Improvements in or relating to Cycling or Walking Boots.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cycling or Walking Boots.
I, WILLIAM SANDERS, of 91, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 :-
This invention has for its object to provide a boot which may be used for either
cycling or walking, and which will render the use of trouser clips unnecessary.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a view of my boot in use as a cycling boot,
Figure 2 the same in use as a walking boot.
Referring to these figures, I form my boot with considerable elasticity at the sides,
so that it will stretch considerably at the ankle, and allow a free movement of the
foot, and also will enable the bottom of the trouser leg to be folded inside the ankle
part of the boot upper, thus clipping the trouser and taking the place of any separate
clip. For this purpose I form the ankle part of the boot upper on each side with
gores, in which are inserted and sewn elastic webs, there being preferably four
vertical elastic webs A, and an elliptical or other shaped web B. These allow of
exceptional elasticity, thus permitting free movement of the ankle joint, while
allowing the trouser end to be placed between the boot upper and the leg. Care
suitable clips or fastenings in the facing of the boot which enable the boot to be
fastened or unfastened very expeditiously. D is a sham or fancy lacing in front.
To use the boot as a cycling boot all that is necessary is to pull the boot on to the
foot, and fold the bottom of the trouser leg tightly round the ankle with the elastic
boot upper outside it, then fasten the facings together by the clips C, the elastic
sides stretching in proportion to the thickness of the cloth of which the trouser is
made as shown in Figure 1. The hoot then acts as a trouser clip and prevents any
liability of the trouser ends catching in the machine. To use the boot as an ordinary
walking boot all that is necessary is to pull the trouser ends out from between the
elastic boot upper, and the wearer's leg and then the elastic sides at once close on
the leg, and the trouser ends fall down over the boot as shown in Figure 2, the fancy
lacing making the boot look like a laced one.
The invention is specially suitable for business men who ride on their cycles to or
from business, because on arrival at their place of business they can at once remove
the trouser ends from inside the boot upper, and the boot at once becomes a walking
boot, the sham lacings in front giving it the appearance of an ordinary laced boot.
Furthermore, it does away with all unsightly trouser clips, it gives the same freedom
to the ankle as a shoe, and the same support as a boot, it is extremely pliable with-
out sacrificing the wearing quality, it gives the feet a neat appearance both in cycling
and walking, and it banishes all danger from loose laces catching in the cycle.
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 :-
1. The improvement in boots which consists in forming the ankle part of boot

page_text: uppers at each side with a number of gores (instead of only one), in which are inserted
and sewn elastic webs in such manner as to allow of exceptional elasticity, and permit
of free movement of the ankle joint, while allowing of the trouser ends being inserted
or clipped between the boot upper and the leg, substantially as described.
2. In boot uppers forming the ankle part of the boot upper on each side with four
vertical gores, and an elliptical or other shaped one, in which are inserted and sewn
elastic webs A and B substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. The combination with the matter set forth in Claims 1 and 2, of clips or
fastenings for the boot whereby the boot can be fastened or unfastened very
expeditiously and the trouser end' removed or inserted substantially as set forth.
Dated this 28th day of February 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.