Top Pieces for Boots, Shoes and other Foot Coverings.
Year: 1885

page_text: Top Pieces for Boots, Shoes, and other Foot Coverings.
We JAMES GREEN and ARTHUR GREEN of Granby Street, Leicester Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers, and JAMES CHRISTOPHER SWAIN, of the same address, Manager
to the said James Green and Arthur Green, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:—
The object of our invention is to produce on the surface of a leather sole ridges
or corrugations or raised projections of any desired shape or design so that when
for example the said soles are used in the manufacture of lawn tennis cricket and
other like boots or shoes the said raised projections may be a substitute for the
pegs spikes patches and other like devices now employed as grips so that the wearer
when running may not slip.
The advantages claimed are that an ordinary sole of suitable leather may readily
be caused to yield the said corrugations ridges or raised projections of any desired
shape by using suitable moulds or by other convenient means thereby avoiding the
use of the pegs spikes and other separate materials before named which frequently
become loose and detached from soles; and also to avoid the labour necessary to
attach such pegs spikes & to the sole.
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The hollowed parts or indentations may readily be filled with a plastic mixture
composed partly of scraps of leather or other suitable material.
We may also if desirable produce the raised projections or ridges already
described, on heel top pieces separate from the sole.
Dated this 27th day of October 1885

page_text: Top Pieces for Boots, Shoes, and other Foot Coverings.
We JAMES GREEN & ARTHUR GREEN of Granby St Leicester, Boot & Shoe
Manufacturers and JAMES CHRISTOPHER SWAIN of the same address Manager to
the said James Gréen and Arthur Green do hereby declare the nature of our inven-
tion 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 produce on the surface of a leather sole, ridges
or corrugations or raised projections of any desired shape or design so that when
for example the said soles are used in the manufacture of lawn tennis cricket &
other like boots or shoes, the said raised projections may be a substitute for the
pegs, spikes, patches and other like devices now employed as grips so that the 1
wearer when running may not slip.
The advantages claimed are that an ordinary sole of suitable leather may readily
be caused to yield the said corrugations, ridges, or raised projections, of any desired
shapes by using suitable moulds or by other convenient means thereby avoiding
the use of the pegs spikes and other separate materials before named which
frequently become loose and detached from the soles and also to avoid the labour
necessary to attach such pegs, spikes &c to the soles.
The hollowed parts or indentations may readily be filled with a plastic mixture
composed partly of scraps of leather or other suitable material.
We may also if desirable produce the raised projections or ridges already
described on heel top pieces separate from the sole.
This invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings shewing various designs produced on a leather sole. We do not however
confine ourselves to the outlines given as we may produce any suitable pattern
required.
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Figure 1 shews a leather sole A with star shaped projections B raised on its
surface and a corresponding projection B¹ at the heel C.
In Figure 2 the ridges or projections B expand in parallel diagonal lines across
the sole A and heel C.
Figure 3 shews a leather sole A and heel C. with small hemispherical buttons or
projections D formed thereon.
Figure 4 shows a sole A and heel C. with curvilinear projections or ridges B.
Figure 5 shews a sole A separate from the heel having ridges or corrugations B
running parallel with the axis of the foot.
Figure 6 shews a heel top piece C separate from the sole having a design of
corrugation corresponding with that shewn on the heel of Figure 2.
It is obvious that there is no necessity for the sole & heel to correspond in
design.
Figure 7 shews a sectional view of the sole and heel illustrated in Figure 3,
D' being the hollowed underside of the sole and A the exterior with the raised
Proiectione D
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page_text: It will be readily understood that in accordance with the designs, we require to
produce either on the sole or heel together or separately we use dies and moulds of
iron or other suitable material.
The recesses D¹ formed by the dies are filled with suitable plastic material as
shewn in Figure 7 so that the projections may be preserved and the comfort of the
wearer not interfered with.
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:-
1. A Lawn Tennis shoe sole having raised projections of any suitable design
thereon substantially as specified.
2. The method of forming the said projections by pressure between dies and
moulds substantially as specified.
3. In leather soles such as herein described the method of preventing the projec-
tions or corrugations from receding or collapsing by filling the indentations or
recesses on the inside of the sole with a suitable plastic material substantially as
specified and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th of July 1886.
JAMES GREEN.
ARTHUR GREEN.
JAMES CHRISTOPHER SWAIN.