IMPROVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTS TO FACILITATE THE PUTTING ON OF BOOTS OR SHOES
Year: 1884

page_text: I ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of the firm of Wm Brookes & Son of 55 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTS TO
FACILITATE THE PUTTING ON OF BOOTS OR SHOES to be as follows:-
The invention relates to improvements in implements for use in the putting on
of boots or shoes and the objects of these improvements are first to facilitate the
attaching of the boots or shoes to the implement and the disengaging of the same
therefrom; and secondly to provide means for adjusting the height of the
suspending device with reference to the varying heights of the boots or shoes.
A rectangular or otherwise suitably shaped frame is provided at opposite sides
with pegs of conical shape, whereon the straps or loops of the boot or shoe are
suspended in such a manner as to open the upper sufficiently for introduction of
the foot. By pushing down the foot into the suspended boot or shoe the latter is
put on correctly, and by withdrawing the foot from the interior of the frame the
straps are readily disengageable from the pegs owing to their conical shape.
The supports of the frame are composed of two levers hinged together and
suspended to a pair of nuta, which are actuated by means of a right and left-hand
screw resting in bearings fixed to the frame; and by these means the height of the
frame above the ground is adjustable in order that it may be made to correspond
with the height of the boots or shoes for the time being to be held in position.
WBROOKES & SON,
55, Chancery Lane,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Implements to Facilitate the Putting on of
Boots or Shoes.
I ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of the firm of Wm Brookes & Son of 55 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTS TO
FACILITATE THE PUTTING ON OF BOOTS OR SHOES, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The invention relates to improvements in implements for use in the putting
on of boots or shoes; and the objects of these improvements are first to facili-
tate the attachings of the boots or shoes to the implement and the disengaging
of the same therefrom; and secondly to provide means for adjusting the height
of the suspending device with reference to the varying heights of the boots
or shoes.
A rectangular or otherwise suitably shaped frame is provided at opposite sides
with pegs of conical shape, whereon the straps or loops of the boot or shoe are
suspended in such a manner as to open the upper sufficiently for the introduction
of the foot. By pushing down the foot into the suspended boot or shoe the latter
is put on correctly and by withdrawing the foot from the interior of the frame the
straps are readily disengageable from the pegs owing to their conical shape.
In the accompanying drawing figure 1 is a perspective view of the implement
and figure 2 a side elevation. a a are two horizontal beams fastened to the
uprights & d¹, which are suspended by the horizontal sockets ƒ ƒ¹.
These two halves of the frame are connected by transversal rails c and e, which
are fixed to the one half and sliding in slots made into the other half. The rail c
has at its free end teeth c³, into which engages a ratchet c³ pressed therein by
means of a spring c³. Thus the two halves may be brought in suitable distance
from each other according to the size of the boots or shoes, which are suspended
by their straps on the pegs b.
Figure 3 shows a modification in which the pegs b project horizontally from the
beams a a¹ and which arrangement enables one to form the beams and pegs of the
same piece of wood or metal.
If it appears necessary to adjust the height of the supports of the frame bearing
the pegs b according to the varying height of the boots the device as illustrated
by figures 4 and 5 may be used, figure 4 being a perspective view, and figure 5 a
side elevation partly in section. These supports are composed of two levers g
and hinged together by the bolt i; the lever h is hinged to the nut k by means
of the bolt 1, and the lever g to the nut m by the bolt n. Both nuts are actuated
by means of a right and left hand screw o resting in bearings p and q fixed to the
frame a. By these means the beight of the frame a above the ground is adjustable
in order that it may be made to correspond with the height of the boots or shoes
for the time being to be held in position.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. An implement for use in putting on boots or shoes composed of two parallel
beams having legs or supports, and pegs adapted to receive the straps of a boot or
shoe, and suitable means for adjusting the distance of the beams from each other,
substantially as set forth and illustrated by figures 1, 2, and 3.
2. A horizontal frame having legs or supports and pegs on opposite sides of a
central opening adapted to receive the straps of a boot or shoe, substantially as
described and illustrated by figures 4 and 5.
3. In implements for use in putting on boots, or shoes, the combination of the
frame a with the screw o, nuts k and m, and levers g and h, hinged together by
means of the bolt i, substantially as specified and illustrated by figures 4 and 5.
Dated this 711
Away va
September 1995.
W BROOKES & SON, .
55, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the said Alfred George Brookes.