An Appliance to be used in connection with Boots and Shoes to Prevent Slipping.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance to be used in connection with Boots and Shoes to
Prevent Slipping.
1, WILLIAM CHARLES TYLER, of Bod Llwyd, New Bridge Ruabon, in the
County of Denbigh, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to an appliance which can be readily attached to boots and
shoes to prevent slipping during frosty weather and the like.
A convenient form of appliance consists of a metal plate one side of which is
suitably formed to bed against the sole of the boot or shoe and the other side has
upon it projections such as teeth spikes or claws which when the foot is placed
upon the ground penetrate the ice or other slippery surface and so prevent the
wearer from slipping.
The metal safety plate may be connected to the boot by a strap or by cramps or
in other convenient manner.
When not required it may be carried in the pocket but in frosty or snowy
weather it may be readily attached to the boot or shoe and when in position enables
the wearer to walk comfortably and confidently without fear of slipping and
consequent accident.
Dated this 21st day of November 1891
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance to be used in connection with Boots and Shoes to
Prevent Slipping.
I, WILLIAM CHARLES TYLER, of Bod Llwyd, New Bridge, Ruabon, in the
County of Denbigh, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an appliance which can be readily attached to boots and
shoes to prevent slipping during frosty weather and the like.
A convenient form of appliance consists of a metal plate one side of which is
suitably formed to bed against the sole of the boot or shoe and the other side has
upon it projections such as teeth spikes or claws which when the foot is placed
upon the ground penetrate the ice or other slippery surface and so prevent the
wearer from slipping.
The metal safety plate may be connected to the boot by a strap or by cramps or
in other convenient manner.
When not required it may be carried in the pocket but in frosty or snowy
weather it may be readily attached to the boot or shoe and when in position
enables the wearer to walk comfortably and confidently without fear of slipping and
consequent accident.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 an end view of my appliance
for preventing slipping.
In these views, a designates the metal safety plate the upper side of which has
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page_text: small projecting points or spikes to bed into the leather sole of the boot or shoe c
and the lower side has teeth d which penetrate the ice or ground when the foot of
the wearer is placed thereon.
The metal plate may be attached to the boot or shoe in any convenient way as
for example in the manner illustrated in the drawings, where two wire loops or
staples e are hinged to the metal plate a and receive a leather strap which passes
and is buckled over the foot of the wearer as indicated in Fig. 1.
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 :-
A safety appliance substantially as herein set forth for attachment to the sole of
a boot or shoc in order to prevent slipping when the wearer is walking or standing
upon ice or other slippery surface.
Dated this 12th day of Iul,, 1005
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.