IMPROVEMENTS
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Kay at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th March 1881.
ISAAC KAY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Bootmaker.
IN BOOTS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction of boots, and more
particularly to such boots as are required to be made waterproof, as, for instance,
shooting boots and tourists' boots, but it is also applicable to other boots, the object
being to exclude wet more effectually than heretofore.
My Invention may be applied to boots of ordinary size and also to boots cut
high in the leg, such as a riding boot, and the parts are cut out and put together in
the manner now described. The top or upper part is formed of two principal
pieces of leather, one of which serves for the outerside of the boot, part of the
leglet, the front or "vamp," and also as part of the innerside, the other principal
piece serves for the remaining portion of the inner side of the boot and leglet, and
also that portion that lays over or onto the outer part of the leglet to complete
the leg portion of the boot. To these is attached an outside tongue or overlap,
consisting of two pieces of leather suitably shaped and joined or "closed" up the
front, so as to form the front or instep portion of the boot, and I attach the
overlap so formed to the body of the boot as follows:-
One edge of the overlap is secured to the innerside of the boot and the top
fastened to the leglet; the bottom part of the overlap and a portion of the
remaining edge are also fastened to the body of the boot; the remaining part is
then connected to the outerside of the body of the boot by means of a piece of
thin flexible leather forming what is known as a "bellows tongue" between the
two parts, thus allowing a ready means of expansion of the opening so as to admit
the foot easily.
The overlap may be secured by means of suitable straps and buckles, clasps, or
other equivalents.
A boot so constructed has no laceholes or other direct openings by which rain or
moisture can find its way into the interior.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Isaac Kay in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th September
1881..
ISAAC KAY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Bootmaker.
IN BOOTS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to the construction of boots, the object being to render
such boots more effectually waterproof than can be attained by the ordinary
methods of construction.
My Invention is therefore especially valuable when applied to tourists' and
sportsmen's boots, but it is also applicable to ordinary walking boots or to boots
cut high in the leg, such as riding boots.
In carrying out my Invention as applied to a sportsman's boot, for example, I
cut out or otherwise form the various parts and put them together in the following
manner:-
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The top portion or upper" is formed of two principal pieces of leather, marked
A and B in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, to which I will now refer,
premising that the same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the
Figures. One of the said pieces serves for the outerside of the boot, also part of
the leglet and vamp; the other principal piece forms the remaining portion of the
inside of the boot and leglet, and also the portion that lays on or over the outer
part of the leglet, and which completes the leg portion of the boot. To these I
attach an outside tongue or overlap C formed of one piece of leather, which is
joined or closed up the front to the part B, so as to form the front or instep
portion of the boot. The overlap C is then connected to the outerside of the body
of the boot by means of a piece of thin flexible leather D, forming what is known
as a bellows tongue, between the two parts, thus allowing an effectual means of
expanding the opening so as to admit the foot easily.
The overlap may be secured by means of suitable straps and buckles, clasps,
or other equivalents.
A boot constructed according to my Invention and in the manner above
described has no laceholes nor other openings through which rain, dew, or other
moisture can penetrate into the interior.
Fig. 1 on the annexed Sheet of Drawings represents a boot made according to
my Invention.
Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5 represent the various parts of the boot necessary to the
carrying out of my Invention, A and B being the two principal parts, C being the
outside tongue or overlap, and D the bellows tongue.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect, I
would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein before in part recited
Letters Patent is,-
The construction of boots for shooting, fishing, riding, and other similar purposes,
with the object of rendering them more completely waterproof, substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Kay, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.