, a stem member carrying said heel-tap member, said stem member being arranged for slidable guiding within said longitudinal hole, a sleeve member inserted into said longitudinal hole with a free end in contact with said heel-tap member, spring means in said longitudinal hole between said sleeve member and said blind end, and locking means for releasably locking said stern member within said sleeve member.
  • FIG. l shows a perspective view of separated parts of a heel tap according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional elevation of a heel tap according to the invention tted to a shoe heel.
  • the heel tap according to the invention comprises a block or top lift 1 (of leather, synthetic resins or the like) suitably shaped and provided on one of its faces 2 with a hollow stem adapted to be inserted, in an engaging manner, in a cavity or central recess 4 axially provided in the body of a shoe heel 5.
  • a sleeve member or sheath 6 which is of shape such as to be exactly conjugate both to said cavity 4 and to the stern or tube 3.
  • a cap member 6a is mounted on the upper section of said sheath ⁇ 6, which is centrally provided with a vertical pin 6badapted to extend inside said sheath 6 and to provide a mounting for a spring 6c.
  • the lower section of said sheath or sleeve member 6 is provided with a plate-like edge or step or ange portion 17.
  • the lateral external surface of said sheath 6 is transversally provided with annular rim members 17a of flexible synthetic material and designed to ensure the stability of the desired positioning of the sheath 6 within the cavity 4 provided in said heel 5.
  • a ilexible tongue 10 In the stem 3, on its front plane face, is provided, by means of longitudinal slots 8 and 9, a ilexible tongue 10.
  • the lower portion of said tongue 10 is provided with projecting teeth 11 and 12.
  • Said teeth are designed to engage in seats 13 and 18 respectively provided in the sheath 6.
  • the seat 13 is surrounded by a guide 13a dimensioned in manner such as to exactly house the tooth 11.
  • Said sheath internally defines a longitudinal relief 14 designed to engage with a conjugate longitudinal grooving 15 formed in the stem 3.
  • the engagement of said grooving with said stem is such as to secure the unit, formed by the association of the stem 3 with the sheath 6, against twisting or forces tending to alter its stability.
  • an edge or lip 16 peripherally surrounding said face 2 of the block 1 and adapted to encompass the Width of said step 17 of the sheath 6.
  • the sheath 6 is inserted in the axial cavity 4 provided in the heel 5 in manner such that the lower end or step 17 of said sheath covers or protects the cover layer of said heel 5 folded in known manner below the lower end of said heel. It is then suiiicient to insert the stem 3 in said sheath 6 against the action of said spring 6c in manner such that that the longitudinal grooving 15 of said stem engages the longitudinal relief 14 of the sheath.
  • the peripheral edge 16 of the Iblock 1 exactly surrounds the stop 17, while the teeth 11 and 12 engage in the respective seats 13 and 18; thus the stable locking of the heel tap according to the invention is achieved.
  • the tooth 11 is externally accessible with respect to the heel 5; thus, in order to replace the heel tap according to the invention, the user simply acts on said tooth 11 in manner such as to disengage the latter from its seat 13 and, consequently, cause the simultaneous disengagement of the tooth 12 from the seat 18. Simultaneously to said disengagement, the spring ⁇ 6c causes the expulsion of the stem 3, after which the user may readily eiect the replacement of the heel tap according to the invention.
  • a further especial advantage is represented by the peripheral edge 16 which, besides constituting a means ensuring the stability of the heel tap according to the invention, also confers a desirable esthetic attribute to said heel tap since it serves to hide the junction lines of the various parts constituting the heel tap.
  • cooperating means for the quick removal of a worn-out top lift and replacement thereof by a new one, said cooperating means including: a central substantially vertical recess in the shoe heel, a sleeve member iixed into said recess and having a flange portion at an end thereof near the free end of the shoe heel, said ange portion having a peripheral outline corresponding to the peripheral out- '4 line of the free end of the shoe heel, a lift member having a tube rigid therewith insertable into said sleeve member and cooperating resilient means for detachably anchoring said tube into said sleeve member, wherein according to the improvement said lift member has an upper face abutting against said ange portion, said upper face has a peripheral outline greater than the peripheral outline of said ange portion and an upstanding lip upwardly projecting from said upper face along said peripheral outline and encompassing externally at least the peripheral outline of said ange to prevent lateral movements of the lift member.

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US4907351A (en) * 1988-11-29 1990-03-13 Giichi Hirai Heel device for shoes
US6289612B1 (en) * 2000-01-21 2001-09-18 Dorene Jean Kent Footwear having concealed storage cavity for personal items
US20080244931A1 (en) * 2007-04-08 2008-10-09 Gallegos Alvaro Z Replaceable heel system
US20130312285A1 (en) * 2012-05-26 2013-11-28 Poonam Sharma Convertible, Removable and Replaceable Heel Transformation Device, Mechanism and Methods
US20200029654A1 (en) * 2017-04-14 2020-01-30 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US11297900B2 (en) * 2017-04-14 2022-04-12 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US20220225733A1 (en) * 2017-04-14 2022-07-21 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US12262790B1 (en) * 2024-10-24 2025-04-01 El A. Panda Changeable top lift heel system
US12402693B2 (en) 2023-03-11 2025-09-02 Adjovi Koene Heel cap assembly

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US2063042A (en) * 1934-04-16 1936-12-08 Mauser Max Shoe heel structure
US2070229A (en) * 1933-06-22 1937-02-09 Frank T Gentile Detachable lift for shoes
US2829447A (en) * 1957-05-21 1958-04-08 Odom Marion Earl Process for an improved variable position shoe heel
FR1284086A (fr) * 1960-12-30 1962-02-09 Perfectionnements aux armatures des talons de souliers de dames
US3079709A (en) * 1959-06-26 1963-03-05 Yankov Kiril Top lifts
AT228086B (de) * 1960-09-30 1963-06-25 Johann Ehrlich Fa Lauffleck für Schuhabsätze und Verfahren zur dessen Herstellung
FR82747E (fr) * 1962-12-18 1964-04-03 Perfectionnement apporté au maintien des patins de talons de chaussures pour femmes

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DE50456C (de) * Firma ROBEY & COMP, in Lincoln, England Verstellbares Excenter an einem Strohschüttler für Dreschmaschinen
US2070229A (en) * 1933-06-22 1937-02-09 Frank T Gentile Detachable lift for shoes
US2063042A (en) * 1934-04-16 1936-12-08 Mauser Max Shoe heel structure
US2829447A (en) * 1957-05-21 1958-04-08 Odom Marion Earl Process for an improved variable position shoe heel
US3079709A (en) * 1959-06-26 1963-03-05 Yankov Kiril Top lifts
AT228086B (de) * 1960-09-30 1963-06-25 Johann Ehrlich Fa Lauffleck für Schuhabsätze und Verfahren zur dessen Herstellung
FR1284086A (fr) * 1960-12-30 1962-02-09 Perfectionnements aux armatures des talons de souliers de dames
FR82747E (fr) * 1962-12-18 1964-04-03 Perfectionnement apporté au maintien des patins de talons de chaussures pour femmes

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US4907351A (en) * 1988-11-29 1990-03-13 Giichi Hirai Heel device for shoes
US6289612B1 (en) * 2000-01-21 2001-09-18 Dorene Jean Kent Footwear having concealed storage cavity for personal items
US20080244931A1 (en) * 2007-04-08 2008-10-09 Gallegos Alvaro Z Replaceable heel system
US20130312285A1 (en) * 2012-05-26 2013-11-28 Poonam Sharma Convertible, Removable and Replaceable Heel Transformation Device, Mechanism and Methods
US20220225733A1 (en) * 2017-04-14 2022-07-21 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US11297900B2 (en) * 2017-04-14 2022-04-12 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US20200029654A1 (en) * 2017-04-14 2020-01-30 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US11523659B2 (en) * 2017-04-14 2022-12-13 Angela M. Yangas Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US11957209B2 (en) * 2017-04-14 2024-04-16 El A. Panda Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US20240260716A1 (en) * 2017-04-14 2024-08-08 El A. Panda Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US12317954B2 (en) * 2017-04-14 2025-06-03 El A. Panda Heel tip cushion with anchoring mechanism inside heel stem
US12402693B2 (en) 2023-03-11 2025-09-02 Adjovi Koene Heel cap assembly
US12262790B1 (en) * 2024-10-24 2025-04-01 El A. Panda Changeable top lift heel system

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