Improvements in or Applicable to Boots and Shoes and Horse Shoes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1887
• Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Aug., 1888
Improvements in or Applicable to Boots and Shoes and
Horse Shoes.
STEFANO VENTURA FONTANA Leather dealer 18 Oberstein Road St. John's Hill
New Wandsworth S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the heel tips & toe tips of boots, by
the use of which a ready & convenient method of attachment to the boot is obtained,
rendering it easy for any one to apply a new tip to a boot without disturbing the
leather of the heel and retaining the original shape of such heel.
It consists of a double tip of metal, of iron, steel, brass or other metal, the lower
one to be fixed permanently to the leather & the upper one to attach or apply to this
lower permanent tip by means of two claws or bevilled ends, the upper tip to have in
addition to these claws or bevilled ends a spike or spikes which forms a solid part of
this upper tip and passing through a hole in the lower tip or base plate drives into
the leather of the boot and with the two claws fixes the double tips together. On the
upper tip wearing down to the base plate it is readily detached & another put in its
place.
This principle will apply equally as well to the shoeing of horses with iron or other
metal shoes the base plate however in this case will have to be made in expanding
sections of one or more pieces to allow for the growth of the hoof and the upper tip
or horse shoe would be applied and fixed to the base plate by means of similar claws
and spikes as explained with respect to the boot tip.
Dated 20th day of September 1887.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Boots and Shoes and
Horse Shoes.
STEFANO VENTURA FONTANA Leather seller 18 Oberstein Road St. John's Hill
New Wandsworth 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 stateinent :-
:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the heel tips or toe tips of boots by the
use of which a ready and convenient method of attachment to the boot is obtained,
rendering it easy for any one to apply a new tip to a boot without disturbing the
leather of the heel but retaining always the original shape of the heel.
It consists of a double tip of metal of iron, steel, brass or other metal, the lower
one A in drawing of which to be fixed permanently to the leather and the upper tip B
to attach or apply to this lower permanent tip A by means of two claws & bevilled
ends, the upper tip B to have in addition to the claws or bevilled ends (6) a spike C
or spikes which form a solid part of this upper tip B, and when affixed to the heel,
passing through a hole d, in the lower tip A or base plate, drives into the leather and
with the two claws closing on the bevilled ends a of the lower tip or base plate A
fixes the double tip together.
On the upper tip B wearing down to the base plate A it is readily removed and
another put in its place.
The foregoing refers to complete tips all round the heel but also applies to half
tips C&D the claws & bevilled edges (d) being made in a V shape instead of a diagonal
shape as in the complete tip.
This principle of base plates & of claws to upper tips applies equally as well to the
shoeing of horses with iron or other metal shoes. The base plate however in this will
have to be made in expanding sections of two or more pieces to allow for the growth
of the hoof and the upper tip or horse shoe would be applied or fixed to the baseplate
or lower shoe by means of similar claws and spikes as explained with respect to the
boot tips.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The lower Tip or base plate, marked A in the drawings herewith, with the
bevilled edges, marked with a small (a.) on the said drawing, and on which the outer
or upper Tip is affixed.
2ndly. The Claws and general character of the outer or upper Tip, marked B on
the drawing, it being a perfectly clear surfaced tip and having no holes for nails, as in
ordinary tips of this kind, but most particularly.do I claim the principle of the Claws,
marked with a small (b) on the drawing and which are bevilled out to fit in close on

page_text: to the bevilled edges marked (a) of the lower Tip or base plate A the said bevilled
edges being in a diagonal direction at opposite angles, so that the outer Tip when
affixed to the inner Tip is prevented from oscilating from one side to the other, it
being further secured to the boot by the spike marked (c.) and which forms a solid
part of said tip & passes through the centre hole in the lower tip marked (d) in
drawing.
3rdly. The half Tip marked C & D. comprising Lower & Upper Tip, the difference
in this being the formation of the Claw in the Upper Tip it being in the shape of a V
as seen in the drawing marked with a small (d.) and the bevilled edge of the under
Tip to correspond to said claw.