Improvements in Fastenings for Boot and Shoe Laces.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
Improvements in Fastenings for Boot and Shoe Laces.
I, WALTER JAMES DONNE, of Grosvenor Studio, Vauxhall Bridge, in the
County of London, England, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Tho object of my invention is to provide suitable fastenings for boot and shoe
laces, in order to minimize their liability of becoming untied, and also to hold the
end portions of the laces to prevent them from getting into the mud and such like
and soiling the boots or shoes.
To effect this object I form in the upper part of the boot or shoe two or more
eyelet holes or perforations at each side of the laced portion, so that after the lace
has been tied into a bow the onds are threaded through said eyelet holes and aro
firmly held in position.
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W. D. ROWLINGSON,
7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, WALTER JAMES DONNE, of Grosvenor Studio, Vauxhall Bridge, in the
County of London, England, Artist, do hereby declare tho nature of this invention
and in what manner the saine is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide simple and at the same time reliable
fastenings for boot and shoe laces in order to dispense with the necessity of tying
either knots or bows, or if desired the fastenings can be used to hold the end
portions of the laces after they have been tied to minimize their liability of
becoming loosened and also to prevent them from getting into the mud and such
like, and soiling the boots or shoca.
This I accomplish by forming in the upper part of the boot or shoe two or more
eyelet holes or perforations at one or both sides of the laced portion, and arranging
the lace in a suitable manner through said holes.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings is shewn a variety of ways
for securing the lace ends after the boot or shoe has been laced, but there are
many other forms of arranging said lace beside those illustrated.
The eyelet holes or perforations which I form in the upper part of the boot or
shoe are lettered (A) and I find that for ordinary purposes two or three on each
side are sufficient to hold the lace firmly in position, or I can fasten one end of the
lace inside the boot or shoe and use only one set of eyelet holes for securing the
other end

page_text: When the lace is longer than is necessary it may be wound around the boot as is
usually done and the ends fastened as before stated.
Figure 1, shews tho method of fastening a shoe lace; one end of the lace being
fastened inside the shoe while the other is passed from the inside through the
first höle, then over the upper and through the second hole and finally through the
loop.
Figure 2, shews a similar fastening for a boot provided with catches instead of
the ordinary lace holes.
Figure 3, shews the fastening for both ends of a boot lace.
Figure 4, shews a three hole fastening for a shoe lace; the ends of the lace are
passed from the inside, through the first hole then through the second and third
ones and lastly through the outside loops.
Figure 5, shews the manner of securing the end portions of the lace after they
have been tied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
A fastening for boot and shoe laces consisting of two or more eyelet holes or
perforations formed in the upper part of the boot or shoe, at one or both sides
to receive and hold the end portion or portions of the lace, substantially as herein
set forth.
Dated the 7th day of December 1896
W. D. ROWLINGSON,
7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.