Title: Shoe last with insole holding devices

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Claims: Having thus described my invention and what I claim as new and desire to secure as Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A shoe last having an insole securing member comprising at least one elongated blade projecting substantially normally from the bottom of the last and adapted to cut into and be embedded in an insole forceably applied to the last bottom, said blade having at least one end undercut to form a projection which resists dislodging of the insole.

2. A shoe last according to claim 1 in which the projection is hook-like.

3. A shoe last according to claim 1 in which the blade is elongate and extends generally lengthwise of the last.

4. A shoe last according to claim 1 in which the securing member comprises a pair of said blades extending generally lengthwise of the last and spaced apart widthwise.

5. A shoe last according to claim 1 in which the opposite end of the blade is inclined to facilitate removal of the last from a completed shoe.

Other info:

Inventors: Brotchie, Walter J. (Beverly, MA, US)

Application Number: 507999
Filing Date: 1974-09-20
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee: USM Corporation (Boston, MA)
Primary Class(es): 12/128D
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1370574	Mar, 1921	Wright et al.	12/128.
3744074	Jul, 1973	Stapleton	12/128.
3833958	Sep, 1974	Randall	12/128.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Lawson, Patrick D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: White; Vincent A., Megley; Richard B.