Improvements in Tips for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
I, GEORGE MAHAFFY, of 16 Maidenhead Court, Aldersgate Street, in the City
of London, Boot Tip Manufacturer, do, hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
My invention relates to improvements in tips for boots and shoes, which consists
of an inserted tip attached to the heel and projecting through a curved slot or
perforation in the top piece.
The object of this invention is to fix the said inserted tip to the heels of boots
and shoes without the nail or screw heads been exposed to view and wear, and to
obviate the said inserted tip from becoming loose after the nail or screw heads are
worn away.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the tip in any suitable curve
shape tapering from the base to the top; at the base of the tip on the inside of the
curve 1 form a bar passing from one end to the other. This aforesaid tip is fixed
to the heel before the perforated top piece placed in its position over the.
hereinbefore mentioned bar.
Nails or screws may be driven home after the top piece is placed in its permanent
position by passing through the opening formed in the inserted tip between the
inner curve and the bar.
The inserted tip may be made of aluminium, steel, iron or of any other metallic
substance.
Dated this 28th day of November 1894
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, W., Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Tips for Boots and Shoes.
I, GEORGE MAHaffy, of 16 Maidenhead Court, Aldersgate Street, in the City
of London, Boot Tip 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in tips for boots and shoes, which consists
of an inserted tip attached to the heel and projecting through a curved slot or
perforation in the top piece.
The object of this invention is to fix the said inserted tip to the heels of boots
and shoes without the nail or screw heads been exposed to view and wear, and to
obviate the said inserted tip from becoming loose after the nail or screw heads are
worn away.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a plan of the top of the tip.
Fig. 2, is an elevation.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section on line A B of Fig. 1.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the tip a in any suitable
curve shape tapering from the base 6 to the top c; at the base 6 of the tip a on the
inside of the curve I form a bar & passing from one end to the other. This afore-
said tip is fixed to the heel before the perforated top piece is placed in its position
over the herein before mentioned bar.
Nails or screws may be driven home after the top piece is placed in its permanent
position by passing through the opening formed in the inserted tip between the
inner curve and the bar d.
The inserted tip may be made of aluminium, steel, iron or of any other metallic
substance.
It will be understood that the tips may be used for toes and other parts of a
boot, and that the said tip may be constructed of any suitable shape.
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. In tips for boots and shoes, the combination of a curved inserted tip a
tapering from the base b to the top c and the curved bar d with the opening e for
attaching to the heel and projecting through a curved slot or perforation in the
top piece, substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
2. In aluminium or other metallic tips for boots and shoes, the combination of
the parts hereinbefore described in this Specification and illustrated for the purpose
specified.
3. In aluminium or other metallic tips for boots and shoes, the combination of
the parts constructed of any suitable shape so as to be used for toes or any other
part of a boot, substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of August 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.