AN IMPROVED LEGGING OR GAITER BOOT.
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Plant, of Longton, in the County of Stafford,
Bootmaker, for the Invention of “AN IMPROVED LEGGING OR GAITER BOOT.“
Sealed the 11th December 1877, and dated the 12th June 1877.
Bootmaker, for the Invention of “AN IMPROVED LEGGING OR GAITER BOOT.“
Sealed the 11th December 1877, and dated the 12th June 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Plant at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1877.
JOHN PLANT, of Longton, in the County of Stafford, Bootmaker.
PROVED LEGGING OR GAITER BOOT."
"AN IM-
My Invention consists in combining a legging or gaiter with a boot in such
manner as to be one with the boot, without impeding or cramping the action of the
foot or ankle joint. In effecting this I cut the front upper in such form and of such
size that the top will form the legging or gaiter, which can be closed round the leg
by buttons or clasps of any suitable kind, being free to play at the back of the
ankle; thus whilst forming a continuation of the boot, it will not cramp or other-
wise confine the ankle. This extended or continued part of the front upper may, if
required, be attached to the upper, instead of being cut out of the same piece, to
allow of the legging and boot being made, if necessary, of two materials, my
Invention being for a legging or gaiter boot attached in front but free at the
back.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Plant in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th December
1877.
JOHN PLANT, of Longton, in the County of Stafford, Bootmaker.
PROVED LEGGING OR GAITER BOOT."
"AN IM-
My Invention consists in combining a legging or gaiter with a boot in such
manner as to be one with the boot, without impeding or cramping the action of the
foot or ankle joint. In effecting this I cut the front upper in such form and of such
size that the top will form the legging or gaiter, which can be closed round the leg
by buttons or clasps of any suitable kind, being free to play at the back of the
ankle; thus whilst forming a continuation of the boot, it will not cramp or other-
wise confine the ankle. This extended or continued part of the front upper may, if
preferred, be attached to the upper, instead of being cut out of the same piece, to
allow of the legging and boot being made, if necessary, of two materials, my
Invention being for a legging or gaiter boot attached in front but free at the
back.
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, in which Fig. 1
shews a boot with the legging or gaiter part (a) unclosed; and Fig. 2 shews the
same part closed, as in wear, the part (a) being formed in one piece with or attached
to the upper, as may be required.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and the manner in which
same is to be performed, I claim the improvement in making legging or gaiter
boots, with the legging or gaiter formed in one piece with or attached to the upper
at the front of the boot and free at the back of the ankle, as herein more fully set
forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Plant, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
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