Improved Protectors for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr, 1826
Complete Specification Left, 4th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Protectors for Boots and Shoes.
We, WILLIAM BEETON, Shoemaker, of High Street, Arnold, JOHN BEETON,
Miner, of Pleasley, and JAMES WARDALL, Hosier, of Betts Street, Hucknall
Torkard, all in the County of Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means or devices for protecting the toes and heels of
boots and shoes liable to heavy wear, such as for working men and children.
For the purpose of protecting the toe of a boot, or shoe, we fit thereto a plate
which is secured to the sole by screws, or otherwise, and which has a flange or rim
to prevent injury to the toe portions of the sole and boot, and to take the place of
the clinkers at present used on heavy boots.
The heel is protected by a plate or combined plate and tip, having a flange, or
protector to guard the front part of the heel. This plate is attached to the heel
also by screws, or otherwise.
Our improved protectors may be made of cast iron, or other suitable metal, and
can be easily secured in position, without requiring special skill, aud are made in
various sizes to suit different sizes of boots and shoes, so that they can be readily
replaced when worn. They may be scored or roughened, if desired.
The advantages of these improved protectors are that the labour of fixing, or
putting in, the clinkers is saved, and the toe of the boot, as well as the sole, is
protected in a better way than by the clinkers or devices at present in use, and at
a less cost.
Dated this 2nd dor of Anvil 1806
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 5^, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improved Protectors for Boots and Shoes.
We, WILLIAM BEETON, Shoemaker, of High Street, Arnold, JOHN BEETON,
Miner, of Pleasley, and JAMES WARDALL, Hosier, of Betts Street, Hucknall
Torkard all in the County of Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say:
This invention relates to means or devices for protecting the toes and heels of
boots and shoes liable to heavy wear, such as for working men and children.
For the purpose of protecting the toe of a boot or shoe, we fit thereto a plate
which is secured to the sole by screws, or otherwise, and which has a flange or rim
to prevent injury to the toe portions of the sole and boot, and to take the place of
the clinkers at present used on heavy boots. The heel is protected by a plate, or

page_text: combined plate and tip, and which may, if desired, have a flange or protector to
guard the front part of the heel. This plate is attached to the heel also by
screws, or otherwise. Our improved protectors may be made of cast iron, or other
suitable metal, and can be easily secured in position, without requiring special
skill, and are made in various sizes to suit different sizes of boots and shoes, so that
they can be readily replaced, when worn. They may be scored or roughened if
desired.
Our invention will be readily understood on reference to the annexed drawings,
in which:
Figs. 1 to 6 shew tips or protectors suitable for the heel, and
Figs. 7 to 10 protectors suitable for the toes of boots and shoes.
In all the constructions it will be seen that the screws, nails, or the like, for
attaching the protectors to the boot do not pass through that part of the metal tip
or protector which takes the wear, but through a plate or flange at a lower level
than the wearing surface. This arrangement, besides preserving the screws or
nails from wear, in walking, prevents the protectors from becoming loosened. The
screws or nails may pass through holes a in a thin plate bentirely covering the
bottom of the heel (as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2) and which is formed in one piece
with the tip or wearing ridge c. In very heavy protectors, a central block d may
be arranged to strengthen the thin plate b, a low ridge or flange e being also formed
at the front of the heel for the same purpose, and as a protector for the front part
of the heel. When screws are used, they are preferably countersunk in the plate b.
In Figs. 3 and 4, a modification is shewn in which the plate 6 is substituted by a
narrow bead or ledge provided with holes a for the fastening screws, or the like.
In Figs. 5 and 6, the tip is provided at the inner side thereof with an incline b²,
of about the same width as and parallel to the protecting rim, and has countersunk
screw holes so arranged as to place the fastening screws out of the way of wear,
and at an angle through the tip, thereby holding it more firmly to the heel.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew a toe cap provided with a plate bx similar to that used in
connection with the heel protector shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, but cut away at f for
lightness.
Fig. 9 shews a modified form of toe-cap in which, instead of screws or nails,
spikes g, made or cast in one piece with the toe cap, are used. As will be seen by
the section Fig. 10, a flange or rim g' is formed on this toe cap to prevent wear of
the upper part of the toe of the boot.
The advantages of these improved protectors are that the labour of fixing, or
putting in, the clinkers is saved, and the toe of the boot as well as of the sole is
protected in a better way than by the clinkers or devices at present in use, and at
a less cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what way the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. lu metal heel and toe protectors for boots and shoes, a plate, or the like,
arranged at a lower level than the wearing surface so as to be out of the way of
wear, and provided with holes through which pass the screws, nails, or the like for
attaching said protectors to the boot or shoe, substantially as describe.l.
2. Our improved protectors for the toes and heels of hoots and shoes, substantially
as hereinbefore described and shewn with reference to the annexed drawings.
Dated this 4th day of January 1897
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78 Fleet Street, London, and 54 Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicants.