An Improvement in connection with the Soles and Heels of Boots.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in connection with the Soles and Heels of Boots.
We, JOHN REESON, Shoemaker, and ELIZABETH REESON, Shoe Machinist, both
of Front Street, Byers Green, in the County of Durham, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the protection of the soles and heels of boots from
wear and is intended as an improvement in the system of effecting such pro-
tection by rows of studs set close together in single or double file as in the case
of the heavier class of boots worn by pitmen, agricultural labourers and for
sporting purposes. When studs alone are employed as boot protectors they are
set close together in single or double file usually following the contour of the
boot sole or heel and present a surface of heads which is practically continuous.
But the spikes or points of such studs penetrate the sole, inner sole and upper or
top leather of the boot the holes being so closely pitched together, that they are
liable to break one into another especially when the leather turns hard and brittle
after soaking.
The object and result of our invention is to effect an improvement in this respect
by which half the quantity of studs are used and pitched at twice the distance
leaving intervening spaces between the stud heads which we fill up with pads
of leather cut to fit in between and flush with the stud heads; and held down by
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rivets which break line with the pitch of the studs when set in double rows.
will thus be seen that leather pads alternate with stud heads: and as these pads
can be cut from scrap leather now thrown away as waste the advantages of our
invention are attended with economy of material as well as durability and lightness
in the boot.
Although used to greater advantage in combination with double rows of studs,
the invention is also adapted for use in combination with single rows of studs.
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G. J. CLARKSON,
Chartered Patent Agent, Stockton-on-Tees,
Agent for the Applicants.
An Improvement in connection with the Soles and Heels of Boots.
We, JOHN REESON, Shoemaker, and ELIZABETH REESON, Shoe Machinist, both
of Front Street, Byers Green, in the County of Durham, 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 the protection of the soles and heels of boots from
wear and is intended as an improvement in the system of effecting such pro-
tection by rows of studs set close together in single or double file as in the case
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page_text: of the heavier class of boots worn by pitmen, agricultural labourers, and for
sporting purposes. When studs alone are employed as boot protectors, they are
set close together in single or double file, usually following the contour of the
.boot sole or heel, and present a surface of heads, which is practically continuous.
But the spikes or points of such studs penetrate the sole, inner sole, and upper or
top leather of the boot, the holes being so closely pitched together, that they are
liable to break one into another, especially when the leather turns hard and brittle
after soaking. The object and result of our invention is to effect an improvement
in this respect by which half the quantity of studs are used, which are pitched at
twice the distance leaving intervening spaces between the stud heads, or rows of
stud heads, which we fill up with pads of leather or equivalent material cut to fit
in between and flush with the stud heads. And in order that it may be clearly
explained and understood in what way our invention is carried out, and what
advantage is derived from the use thereof, we will now proceed to describe the
same by reference to the annexed drawing. Each figure is an inverted plan of a
boot embodying and illustrating the essential features of our invention as applied
to heavy boots in Fig. 1, and to lighter boots in Fig. 2. Referring to Fig. 1,
aa are stud heads of the ordinary flat headed kind, which have hitherto been
placed close together, usually in double file to form a continuous border and making
in the boot sole, inner sole, and upper or top leather, two rows of holes b, as shown
along the offside edge of the boot sole at In substitution of this, we remove
every other row of studs and provide intervening pads to take their place; these
pads are of scrap leather, or other equivalent material including paper, and are
secured by rivets e, which preferably break joint with the pitch lines of the stud
holes as shown at the near side of the boot sole at yy, and as shown in Fig. 2.
But when this is not the case, and the pads are secured by two rivets each, as shown
in Fig. 1, the smaller holes made by the rivets take the place of every other row
of the larger holes required for the studs, which are set in couples further apart
and the boot sole, inner sole and top leather are correspondingly less damaged. It
will be thus seen that pads of leather or other suitable or equivalent material
alternate with stud heads and as the pads can be cut from scrap leather, now thrown
away as waste, the advantages of our invention are attended with economy of
material as well as durability and lightness in the boot. This applies more
especially to the heavier class of boots as illustrated in Fig. 1, in which the weight
of studs thus dispensed with, amounts in ordinary cases to lb. in the pair. In
the lighter class of boots of the kind illustrated in Fig. 2, the stud and pad arrange-
ment is not so much in substitution of existing protectors as an improvement con-
ducing to durability without material addition to the weight of the boot. Although
used to greater advantage in combination with double rows of studs, the invention
is also adapted for use with single rows of studs or the studs instead of having
square or round heads may have their heads elongated to such rectangular or other
form as will compactly alternate with the intervening pads.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
In the means for protecting the soles of boots, the use of pads of leather, or other
equivalent material alternating with studs or rows of studs, so as to make up the
same more or less continuous surface or protecting border substantially as and for
the purpose as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 5th day 131
1000
LUVU
LUDLA
G. J. CLARKSON,
Chartered Patent Agent, Stockton-on-Tees, & Hull.
Agent for the Applicants.