IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MUD BOOTS AND OVERALLS
Year: 1842

page_text: BROWNE'S SPECIFICATION..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BROWNE, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twelfth day of May, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said John
Browne, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said John Browne, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John Browne, my exors, aditiors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MUD BOOTS
AND OVERALLS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I,
the said John Browne, shall cause a particular description of the nature of
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Browne, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and

page_text: thereon (that is to say) :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a mud boot or overall constructed according to my
Invention. Figure 2 shews a front view thereof, with the sides thereof
opened to facilitate the entrance of the foot and leg. Figure 3 is a section of
the mud boot or overall. Figure 4 shews a front view of part of the metal
frame of a mud boot, and Figure 5 is a side view thereof. It will be seen
that the leg part of the mud boot or overall is composed of two separate
sides a, b, similar in their construction, but capable of separating from each
other by their being respectively affixed to a spring c, which is affixed to the
heel by sewing, or otherwise. The construction of the lower part of the
mud boot or overall for receiving the foot being clearly shown, it will not be
necessary to enter into a description thereof. The spring c has hinged to it
at a, a, two frames c', (the object of the hinge or swivels x, x, being to
facilate the movement of the leg when walking); to the frames c¹ the sides
a, b, are affixed by sewing, and in order to keep the sides a, b, to their shape,
the additional frames c³, are affixed to the upright frames c'. The spring c
has at all times a tendency to close the two sides a, b, of the mud boot or
overall, so as to cover the leg; at the same time the boot may be readily
removed by separating the sides in the manner indicated in Figure 2, when
the sides a, b, will separate as if they were on hinges, with this additional
advantage that the spring to which each side a, b, is affixed will at all times
have a tendency to close and cover the leg.
I would remark that, in place of having the two sides a, b, of which the
part of a mud boot is composed, affixed to springs, the parts a, b, may be
hinged at d, so as to allow of their being separated at the upper part to allow
of the foot and leg being introduced with facility, and then, by means of a
button or other fastener, the two parts or sides a, b, are to be kept together.
Figure 6. shows a front view, and Figure 7 a side view of a frame (for a mud
boot such as is last described), in which the parts c', to which the sides a, b,
are affixed, are jointed by the hinges d, to the part of the frame c, which is
affixed to the heel. Figure 8 shows a front view, and Figure 9 a side view
of another construction of spring frame. In this arrangement the metal frame
used is of somewhat different construction to that described in the Figures
4 and 5, the hinged joints x, x, being dispensed with, but the nature of the
parts is clearly shown in the Drawing, and it will be evident that the arrange-

page_text: ment of the frame used may be varied, the object of using a frame being to
ensure the two sides a, b, keeping their figure.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood, that I do not
confine myself to the precise details, provided the peculiar character of my
Invention be retained. But what I claim is,
First, the making mud boots or overalls each with two sides a, b, capable
of separating, as above described.
And secondly, I claim the constructing mud boots, each with two sides, which
are caused to close together by means of springs, as above described, having
the appearance of a split boot.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Browne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
JOHN (L.S.) BROWNE.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twelfth day of November, in
the voor of our Lord 1849 the aforesaid John Browne came before our