Method of making ornamented articles from sheet material and articles produced thereby

• US 2,622,052 A
• Filed: 09/02/1948
• Issued: 12/16/1952
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1948
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James D. Chandler
• Original Assignee: James D. Chandler
• Inventors: Chandler, James D.
• Application Number:
  US03/047,462
• Time in Patent Office: 1,566 Days
• US Class Current: 36/45
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/24 Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0078 provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration A43B23/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43D 111/00 Shoe machines with conveyors for jacked shoes or for shoes or shoe parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1056 Perforating lamina
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24339 Keyed

Claims

1. THAT IMPROVEMENT IN METHOD OF ORNAMENTING SHEET MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A FLEXIBLE LAYER OF LEATHER, PERFORATING SAID LEATHER BY REMOVING MATERIAL THEREFROM TO FORM HOLES THEREIN EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH THE LEATHER LAYER, SAID HOLES FORMING A PREDETERMINED ORNAMENTAL DESIGN, AND APPLYING THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL TO ONE SIDE OF THE PERFORATED LEATHER LAYER TO FILL SAID HOLES AND THEREBY CAUSE THE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN SAID HOLES TO SHOW ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID LEATHER LAYER TO ORNAMENT SAID LAYER.

6. AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING AN ORNAMENTED SHOE UPPER OF LEATHER HAVING A GRAIN SURFACE AND A FLESH SURFACE, PERFORMATIONS IN SAID UPPER EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH THE LEATHER, SAID PERFORATIONS FORMING AN ORNAMENTAL DESIGN ON SAID UPPER LOCATED IN PREDETERMINED RELATION TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER, AND THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL FILLING SAID PERFORATIONS SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE GRAIN SURFACE OF THE LEATHER, SAID THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL EXTENDING BEYOND SAID FLESH SURFACE AND COATING AT LEAST THE PORTIONS THEREOF ADJACENT TO SAID PERFORATIONS, SAID THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL BEING PERMANENTLY BONDED TO THE LEATHER AND CONTRASTING IN COLOR WITH THE UPPER AND THEREBY ACCENTUATING THE DESIGN FORMED THEREON BY SAID PERFORATIONS.