Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1895
'Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1995
We ERNEST BROWN and ALBERT BROWN 28/30 Great Eastern Street
London E.C. Merchants do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
A plate, plates, chain, or wire gauze is inserted in or fixed on the sole of the shoe,
made of metal or any suitable hard substance to prevent the points of the pedal
protruding through to the foot, and also to prevent the foot slipping, suitable
apertures or indentations are made if required in the plate, plates, chain, or wire
gauze, to receive the points of pedals.
This also applies to a boot.
WHE
We, ERNEST BROWN and ALBERT BROWN, both of 28, Great Eastern Street,
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, and accompanying drawing, that is
to say
In riding bicycles and tricycles, the pedal levers of which are fitted with pedals
having protruding metal spikes or points where the rider's feet come in contact
with them, in order to prevent the feet from slipping, it is found that not only do
such projecting points rapidly injure and wear out the shoes or boots of the rider,
but also that they are liable to penetrate more or less the inner soles or linings, and
injure the feet themselves.
Our present invention has for its object a protecting device to be applied to the
sole of the boot or shoe, in order to prevent such wear and tear by pedals of
the kind described.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our invention,
Figure 1 representing a front view, and Figure 2 a side view, of a pedal of the
kind described, (which is commonly known as a rat-trap" pedal);
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Figure 3 shews part of the sole of a boot or shoe fitted with one form of our
protectors;
Figures 4 and 5 are sections through the sole and the protectors; and
Figures 6, 7, and 8, illustrate different modified forms of the protectors, which
may be employed.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures.
In Figures 1 and 2, representing a pedal, a, a are the parallel vertical plates
rivetted to the side frames b, b, the centres of which turn freely upon the crankpins
of the pedal levers. The plates a, a, are provided on their upper and lower edges,
(either of which may be used indifferently by the rider), with angular projecting
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page_text: points c. c, c, upon which the sole of the rider's boot or shoe presses when he is
riding the machine.
d, d, Figures 3, 4, and 5, represent metal plates of sufficient strength and of
proper size, which are rivetted, screwed, or otherwise attached transversely, to the
bottom of the sole of the boot or shoe. They are provided with holes or
openings e, e, e, in transverse rows, of such size the points c, c, c, on the pedals will
freely enter them, the holes in the rows being made at a distance apart corresponding
with that between the points c. Each of the transverse plates d, d, (Figure 3) is
shewn with three parallel transverse rows of similar holes, the distance between
each such row in one plate and the corresponding row in the other plate being equal
to the distance between the two rows of points c, c, in the pedal, (as shewn in
Figure 2).
Instead of three, a single row, or any number of rows of holes, may be used in
the plates d, d, and instead of five points c, as shewn, one or any other number may
be used in any desired position, the holes in the plates being made to correspond
with them, which plates may be made short enough to contain only such number of
holes, instead of extending completely across the sole of the boot or shoe,
as shewn.
In Figure 4 the plates d, d, are shewn fixed to the bottom of the outer sole s.
In Figure 5 they are shewn fixed between the outer or lower soles and the inner
ones, the former only being penetrated by the points on the pedal.
The shape and character of the holes e may be varied more or less. For instance,
they may be made circular as in Figures 6 and 8, which shew three and two rows
of holes respectively, or wire gauze or network may be used as illustrated in
Figure 7, or a surface of wire woven or interlocked in other shapes may be used,
the points on the pedal penetrating into the interstices between the wires.
By our invention, the foot of the rider when he presses it upon the pedal, quickly
and readily finds the holes convenient for the points on the pedal to enter, where
they remain without the possibility of slipping, whilst the sole of the boot or shoe
and the feet of the rider are protected from injury.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise details of shape, construction, and
attachment, which may be varied more or less as may be desired, but
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 —
1. A protector for the boots and shoes used by cyclists, consisting of a plate
fixed to the bottom of the sole of the boot or shoe, and having openings in the
proper position to receive the points projecting from the pedals of the cycle,
substantially as and for the purpose described, and illustrated."
2. In the protectors described and claimed in Claim 1, the use of two or more
rows of openings to receive the points upon the pedals, substantially as described,
and illustrated.
3. In protectors of the kind described and claimed in Claim 1, the use instead of
plates, of surfaces of woven or interlocked wire, substantially as described and
illustrated.
EDWARDS & Co.,.
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.