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Application filed February 7,1894. Serial No. 499,333. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, William F. Baird, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Woonsocket, in the county of Sanborn and State of 5 South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insoles for Shoes; 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 io the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a padded insole for boots and shoes consisting of a double-walled solehaving one or more filling-adjusting openings therein, and a padded extension on one side detachably connected to 20 the insole and adapted to cover certain portions of the foot, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a 25 detached view of the instep-pad. Fig. 3 illustrates the application of the device to a foot. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device with a padded insole, and Fig. 5 is an under view of a padded insole.

A is an insole having on the outer side of the foot an upward extension a beneath the instep, the same preferably tapering off toward the ball in front and toward the heel behind, so as to afford support to and to fill 35 in beneath the instep on the outer side of the foot. On the inner side of the heel the insole is made with an upwardly-projecting anklesupporter B, adapted to partially pad the shoe at this point and to stiffen and support the 40 heel. On the inner side of the instep the insole has a padded extension C, which curves upward and extends well up onto the instep, and is removably or adjustably attached to the insole., In cases where the wearer is trou45 bled with bunions or an enlargement of the large joint, the insole may have an upwardlyturned toe-flange D, which, in conjunction with the instep-pad 0, will remove all pressure from the bunion. The insole with the heelgo supporter and toe-flange heretofore described may all be integral and stamped or fashioned from a single piece of leather or other suitable material. It possesses considerable stiffness, and padding may be affixed to either the heel or toe flanges, or both, as any .particu- 55 lar case requires, and it can be trimmed down to fit. .

The instep-pad C has a flap C', which extends down beneath the insole and serves as a means to adjustably attach the pad to the 60 insole, by cement or stitching, so that it can be raised or lowered to fit, and be attached to the insole. The pad-case, made of soft leather or textile fabric, is preferably made with an opening C² at the bottom, so that the 65 padding C⁸ can be adjusted as required.

In the case of the insole, as illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5, the insole proper A' is made of two thicknesses of soft material with padding therebetween, and wherever there is a tender 70 place on the bottom of the foot the portion of the insole that comes beneath the tender spot is encircled by aline of stitching, as indicated at x y z, the stitching passing entirely through the insole.- This compacts the pad- 75 ding within and about the circle of stitching and thins the insole at that point, and by cutting through the bottom covering of the insole, as at x' or y', the filling within the circle of stitching can be entirely removed, and 80 all pressure on the bottom of the foot at that point taken off. For convenience in adjusting the filling of the padded insole, openings or slits a' a' in the bottom covering are provided. 85