Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
We, CHRISTIAN RUMMELHOFF, Artist, and FREDERICK AHRENDS, Dealer in Works
of Art, both of 165 Piccadilly, London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to form a boot or shoe which will, (1) afford comfort
to the wearer, more particularly in walking or in taking part in any sports; (2) protect
the feet from being hurt by contact with stones, rough ground or other hard objects.
For this purpose we take a single piece of leather or other suitable material and so
shape same that it will form the inner sole and the back and the sides of the boot or
shoe. The single piece of material from which the above parts are made is cut to the
approximate shape that such parts would assume when developed or folded down flat
in the same plane as the inner sole. Then a V-shaped piece is cut out at the place
which is to form the back so as to permit the sides and back to be turned up at right
angles to the sole piece, the part cut away being of such form as to ensure the
meeting of the two edges of the opening so formed, when the material is turned up
into the position it is to occupy in the finished boot or shoe. The edges of the opening
are then sewn together. The front of the boot is made of a separate piece of leather.
or other material cut to the required shape, and the edges of which are sewn to the
upper edges of the forward part of the sides of the boot or shoe, and also to the
extreme point of such sides, which is also turned up so as to form the toe.
The outer sole consists of a stouter piece of leather or other suitable material, the
edges of which are turned up all round and then sewn all round or otherwise secured
to the single piece of leather forming the inner sole and the back and sides of the boot
or shoe. A heel piece and also an additional sole piece may be secured to the outer
sole in any suitable manner, if desired.
By turning up the edges of the outer sole the feet of the wearer will be perfectly
protected from contact with any hard substance.
That part of the single piece of material first described, which is to form the back
and sides of the boot or shoe, will be so shaped and be of such size as to suit the
particular form of boot or shoe it is desired to produce, and such sides may be fitted
with any suitable means (such as lacing, buttons, etc.) for securing the boot or shoe
to the foot of the wearer.
The improved boot or shoe will be found of particular advantage to sportsmen,
tourists and soldiers.
DIL
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
We, CHRISTIAN RUMMELHOFF, Artist, and FREDERICK AHRENDS, Dealer in Works
of Art, both of 165, Piccadilly, London, in the County of Middlesex, 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:
The object of our invention is to form a boot or shoe which will, (1) afford
comfort to the wearer, more particularly in walking or in taking part in any
sports; (2) protect the feet from being hurt by contact with stones, rough ground or
other hard chincte

page_text: In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a shoe constructed according to our invention.
Fig. 2 a front elevation of same.
Fig. 3 a longitudinal section.
Fig. 4 a transverse section thereof, on the line x, x, Fig. 3, and
Fig. 5 a plan view of the piece to form the inner sole and back, sides and toe of the
shoe when flat, that is before the parts thereof have been turned up to the position for
forming such back, sides and toe.
We take a single piece of leather or other suitable material A and so shape same
that it will form the inner sole a and the back band the sides c of the boot or shoe.
The single piece of material A from which the above parts are made is (as shown in
Fig. 5) cut to the approximate shape that such parts would assume when developed or
folded down flat in the same plane as the inner sole a. Then a V-shaped piece is cut
out at the place which is to form the back so as to permit the sides c and back b to
be turned up at right angles to the sole piece a, the part cut away being of such form
as to ensure the meeting of the two edges of the opening so formed, when the material
is turned up into the position it is to occupy in the finished boot or shoe. The edges
of the opening are then sewn together as shown at 6' in Fig. 4. The front d of the
boot is made of a separate piece of leather or other material cut to the required shape,
and the edges of which are sewn to the upper edges of the forward part of the sides c
of the boot or shoe, and also to the extreme point c¹ of such sides, which is also turned
up as shown so as to form the toe.
The outer sole E consists of a stouter piece of leather or other suitable material,
the edges of which are turned up all round as shown at e, and then sewn all round or
otherwise secured to the single piece of leather A forming the inner sole a and the
back and sides c of the boot or shoe. A heel piece F and also an additional sole
piece may be secured to the outer sole E in any suitable manner, if desired.
By turning up the edges of the outer sole E the feet of the wearer will be perfectly
protected from contact with any hard substance.
A cork or other sole G may be placed inside the boot or shoe if desired.
That part of the single piece of material A forming the back band sides c of the
boot or shoe, is so shaped and is of such size as to suit the particular form of boot or
shoe it is desired to produce, and such sides may be fitted with any suitable means
(such as lacing H as shown, or with buttons, etc.) for securing the boot or shoe to the
foot of the wearer.
In Figs. 1 and 2, the full lines show a shoe constructed according to our invention,
while the broken lines indicate the extension of the back b and sides c of the part A
in the form of an ordinary boot, and it will be readily understood that such parts may
if desired be further extended and shaped so as to form a top boot.
The improved boot or shoe will be found of particular advantage to sportsmen,
tourists and soldiers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. The improved boot or shoe in which the inner sole and the back and sides are
made from a single piece of leather or other suitable material, substantially as
specified.
2. The improved boot or shoe in which the back, sides and toe are formed by
turning up the outer part of a suitably shaped piece of leather or other suitable
material, the central part of which will form the inner sole, substantially as specified.
3. The outer sole for boots and shoes, having its edges turned up all round and
sewn or otherwise secured to the back, sides and toe of such boot or shoe, substantially
as specified.
Dated this 11th day of February 1890.