An Improved Stiffener for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1894
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stiffener for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
CHARLES JOSEPH HILL Burnt House Cuckfield Sussex, Gardener, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in the construction of stiffeners for
the heels of boots and shoes and consists in the substitution of suitable rigid forms
of thin metal for the stiffeners of leather or pasteboard now employed. These
forms may be made of any suitable metal, as light castings, or of sheet metal,
pressed into suitable dies, care being taken that they are made in the various boot
sizes, the edges thinned to a feather edge, corners properly rounded, so that no
projection is felt under the lining, or insole, by the wearer, and perforated for
stitching & ventilation.
Dated this 12th day of March 1894.
CHARLES JOSEPH HILL of Burnt House Cuckfield in the County of Sussex,
Gardener, 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in the construction of stiffeners
for the heels of boots and shoes and consists in the substitution of suitable rigid
forms of thin metal for the stiffeners of leather or pasteboard now employed.
These forms may be made of any suitable metal such as light castings, or of sheet
metal pressed into suitable dies, care being taken that they are made in the various
boot sizes, the edges thinned to a feather edge, and corners properly rounded so.
that no projection is felt under the lining or inner-sole by the wearer.
One edge
or part of metal stiffener is inserted between the external part of the boot-upper
and the internal lining of same, and its lower edge or part then comes between
the inner-sole and the heel of the boot underneath the foot. The stiffeners are
perforated for the purpose of stitching to the boot upper, and for rivetting or
otherwise fastening down to the heel, as well as for the purpose of ventilation.
When they are made of easily oxidizable metal. I galvanize or otherwise coat my
stiffeners to prevent rusting or oxidation.
In order that my invention may be understood I append a sheet of drawing, in
which one of my stiffeners is shewn. A. designates that part of the stiffener which
is situate between the boot upper & the internal lining. B. is the part which
comes between the innersole and the heel of the boot. a. are holes or perforations
for the sewn stitches which fasten the boot upper to the internal lining. b. are
holes for rivets, or their equivalents for fastening the part B. to the heel of
the boot.
No ventilating perforations are here shown but as many as are required may be
pierced through the metallic stiffener.

page_text: Having now described my invention and the means of carrying same into effect.
what I claim as my invention is-
1. A stiffener for the heels of boots & shoes formed of metal, substantially as
shewn & described.
2. Constructing the heels of boots & shoes with metallic forms, inserted for the
purpose of retaining the leather in its original shape substantially as described and
shown.
Dated this 11th day of December 1894.
CHARLES JOSEPH HILL.