IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF ELASTIC FILLETS, CORDS, OR BANDS TO BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL.
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Macintosh, of North Bank, Regent's Park,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE APPLICATION OF ELASTIC FILLETS, CORDS, OR BANDS TO BOOTS AND
SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL.'
Scaled the 21st September 1869, and dated the 23rd March 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Macintosh at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd March 1869.
I, JOHN MACINTOSH, of North Bank, Regent's Park, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF ELASTIC FILLETS, CORDS, OR BANDS
TO BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," to be as
follows:-
In a Patent granted to me for improvements in boots and shoes, dated
20th March 1868, No. 1065, we described certain methods of applying
clastic fillets as springs in the front of boots and shoes such as are usually
made with flaps and buttons.

page_text: Our present Invention consists in the application of the same kind of
fillets to other parts of boots and shoes as well as the front, more
particularly as a substitute for the ordinary side springs.
The manner in which we effect this object is to make a vertical cut
down each side of the boot to the depth of about five inches and
introduce four or five fillets transversely across the opening between the
leather and the lining. These fillets will by their elastic action admit
of the boot being drawn on or off the foot and at other times keep the
openings closed and be themselves concealed and free from external
wear. The fillets, cords, or bands we prefer are made of india-rubber
threads braided with fibrous materials, as is well understood.
My Invention also embraces the application of such fillets as a means
of fastening gloves, wristbands, and the backs or other parts of trousers
and vests, the novelty consisting in the method of carrying it into effect,
which is done by attaching to each end of the fillet a stud or button,
which being inserted in suitable holes in the glove or garment exerts the
force required for keeping the proper tension according to the strength
of the fillets employed, or the fillets with studs or buttons may be used as
sleeve links.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Macintosh in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd September 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MACINTOSH, of North Bank, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said John Macintosh, Her special 3
licence that I, the said John Macintosh, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Macintosh, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the

page_text: term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE APPLICATION OF ELASTIC FILLETS, CORDS, OR BANDS TO BOOTS AND SHOES,
AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Macintosh, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under , or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Macintosh, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
In a Patent granted to me for improvements in boots and shoes, dated
28th March 1868, Number 1065, I described certain methods
of applying elastic fillets as springs in the front of boots and shoes
such as are usually made with flaps and buttons.
My present Invention consists in the application of the same kind of
fillets to other parts of boots and shoes as well as the front, more
particularly as a substitute for the ordinary side springs.
The manner in which effect this object is to make a vertical cut
down each side of the boot or shoe to the depth of about five inches, and
introduce four or five fillets transversely across the opening between
the leather and the lining. These fillets will by their elastic action
admit of the boot being drawn on or off the foot, and at other times
keep the openings closed and be themselves concealed and free from
external wear. The fillets, cords, or bands we prefer are made of india-
rubber threads braided with fibrous material as is well known. When
such fillets are used in connection with buckles a slit or opening is made
in front of the shoe in order to admit the foot, one end of each fillet
being fastened to the shoe and the other ends either to the buckle or to
a leather band passing through it, or an elastic band may be passed
through the buckle and the ends fastened to the shoe.
My Invention also embraces the application of such fillets as a means
of fastening gloves, wristbands, and the backs or other parts of trousers

page_text: and vests, the novelty consisting in the method of carrying it into effect,
which is done by attaching to each end of the fillet a stud or button,
which being inserted in suitable holes in the glove or garment exerts
the force required for keeping the proper tension according to the
strength of the fillets employed, or the fillets with studs or buttons may
be used as sleeve links. In some cases the fillets form a loop, one end
of which is secured to a button and passed through the button hole of
the glove, the other end of the loop passing through another hole and
returned over the button.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the means by
which the same may be carried into effect, I claim, the application of
clastic fillets, cords, or bands to boots and shoes as herein-before described,
I would have it understood that I am aware that elastic bands and
buttons have been used for holding coat flaps together, but my claim
is only in respect to the use of them when applied to gloves, vests, and
trousers, or when used as sleeve links.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Macintosh, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
Witness,
JO. M. MACINTOSH.
JOHN MACINTOSH. (L.S.)