IMPROVEMENTS IN EDGE TIPS FOR THE TOES OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Gardner, of the Firm of Robertson,
Brooman, and Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agents, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
EDGE TIPS FOR THE TOES OF BOOTS AND SHOES."-A communication from
abroad by Edward Maynz, of Boston, in the United States of
America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Gardner at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 10th March 1875.
I, HENRY GARDNER, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and
Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN EDGE TIPS FOR THE TOES OF BOOTS AND SHOES," communicated to me from
abroad by Edward Maynz, of Boston, in the United States of America,
to be as follows :—
This Invention relates to improvements in edge tips for the toes of
boots and shoes, and consists in forming such toe edges tips in leather or

page_text: other equivalent material from a strip chamfered and shaped by bending
and pressure in a mould, a wire, strip of metal, cord, or similar material
being preferably inserted in a turned-over edge forming the upper and
exposed portion of the toe tip, which wire or strip of metal or cord
serves to retain the shape of the leather after being wetted by wear or
other cause.
The wire or strip of metal or cord may however be
dispensed with in some cases. The toe cap so made has a flange or flat
portion that can be arranged between the toe portion of the upper
leather and the inner solc, or between it and the outer solc, as desired,
the tip proper projecting above the sole to protect the toe of the upper
leather. The tips can be formed with long or deep flanged parts brought
together or overlapped to serve as a solo or half solc.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Gardner in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th September 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
GARDNER, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and Company, of 166,
Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents, send greeting.
WHEREAS Пer most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Henry Gardner, Her special licence that
I, the said Henry Garduer, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Henry Gardner, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, should at any time agree with and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN EDGE TIPS
FOR THE TOES OF BOOTS AND SHOES," (communicated to me from abroad by
Edward Maynz, of Boston, in the United States of America,) upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Gardner, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or

page_text: their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Gardner, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in edge tips for the toes of
boots and shoes, and consists in forming such toe edge tips in leather or
other equivalent material from a strip chamfered and shaped by bending
and pressure in a mould, a wire, or strip of metal, cord, or a similar
material being preferably inserted in a turned-over edge forming the
upper and exposed portion of the toe tip, which wire or strip of metal
or cord serves to retain the shape of the leather after being wetted by
wear or other cause. The wire or strip of metal or cord may however be
dispensed with in some cases. The toe cap so made has a flange or flat
portion that can be arranged between the toe portion of the upper
leather and the inner sole, or between it and the outer sole, as desired,
the tip proper projecting above the sole to protect the too of the upper
leather. The tips can be formed with long or deep flanged parts brought
together or overlapped to serve as a sole or half sole.
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The Invention is clearly represented in the accompanying Drawings,
in which Figure 1 shows a toe tip of leather shaped by moulding and
ready to bo inserted between the upper leather and the sole of a boot or
shoe, as in Figure 2. a is the base portion, and the turned-over edge.
c is the wire or its equivalent, shown with its end projecting from the
sectional view, Figure 3, and indicates the position occupied by it
between the folded portion of the raised lip which shields the toc of the
upper leather of the boot, as in Figure 4, against abrasion.
The raised lip may be of any height, and shaped to fall or take up a
position more or less over the toc.
The base portion of the leather may terminate at the toe portion and
5 extend only as far as the welt, with which it can be sewn or other-
wise secured to the upper, or it may be brought to the centre, as in
Figure 1, with an overlap to present a flat surface. It may also be

page_text: carried towards the heel, and act as an inner sole or half sole with
a lining.
The wire may be dispensed with, and whalebone or other body capable
of retaining the shape of the toe tip can be inserted, or the leather can
be so prepared that the fold itself shall give sufficient rigidity without
'the use of a wire or other body between.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that claim is made
to the Invention of forming toe tips for boots and shoes from leather or
an equivalent material, not metal, with a fold-over edge, substantially as
shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings annexed, whether the fold
has a wire, a strip of metal, a cord, or other semi-rigid body enclosed or
not, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Gardner, have hereunto sct
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of September, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.