An Improved Fastening for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th June, 1893-Accepted, 29th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Boots and Shoes.
A communication to me from ADOLF SCHMIED, of Waiblingen, in the Kingdom
of Wurtemberg, Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an improved fastening for boots and shoes and it has
for its object to provide means by which the fastening can be loosened instan-
taneously. The usual trouble of unlacing or unbuttoning through eyelets or
button-holes every time a boot or shoe is taken off is avoided. Boots or shoes
made on this principle can be loosened very easily and quickly.
The improved fastening consists of a removeable curved rod or bar, which is
attached to the boot by means of projecting rings and through which it passes and is
held therein in its place by suitable means for instance by a ball screwed upon the
end or ends of the said bar. To this bar, after the boot is put on, are hooked
suitable hooks fixed to the edge of the boot leather which forms the front cover or
flap. The boot is then securely fastened and its outside edge may be provided
with buttons, so that it looks like any ordinary buttoned boot.
In order to loosen the fastening it is only necessary to unscrew the ball or
fastening from the curved bar and to pull the latter out of the projecting rings
and the hooks which embrace it, and an instantaneous loosening of the fastening is
effected.
Dated this 24th dow of Santamber 1802
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Boots and Shoes.
A communication to me from ADOLF SCHMIED, of Waiblingen, in the Kingdom
of Wurtemberg, Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
1, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
This invention relates to an improved fastening for boots and shoes and it has
for its object to provide means by which the fastening can be loosened instan-
taneously. The usual trouble of unlacing or unbuttoning through eyelets or
button-holes every time a boot or shoe is taken off is avoided. Boots or shoes
made on this principle can be loosened very easily and quickly.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention, Figures 1, 2,
and 3, being side views of a boot fitted with the improved fastening. Figure 4
shews the fastening itself consisting of a curved rod or bar.
Figures 5, 6, and 7, are sections of Figures 1, 2, and 3 respectively upon a
larger scale.
The improved fastening consists of a removeable curved rod or bar b, which is
attached to one part B of the boot or shoe by means of projecting rings c, through
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page_text: which it passes and is held therein in its place by suitable means, for instance by
a ball d screwed upon the end or ends of the said bar b, as shewn in Figures 1
and 2. To this bar, after the boot is put on, are hooked suitable hooks a fixed to
the edge of the part A which forms the front cover or flap of the boot. The
boot is then securely fastened and its outside edge may be provided with buttons,
so that it looks like any ordinary buttoned boot.
In order to loosen the fastening it is only necessary to unscrew the fastening or
ball d (if used) from the curved bar and to pull the latter out of the projecting
rings and the hooks a which embrace it, and an instantaneous loosening of the
fastening is effected.
The ball may be hung to the bar by means of a chain d', as shewn in Figure 7,
and another chain with another ball e or a tassel e¹ may be attached to the foot
end of the bar b to serve as a handle for pulling the bar out of the rings c and
the hooks a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A fastening device for boots and shoes, consisting of a series of rings on one of
the meeting parts of the boot or shoe, a moveable rod inserted in the said rings,
and hooks on the other of the said meeting parts adapted to engage on the said
rod, substantially as described and illustrated."
Date Cuis 40 day of oun 1000
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.