An Improved Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Jun, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, MAURICE WILLIAM MARTIN, of 8 St. Gregory's Church Alley Norwich,
En the County of Norfolk, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved manufacture of boots and shoes, the object
being to produce a ventilated boot or shoc at a low cost and which while
containing no leather will possess practically all the advantages of a leather boot
or shoe.
In carrying out my invention 1 manufacture the uppers of canvas suitably
treated so as to be made waterproofed and to have the appearance of leather, the
said uppers having felt or cauvas linings. The insole and stiffenings are made of
paper or leatherboard lined on the outside with canvas and on the inside with
swansdown. The outer sole ] make of india-rubber or the like in one or more
thicknesses and lined with a suitable fabric. The boots or shoes are made up in
the ordinary manner but in order that they may be ventilated I hollow out the
heel and punch or otherwise form holes in the inner sole and between the two
soles; round the edge of the inner sole I place a runner of india-rubber or paper
board, also a waist shank made of the same materials and continued to the toe
thereby providing a space to allow air to pass under the inner sole.
Dated the 6th day of September 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, MAURICE WILLIAM MARTIN, of 8, St. Gregory's Church Alley, Norwich,
in the County of Norfolk, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, 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 an improved manufacture of boots and shoes, the
object being to produce a ventilated boot or shoe at a low cost and which while
containing no leather will possess practically all the advantages of a leather boot
or shoe.
In carrying out my invention I manufacture the boot or shoe upper of canvas
suitably treated so as to be made waterproof and to have the appearance of leather,
the said upper having a felt or canvas lining. The insole and stiffenings are made
of paper or leatherboard advantageously lined on the outside with canvas and on
the inside with swansdown. The outer sole I make of india-rubber or the like in
one or more thicknesses and, if required, lined with a suitable fabric. The boots
or shoes are made up in the ordinary manner but in order that they may be
ventilated I hollow out the heel and punch or otherwise form holes in the inner
sole, and between the two soles round the edge of the inner sole I form or place a
runner of india-rubber or paper board, also a waist shank made of the same

page_text: materials and continued to the toe thereby providing a space to allow air to
pass under the inner sole.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure is a side elevation (partly in section) of a boot made according' to my
invention:
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is an underside view of the boot partly in sectiou; and,
Figure 4 is a plan of the outer sole of the boot removed.
a is the upper of canvas preferably made to imitate leather and waterproofed
and a is the felt or canvas lining of the same; b is the insole and the stiffenings,
both of paper or leatherboard and preferably lined on the outside with canvas
and on the inside with swansdown. c, e are the holes which I form in the
said insole.
d is the outer sole of india-rubber or the like, e the runner round its edge,
and the waist shank, which runner and waist shank are shewn in the drawing as
made in one piece with the outer sole and heel but they may be made separately
therefrom; the waist shank fruus from the heel to the toe thereby forming with
the runner a groove g, said groove being in communication with the holes c, e in
the inner sole whereby air can circulate under the inner sole.
is the heel of the boot preferably made in one piece with the outer sole d and
having its interior hollowed out as shewn at i; the outer sole is attached to the
inner sole and to the upper in the usual manner, the channel formed around the
outer sole to allow of sewing the same to the upper being filled up with a solution
or strip of india-rubber, the channel or groove formed in the heel for the same
purpose being also filled up with india-rubber cemented or otherwise fixed therein.
It will be obvious that as the inside of the boot is in communication with the air
spaces gandi in the outer sole and heel respectively by means of the holes e, c
in the inner sole air can circulate freely and the boot will therefore be well
ventilated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A boot or shoe having an upper of the kind described, a perforated inner sole
of paper, leatherboard or the like, and an outer sole formed with a space between
it and the inner sole in communication with the perforations in the inner solc, and
a hollow heel also in communication with the said perforations substantially as,
and for the purpose, described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved boot or shoe hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of June 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.