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UNITED STATES PAET OFFIOL
ALLEN TROUSDALE. EED, or EYBfS, TEXAS.
S$OE-FITTING s3otL..1,139,22,.
Specincation of Letters Patent,
Application iled July30, 19I4.. Serik1 No. 854,122.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, AreN T. REED, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Byers, in the county of Clay and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Shoe-Fitting Stools; and I
do hereby declare the following to be a full,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
such as' will enable others skilled in the art
10 to which it appertains to make and. use the
same, reference being had to the accompany-
ing drawings, and to the letters and figures
of reference marked thereon, which form a
part of this specification.
15 This .invention relates to new and useful
improvements in shoe fitting stools and com-
prises a simple and efficient means of this
nature so arranged that the measurements
of the foot of a person may be quickly and
20 readily determined.
The invention comprises various details of
construction, combinations and arrange-
ments of parts which will be hereinafter
fully described, shown in the accompanying
25 drawings and then specifically defined in the
appended claim.
I illustrate my invention in the accom-
panying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a measur-
30 ing stool made in accordance with my inven-
tion, and Fig.. 2 is a transverse sectional-
view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sec-
tional view taken on line &-8 of Fig. 2.
Reference now being had to the.details of
35 the drawings by letter, A designates a stool-
which may be of any suitable size or shape,
preferably provided with a seat.B and has
an inclined portion. C and D designates a
plate glass which glass is ada pted to receive
40 the foot F of a person with the heel against
a cross-piece G of the frame 'G. Under-
neath the plate glass is a mirror H, afford-
ing means whereby the shape of the sole of
the foot may be seen by reflection.
45 Upon either side of the plate glass are the
parallel portions 0 Qf the frame upon which
a graduated scale is formed, the numerals of
the scale being designated by letter N. A
cross bar L has angled plates L' secured at
5o its ends which plates rest upon and move
over said scale. Bar L is provided for the
purpose of determining the length of the
foot when the latter is positioned as shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings. Bars Q are
adapted to rest upon and are movable with 55
angled plates L8 which are supported upon
the parallel portions 0 and each plate L8
has. a projection 02, threaded at its upper
end to receive a winged nut 0' and each of
the projections 02 passes through one of the 60
elongated slots Q' which are formed one in
each of the bars Q and form means whereby
the latter may be held in different adjusted
positions. Rising from the bars Q .are the
two graduated scales S at right angles there- 65
to and to one of which an eye bolt R' is fixed
which bolt is adapted to receive one end of a
graduated scale R which latter' rests upon a
screw R2 upon the other scale S.
A closure, designated by letter T, which is 70
mounted upon the frame of the device, has a
mirror T' therein, whereby the foot of the
person may be seen by reflection and buffers
T2 are placed upon the frame and afford
means for preventing the mirror T' from 75
being broken when the closure T is thrown
down to cover the plate glass.
The operation of my invention will be
readily understood and is as follows: When
it is desired to measure the foot of a person, 80
the foot is placed upon the plate glass with
the heel against the line G and the length of
the foot is determined by the movement of
the bar L against the end of the toe of the
foot being measured. The plates L' on the 85
bar L will register over the scale at the edge
of the glass and the size of the instep is de-
termined by the strap R and. the part S, the
distance between the heel and the ball of
the foot being determined by the registra- 90
tion of the bar Q over the scale at the side
of the frame, while the mirror underneath
the plate glass serves as a means for showing
the person the shape of the sole of the foot.
By the provision of a device made in ac- 95
cordance with my invention, it will be noted
that a simple and efficient device is afforded
whereby the measurements of a foot may be
readily determined in order to secure a
proper fit. 100
WhatI claim to be new is:
A shoe fitting stool having an inclined
frame with glass therein angle plates en-
gaging over the edges of said frame and pro-
vided with threaded projections, slotted 105
measuring bars through which said projec-Patented May 11,19150
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Reed, Allen Trousdale. Shoe-Fitting Stool., patent, May 11, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858808/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.