Improvements in Boots, Shoes and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 198
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1899-Accepted, 23rd June, 1899
Date vi Application, 2010 June, 1090
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1899-Accepted, 23rd June, 1899
Improvements in Boots, Shoes and the like.
WILLIAM WEST, 64, Spencer Street, Birmingham, Tool Maker, RICHARD POORE,
33, Chaucer Road, Herne Hill, S.E., Manufacturer, LIONEL CUTIIBERT CROPPER,
16, Finsbury Circus, Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows;-
An improved bridge for the support of the under part of boots & shoes known
as the waist, underneath the instep. We will describe our invention as applied to
a ladies shoe we take a strip of metal about 10 gauge (aluminium preferred), say
one inch wide and three inches long, which we stamp into a die made the shape
of a shoe, to fit the arch underneath the instep part of the shoe between the heel &
the sole. Down the middle we strike in a deep hollow rib or ribs,, one or more.
that makes the bridge on the girder principle which gives great strength with
lightness.
The advantages of these bridges; supports underneath the instep part of the
shoe, gives support to the foot of the wearer, keeps the shoe always in good
shape, prevents the shoe from wearing down flat, and gives great comfort by
always supporting that part of the foot underneath the instep.
23rd day of June 1898.
WILLIAM WEST.
RICHARD POORE.
LIONEL CUTHBERT CROPPER.
Improvements in Boots, Shoes and the like.
WILLIAM WEST, 64, Spencer Street, Birmingham, Tool Maker, RICHARD POORE,
33, Chaucer Road, Herne Hill, S.E., Manufacturer, LIONEL CUTHBERT CROPPER,
16, Finsbury Circus, Accountant, 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: —
We will discribe our invention as applied to a lady's boot. We take a strip
of aluminium or other metal, say one inch wide, and three inches long, about ten
metal gauge. We stamp it in a die made to the shape of the waist of the boot,
to fit the arch shape underneath the boot between the heel and sole. Down the
metal bridge we strike in a deep hollow rib or ribs, one or more, that makes the
bridge on the girder principle, which gives greater strength with lightness.
Fig. 1 shows a side view, Fig. 2 a perspective view, and Fig. 3 a cross section

page_text: of a bridge made according to our invention. The bridge is secured to the waist
and heel by small screws or rivets. The advantages of these bridge supports under-
neath the instep part of boot are, that they give support to the foot, prevent
the waist from wearing down flat, give great comfort to the wearer, by always
supporting the part of foot under the instep, and keep the boot in good shape.
They can be fastened on any boot or shoe in one minute.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
A ribbed bridge for the waist of boots and shoes, substantially as discribed
and illustrated in the drawings.