Improvements in and connected with Certain Kinds of Soles for Boots, Shoes and Slippers,
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1897--Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898.
Improvements in and connected with Certain Kinds of Soles for
Boots, Shoes and Slippers,
I, JAMES BOOTH, of No. 10, Princess Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Shoe Makers Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
.
This Invention has reference to leather and like soles which are sold separately for
stitching to kuitted or crochet woollen and other uppers by any inexperienced person,
the said soles usually having a binding at the edge or woven material or the like or
soft leather to stitch the uppers to, or they are pierced with stitching holes at short
distances all round within the edge for the needle and thread to pass through, these
stitching holes or some of them being usually connected together by indentations on
the under side in which the stitches will lie to prevent the stitches from coming into
contact with the floor and the threads wearing away. Soles of this kind are described
in the specification of my prior Letters Patent 3905 of A.D. 1885.
My present Invention consists in combining with any of the said soles a heel
stiffener standing up above the back or heel part of the sole and sewn or otherwise
fixed to the sole in such a manner as not to interfere with the stitching of the upper
to the sole around the heel stiffener after the heel stiffener has been attached to the
sole, the ordinary method being to attach the heel stiffener and the upper together
and attach them at the same time to the sole. For the purpose of carrying out my
method of attaching uppers to the said soles after the heel stiffener is attached, the
stiffener is set back within the row of stitching holes in the sole, or around the
stiffener any other suitable edge is provided so that the upper can be stitched thereto
with a needle and thread. These said edges of the sole are made as a binding or
woven material or the like or soft leather or anything suitable for stitching with an
ordinary needle. The object of the stiffener is to serve the same purpose as in other
boots and shoes.
Dated this 4th day of March 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and connected with Certain Kinds of Soles for
Boots, Shoes and Slippers.
I, JAMES BOOTH, of No. 10, Princess Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Shoe Makers Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This Invention has reference to leather and like soles which are sold separately for
stitching to knitted or crochet woollen and other uppers by any inexperienced person,
the said soles usually having a binding at the edge or woven material or the like
or soft leather to stitch the uppers to, or they are pierced with stitching holes at
short distances all round within the edge for the needle and thread to pass through,
these stitching holes or some of them being usually connected together by indentations
on the under side in which the stitches will lie to prevent the stitches from coming
into contact with the floor and the threads wearing away. Soles of this kind are
described in the specification of my prior Letters Patent 3905 of A.D. 1885.
My present Invention consists in combining with any of the said soles a heel
stiffener, to serve the well known purpose as in boots and shoes, and which stands up
above the back or heel part of the sole and is sewn or otherwise fixed to the sole within
the row of stitching holes in the sole, or so as to leave any other suitable edge projecting
round the base of the stiffener so that the upper can by any inexperienced person be
stitched to the projecting edge of the sole round the heel stiffener after the latter has
been fixed to the sole. The ordinary method is to attach the heel stiffener and upper
together and then to fix both at the same time to the sole.
My Invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing on which Fig. 1 is a
plan and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a combined sole and heel stiffener constructed
in accordance with this Invention ready for sewing the upper to; Fig. 3 is a cross
section of the same on lines X X of Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 is a cross. section of the
heel part of a combined sole and heel stiffeuer illustrating a slightly modified form
of my Invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
Figures.
A is the sole made as usual with a row of stitching holes a¹ at a short distance
apart all round within the edge of the sole for the purpose of enabling the upper to
be stitched thereto by any inexperienced person and B is the blocked leather or other
heel stiffener which according to this Invention is fixed to the sole within the row
of stitching holes a¹ that is so as to leave the edge a² of the sole projecting round
the heel part of the sole to which projecting edge a² (which may be made with or
without the holes a¹) the upper can be sewn after the heel stiffener B has been fixed
to the sole A as aforesaid. The stitching which secures the heel stiffener to the sole
is marked b¹.
My Invention is similarly applied to other soles which are made without the
stitching holes a¹.
Instead of the flange part a² which projects beyond the heel stiffener B being
pierced with stitching holes a' for the attachment of the upper as above described,
the said flange a² projecting beyond the heel stiffener B may be, as shewn for
instance by Fig. 4, as a binding or as woven material or the like or of soft leather or
anything suitable for stitching the upper to with an ordinary needle, the essence
of my Invention consisting in providing a projecting edge a² all round the base of the
heel stiffener B to which the upper can be sewn after the heel stiffener has been
fixed to the sole.
I am well aware that prior to my said Invention a sole and a heel stiffener have
been fixed together separately from the upper to be worn inside an ordinary boot or
shoe but in this combined sole and heel stiffener the latter is sewn close round the
edge of the sole and does not leave any projecting edge such as a² round the heel
stiffener as in my Invention to which the upper could be sewn.
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
1. The improved combined sole and heel stiffener provided with a projecting edge

page_text: round the base of the heel stiffener to which the upper can be sewn substantially as
set forth.
2. The improved combined sole and heel stiffener provided with a projecting edge
round the base of the heel stiffener and a row of stitching holes all round the sole
and said projecting edge to which the upper can be sewn substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of December 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Certain Kinds of Soles for
Boots, Shoes and Slippers,
I, JAMES BOOTH, of No. 10, Princess Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Shoe Makers Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention has reference to leather and like soles which are sold separately for
stitching to knitted or crochet woollen and other uppers by any inexperienced person,
the said soles usually having a binding at the edge or woven material or the like or
soft leather to stitch the uppers to, or they are pierced with stitching holes at short
distances all round within the edge for the needle and thread to pass through, these
stitching holes or some of them being usually connected together by indentations on
the under side in which the stitches will lie to prevent the stitches from coming into
contact with the floor and the threads wearing away. Soles of this kind are described
in the specification of my prior Letters Patent 3905 of A.D. 1885.
My present Invention consists in combining with any of the said soles a heel
stiffener standing up above the back or heel part of the sole and sewn or otherwise
fixed to the sole in such a manner as not to interfere with the stitching of the upper
to the sole around the heel stiffener after the heel stiffener has been attached to the
sole, the ordinary method being to attach the heel stiffener and the upper together
and attach them at the same time to the sole. For the purpose of carrying out my
method of attaching uppers to the said soles after the heel stiffener is attached, the
stiffener is set back within the row of stitching holes in the sole, or around the
stiffener any other suitable edge is provided so that the upper can be stitched thereto
with a needle and thread. These said edges of the sole are made as a binding or
woven material or the like or soft leather or anything suitable for stitching with an
ordinary needle. The object of the stiffener is to serve the same purpose as in other
boots and shoes.
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This Invention has reference to leather and like soles which are sold separately for
stitching to knitted or crochet woollen and other uppers by any inexperienced person,
the said soles usually having a binding at the edge or woven material or the like
or soft leather to stitch the uppers to, or they are pierced with stitching holes at
short distances all round within the edge for the needle and thread to pass through,
these stitching holes or some of them being usually connected together by indentations
on the under side in which the stitches will lie to prevent the stitches from coming
into contact with the floor and the threads wearing away. Soles of this kind are
described in the specification of my prior Letters Patent 3905 of A.D. 1885.
My present Invention consists in combining with any of the said soles a heel
stiffener, to serve the well known purpose as in boots and shoes, and which stands up
above the back or heel part of the sole and is sewn or otherwise fixed to the sole within
the row of stitching holes in the sole, or so as to leave any other suitable edge projecting
round the base of the stiffener so that the upper can by any inexperienced person be
stitched to the projecting edge of the sole round the heel stiffener after the latter has
been fixed to the sole. The ordinary method is to attach the heel stiffener and upper
together and then to fix both at the same time to the sole.
My Invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing on which Fig. 1 is a
plan and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a combined sole and heel stiffener constructed
in accordance with this Invention ready for sewing the upper to; Fig. 3 is a cross
section of the same on lines X X of Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 is a cross section of the
heel part of a combined sole and heel stiffener illustrating a slightly modified form
of my Invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
Figures.
A is the sole made as usual with a row of stitching holes a¹ at a short distance
apart all round within the edge of the sole for the purpose of enabling the upper to
be stitched thereto by any inexperienced person and B is the blocked leather or other
heel stiffener which according to this Invention is fixed to the sole within the row
of stitching holes a¹ that is so as to leave the edge a² of the sole projecting round
the heel part of the sole to which projecting edge a² (which may be made with or
without the holes a¹) the upper can be sewn after the heel stiffener B has been fixed
to the sole A as aforesaid. The stitching which secures the heel stiffener to the sole
is marked b¹.
My Invention is similarly applied to other soles which are made without the
stitching holes a¹.
Instead of the flange part a2 which projects beyond the heel stiffener B being
pierced with stitching holes a¹ for the attachment of the upper as above described,
the said flange 2 projecting beyond the heel stiffener B may be, as shewn for
instance by Fig. 4, as a binding or as woven material or the like or of soft leather or
anything suitable for stitching the upper to with an ordinary needle, the essence
of my Invention consisting in providing a projecting edge a² all round the base of the
heel stiffener B to which the upper can be sewn after the heel stiffener has been
fixed to the sole.
I am well aware that prior to my said Invention a sole and a heel stiffener have
been fixed together separately from the upper to be worn inside an ordinary boot or
shoe but in this combined sole and heel stiffener the latter is sewn close round the
edge of the sole and does not leave any projecting edge such as a² round the heel
stiffener as in my Invention to which the upper could be sewn.
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 :-
1. The improved combined sole and heel stiffener provided with a projecting edge

page_text: round the base of the heel stiffener to which the upper can be sewn substantially as
set forth.
2. The improved combined sole and heel stiffener provided with a projecting edge
round the base of the heel stiffener and a row of stitching holes all round the sole
and said projecting edge to which the upper can be sewn substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of December 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.