Improved Boot Protector.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Boot Protector.
I, WALTER DENNISON, of 24 High Street Plaistow in the County of Essex.
Leatherseller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the soles of boots
or shoes are protected from wear and tear.
In carrying out my invention I take pieces of leather of suitable thickness out
into shapes and sizes convenient for fixing on to the sole of a boot or shoe. These
pieces of leather are fastened to the sole by means of studs, rivets or the like and.
Berve to give additional durability as well as to take up the wear and tear.
Dated this 28th day of February 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents.
I, WALTER DENNISON, of 24 High Street Plaistow, in the County of Essex,.
Leatherseller, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide means for protecting or repairing the
soles and heels of boots, shoes or the like, and in carrying it into effect I provide
pieces of leather of suitable thickness and cut into shapes and sizes convenient for
fixing on to the soles of the boots shoes or the like which it is desired to protect or
repair. These pieces of leather I furnish with metal studs embedded in their
substances in order to make them more durable, or for the same purpose I sometimes.
frame them wholly or partly with metal clipped round the edge and provided with
prongs for attaching them to the toe, sole, or heel of the boot. Those pieces which
I stud with metal I attach by means of nails. These pieces of leather I prefer to-
be of triangular or segmental shape, so that they may be the more readily fastened
to the sole or heel of the boot so as to approximate more or less to the shape
thereof. The combination of pieces for the sole and heel I call a "sectional sole
or heel clump" and it is proposed to sell the various pieces on cards or otherwise,.
so that for a small sum any person may be able to protect or repair his own boots
or shoes.
In order to more clearly indicate the nature of my invention and how it is-
performed, I make reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which,
Fig. 1 is a plan of a boot sole fully protected by my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of a piece of leather for the protection of the heel or toe of the
boot or the like, and provided with pieces of metal clipping the edge of it (the
piece of leather); the pieces of metal being provided with prongs for driving into.
the sole or heel.

page_text: Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a triangular piece of leather furnished with prongs in same way as Fig. 2′
but for use on the sole.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
abcd represent the sole of a boot, b' are triangular pieces of leather fastened on
so as to approximate to the shape of the sole. These are studded with metal
pieces cand fastened on by nails, or by wholly or partly framing them with metal
furnished with prongs for driving into the sole. (See Figs. 2, 3, 4.)
The toe is protected either by one piece d¹ or by two pieces as shown by the
dotted lines. The heel is similarly protected by one piece e or by the addition of
other pieces such as fand g.
The heel and toe pieces may be studded with metal, or wholly or partly framed
in metal, and fastened by nails or prongs as the case may be.
I do not confine myself to the precise number, shape or disposition of the various
pieces of leather shown in the drawings, as they may be varied withont departing
from the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant: