Attachments for Boots and Shoes to Prevent Slipping in Frosty or Snowy Weather.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1892
Couplete Soscification Left, 5th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Attachments for Boots and Shoes to Prevent Slipping in Frosty
or Snowy Weather.
EDWARD BROWN 222 Lozells Road Handsworth Birmingham Glass Cutter
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I place upon the boot or shoe a disk or plate made in malleable iron or
steel stamped in shape somewhat like the heel of' boot or shoe; projecting from
each side are two extensions curved and turned to attach strap or elastic to.
At one end or top are two other projections tooth like shape as a preventative to
slipping from heel of boot or shoe. At the further end or bottom of the disk or plate
I then
it is turned up lip-like shape to further secure it on the heel of boot.
propose to place on the under side or tread three or any given number of spikes
projecting from the surface, which when walking prevents the wearer from slipping.
An elastic band which may be tipped with leather and pierced with hole in each
end, crosses the instep of boot and is then hooked on to the projections of protectors
thus securing the protector to heel of boot.
EDWARD BROWN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Attachments for Boots and Shoes to Prevent Slipping in Frosty.
or Snowy Weather.
I, EDWARD BROWN, of 222 Lozells Road, Handsworth, near the City of
Birmingham, Glass Cutter, 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 :-
This invention, relates to attachments for boots and shoes to prevent slipping on
frozen and snow covered grounds or surfaces, and consists in the employment of a
plate, spiked on its underside, and with confining ears upon its upper side, and
which attachment is secured to a boot by an elastic strap, band or equivalent.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents in side elevation, a shoe, provided
with an anti-slipping attachment, constructed, arranged and provided according to
my invention.
The said attachment, which is secured to the tread or underside of the heel of a
boot or shoe, consists of a metal plate, having upright and side extensions, for
fitting, or preventing the displacement of the same from the heel, while the under
or tread side has projections and pointed studs.
Figure 2 represents an underside plan of the said shoe and its attachment, as
represented in Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents the back end of the boot Figure 1, and also of the attachment
or roughing.
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the said attachment or roughing separately, and
Figure 5 is a plan of the same, and Figures 6 and 7 front elevation of the said
attachment or roughing with differently shaped lips or erect rear parts.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
a is the attachment or roughing consisting of a plate a', with erect or nearly
erect forwardly positioned confining lips or snugs a, a, and a rear confining lip or
bearer at, and upright opposite strap lugs a, having piercings aº, wherethrough the

page_text: booked end, of an elastic or other band b, directed across the instep c³, of the
shoe c, passes..
The underside or tread of the plate a¹, has projecting or outstanding spikes or
pointed studs a².
To make the said attachment as light as possible, consistent with strength and
efficiency, I may pierce the middle thereof with a piercing, so that the bottom of
an attachment comprehends as it were, a disc or ring with projections directed
from the surface or tread thereof.
The said attachments may be made of malleable cast iron or other suitable metal
or alloys, or from sheet metal. In the latter case, I propose to raise the same, or
the parts of the same, by stamping, or by press tools.
In the modification Figure 6, the back confining lip a', is made of a T-shaped
figure, whilst that of Figure 7 is made of the figure of a loop, or a broad bearer
with a middle piercing.
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
"clain.is :-
First: In an anti-slipping attachment or roughing for boots and shoes, consisting
of a tread plate, provided upon its under or outer side with spikes, pointed
projections, studs or the like, as set forth.
Secondly-In a boot or shoe attachment to prevent slipping, consisting of a
plate or carrier, having upon ene side, spikes or pointed studs, and directed from
the edges of the other side, confining ears, clips or their equivalents, as described
and set forth.
Thirdly-In an anti-slipping attachment or roughing for boots and shoes, the
construction, arrangement, and combination of the parts, as described and set forth.
Dated this 1st day of October 1892.
EDWARD BROWN,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.