Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 25th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots.
We, JACOB FLATAU and SOLOMON FLATAU, trading as A. & W. Flatau & Co.,
of Ropemaker Street, London, Boot Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the manufacture of boots, and has for its object to provide
improved means for ventilating the same.
According to our invention the leg part of the boot, instead of being directly con-
nected to or forming part of the front and quarters as is usual, is connected thereto by
a strip of textile material, which we term a ventilating strip, in such a manner that
the interstices between the threads of the textile material serve for the ingress and
egress of air to and from the interior of the boot, whereby a circulation of air is
maintained around the foot.
It will be obvious that our ventilating strip may be utilized for the purpose of
ornamentation.
Dated the 21st day of December 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots.
We, JACOB FLATAU and SOLOMON FLATAU, trading as A. & W. Flatau & Co.,
of Ropemaker Street, London, Boot Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to the manufacture of boots, and has for its object to provide
improved means for ventilating the same.
According to our invention the leg part of the boot, instead of being directly con-
nected to or forming part of the front and quarters as is usual, is connected thereto by
a strip of textile material, which we term a ventilating strip.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which :-
Figure 1 represents an elevation of a boot made according to our improvements,
and,
Figure 2 is a section on the line x of Figure 1.
a is the leg part of the boot, and 6 is the strip of textile material which we employ
to connect the leg part a to the front e and quarters d. The said strip b forms our
ventilating strip as the interstices between the threads of the textile material serve for
the ingress and egress of air to and from the interior of the boot, whereby a circulation
of air is maintained around the foot.
It will be obvious that our ventilating strip may be utilized for the purpose of
ornamentation; and that in boots in which the legs and quarters are in one piece, the
ventilating strip may be introduced into an aperture formed to receive it.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
A boot the leg and quarters of which are connected by or have introduced therein
a strip of textile material forming a ventilator, substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 18th day of September 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.