IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS TO SERVE AS SUBSTITUTES FOR OVER-SHOES AND LEGGINGS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS. PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake
& Co. Patent Agents Southampton Buildings, London for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS TO SERVE AS SUBSTITUTES FOR OVER-SHOES AND
LEGGINGS communicated to him from abroad by Paul Marius Torrisani, of
"
Paris France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th July 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Suthampton Buildings, London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS TO SERVE AS
SUBSTITUTES FOR OVER-SHOES AND LEGGINGS [A communication to him from
abroad by Paul Marius Torrisani, of Paris, France]
"
This invention relates to boots designed to be used as substitutes for over-shoes
and leggings.
There are no satisfactory means now in use which permit a person to walk upon
a muddy ground and in wet weather without wetting and soiling his boots and
the bottom of his trousers. If, in order to avoid this inconvenience, he puts on a
gutta percha shoe or a clog these only protect the sole and a small portion of the
uppers, the remaining portion of the uppers being still exposed to splashings, and
no protection being afforded to the trousers. When however it is desired to protect
the bottoms of trousers the same must be enclosed in leggings which crease the
said trousers.
According to this invention I remedy the above mentioned defects that is to say
I provide a boot which entirely protects the boots and trousers without creasing
the latter, it possesses the advantage of occupying a very small space which allows
it to be carried in the pocket.
The improved boot is composed, as shown in the accompanying drawing, of a
cover a designed to protect the bottom of the trousers and is sufficiently wide to
avoid creasing the same; this cover is provided at the lower end with a boot b
made of the same material as the cover and of suitable size to allow the introduction
of the foot and ordinary boot ;-this large-outer, boot is made, with the exception of
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page_text: the sole, of a light and impermeable substance and protects the foot and the ankle,
and when taken off leaves the trousers without any creases. The said cover is
held to the upper part of the trousers by means either of an elastic band or hooks
which do not injure the material of the said trousers. It is however hardly
necessary to support the same in this manner the cover being kept upon the
trousers by friction as also by means of the elastic band which is arranged inside
the boot.
The bottom of the boot in which the foot and ordinary boot are located does not
fit closely upon the ankle, in order to prevent the trousers from being creased at
this particular place. As it would however be impossible to walk conveniently
with so loose a boot I remedy this defect by, fixing upon the inside of the
impermeable boot a band e of india-rubber or other elastic material which bearing
upon the ordinary boot maintains the sole of the same, and that of the covering
boot together.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lake in the Patent Office on the 5th January.
1884.
"
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS ΤΟ SERVE AS
SUBSTITUTES FOR OVERSHOES AND LEGGINGS," a communication to me from *
abroad by Paul Marius Torrisani, of Paris, France.
This Invention relates to boots designed to be used as substitutes for over shoes
and leggings
There are no satisfactory means which permit a person to walk upon muddy
ground and in wet weather without wetting and soiling his boots and the legs of
his trousers. If, in order to avoid this inconvenience, he puts on a gutta-percha
shoe or a clog these only protect the sole and a small portion of the uppers, the
remaining portion thereof being still exposed to splashings; and no protection
being afforded to the trousers. When, however, it is desired to protect the bottoms
of trousers the same must be enclosed in leggings which crease and wrinkle them
in such a manner that when these leggings are removed the trousers although
being clean and dry are nevertheless crumpled and have lost their proper shape,
According to this Invention I remedy the above mentioned defects, that is to say,
I provide a boot which entirely protects the ordinary boots and trousers, without
creasing the latter; it possesses the advantage of occupying a very small spaco
which allows it to be carried in a pocket in order to have the same at hand
whenever required and also to be able to easily conceal the same when not wanted
for use.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boot constructed according to this Invention.
Figure 2 is a similar view partly in section of a boot for women, and
Figure 3 is also a side elevation
The improved boot is composed as shewn in Figure 1 of a cover a designed to
protect the bottom of the trousers, and is sufficiently wide to avoid creasing the
same; this cover is provided at the lower end with a foot b of the same material
as the cover and of suitable size to allow the introduction of the foot of a person
with the ordinary boot thereon; this large outer boot is made, with the exception
of the sole, of a light and impermeable substance and protects the foot and the
ankle, and when taken off leaves the trousers not only clean but also without any
creases whatever. The said cover is held to the upper part of the trousers by
means either of an elastic band or hooks which do not injure the material of the
said trousers. It is however hardly necessary to support the same in this manner,
the cover being kept upon the trousers by friction as well as by means of the
elastic band which is arranged inside the boot. The portion of the boot in which
the foot and ordinary boot are located does not fit closely upon the ankle, in order
to prevent the trousers from being creased at this particular place. As it would,
however, be impossible to walk conveniently with so loose a boot I remedy this
defect by fixing upon the inside of the impermeable boot a band c of india-rubber
or other elastic material, which, bearing upon the ordinary boot maintains the sole
of the same and that of the outer boot together
The uppers of the outer boot are sometimes open at the front as shown in
Figures 2 and 3 but they may be open at the sides, in order to facilitate the.
introduction of the foot, ordinary boot and leg of a person and the edges of the
same are joined and held together by means of buttons, hooks, laces, or the like,

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the joint being covered by means of a tongue d. The cover thus fits better upon
the leg permitting the elastic band c described with reference to Figure 1, and
which served to hold the bottom of the outer boot against the sole of the ordinary
boot, to be dispensed with.
The said boot-cover may be also used by women and children
As shewn in Figures 2 and 3, the outer boot has the shape of an ordinary boot
and is provided with buttons c¹ in front, but it may also, without departing from
tlie nature of the said Invention, be buttoned, hooked, or laced at the side, or it may
be made in the shape of a shoc.
As shewn in Figure 3, the impermeable material a is covered by a factitious
heel e of soft leather which has for its object to prevent the said material from being:
deteriorated by shocks or friction upon the ground.
The sole b of the outer boot shewn in Figure 2 is made to fit the sole of the
ordinary boot whereby the appearance of the outer boot is rendered more elegant
than would otherwise be the case.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood.
that I claim.
A boot constructed substantially as described of impermeable material, for the
purpose set forth.
In witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Fifth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.