Improvements in Socks for Boots and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Socks for Boots and the like.
I, JOHANN FRIEDRICH Hops, of Grosse Johannisstrasse 14, Hamburg,
Germany, Cigar Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention.
to be as follows:-
A sock according to this invention is made on hygienic principles and is
especially designed to render the use of foot-gear easier and more agreeable than
heretofore for persons who suffer from sweaty feet.
Three methods of making such a sock are represented in the accompanying
drawing,
Fig. 1 showing it made partly of plaited or interwoven rushes and partly of
rushes lying parallel to one another or approximately so;
Fig. 2 showing it entirely of plaited or interwoven rushes; and
Fig. 3 showing it made of rushes which are wholly parallel or approximately so
and are connected together in any desired manner.
In the arrangement represented in Fig. 1, the stalks, which are, say about
metre long, are bent together in their middle and for about of their length are
foosely plaited or interwoven together, so as to produce a flat plaited portion a
adapted to form the back or heel part of the sock, whilst the end portions b, which
lie loosely beside one another, form the front or sole part of the sock, and are cut.
to the form of the boot or shoe with which the sock is to be used.
In the sock represented in Fig. 2, the rushes are plaited or interwoven together
throughout their length so that the entire sock forms a continuous plait.
The sock represented in Fig. 3 consists of rushes that are arranged lengthwise
of each other as shown and are fastened together by any convenient means such as
by a flexible and porous under-layer of suitable material.
The forms of construction which have been represented and described and which
are found to answer extremely well, are intended only as a few examples of the
versatility of the manner of making these socks, which can also be manufactured in
the most varied dimensions and styles. The plaited portion of the sock represented.
in Fig. 1 can be made larger or smaller or in a different way to that shown. The
main point, however, in all cases, whatever may be the form or method of making
the sock, is that the rushes shall possess the capability of moving extremely freely.
amongst themselves so that they will, when in use, accommodate themselves readily
to any position and form of the foot.
Dated thin cah 1
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F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Socks for Boots and the like.
I, JOHANN, FRIEDRICH HOPS, of Grosse Johannisstrasse 14, Hamburg,
Germany, Cigar Manufacturer, 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 :-
A sock according to this invention-is made on hygienic principles and is
especially designed to render the use of foot-gear easier and more agreeable than
heretofore for persons who suffer from sweaty feet.
Three methods of making such a sock are represented in the drawing, filed with
my Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 showing it made partly of plaited or interwoven rushes and partly of loose
rushes lying parallel to one another or approximately so;
Fig. 2 showing it entirely of plaited or interwoven rushes; and
Fig. 3 showing it made of rushes which are wholly parallel or approximately so
and are connected together in any desired manner.
In the arrangement represented in Fig. 1, the. stalks, which are say about
metre long, are bent together in their middle and for about of their length are
loosely plaited or interwoven together, so as to produce a flat plaited portion a
adapted to form the back or heel part of the sock, whilst the end portions b, which
lie loosely beside one another, form the front or sole part of the sock, and are cut
to the form of the boot or shoe with which the sock is to be used.
In the sock represented in Fig. 2, the rushes are plaited or interwoven together
throughout their length so that the entire sock forms a continuous plait.
The sock represented in Fig. 3 consists of rushes, that are arranged lengthwise
of each other as shown and are fastened together by any convenient means such as
by a flexible and porous under-layer of suitable material.
The forms of construction which have been represented and described and which
are found to answer extremely well, are intended only as a few examples of the very
numerous ways of making these socks, which can also be manufactured in the most
varied dimensions and styles. The plaited portion of the sock represented in Fig. 1
can be made larger or smaller or in a different way to that shown. The main
point, however, in all cases, whatever may be the form or method of making the
sock, is that the rushes shall possess the capability of moving extremely freely
amongst themselves so that they will, when in use, accommodate themselves readily
to any position and form of the foot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
2.
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1. A sock made of rushes substantially in the manner hereinbefore described
with reference to the several examples illustrated in the drawings referred to..
2. The improved socks shown in and described with references to the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of November 1895.
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.