Improvements in or applicable to Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th May, 1892-Accepted, 18th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Boots and Shoes.
We JOHN HAWTHORN of the firm of John Hawthorn and Company of Newtown
New Mills, in the County of Chester, Engineers and FREDERICK HAWTHORN
of Newtown, New Mills, aforesaid, Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the boots and shoes which are formed with front
openings and are closed upon the feet by means of laces, but to avoid repetition we
will hereinafter refer only to boots. Such boots are provided with tabs or tongues
as is well understood. In practice these tabs are liable to fall down inside the boot
or to be pushed down or crinkled when the foot is inserted in the boot thus causing
inconvenience and loss of time besides causing discomfort. The object of our
invention is to remedy this defect and to this end we fix a ring loop or eye to the
tab so that the lace or lace ends can be passed through such appliance and thereby
keep the tab in position.
In the construction which we consider to be suitable a metal link is hinged to a
metal plate or to plates which can be secured by means of sewing or of rivets
eyelets or other fastenings to the upper part of the tab. When the boot is being
secured to the foot the lace ends are passed through this loop and tied upon the
same the loop aiding in the securing of the lace ends. Our invention is particularly
adapted for application in combination with the lace tightening appliances in
respect of which we obtained provisional protection bearing the number 5387 of
this current year but may also be used in cases wherein such lace tightening
appliances are not used.
Dhin 10th day of dust 1901
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James' Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Boots and Shoes.
We JOHN HAWTHORN of the firm of John Hawthorn and Company of Newtown,
New Mills in the County of Chester Engineer, and FREDERICK HAWTHORN
of Newtown New Mills aforesaid Salesman, 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
Our invention relates principally to laced boots and shoes, but to avoid repetition
we will hereinafter refer only to boots. Such boots are provided with front or
side openings, and tongues in the centre of such openings as is well understood.
These tongues are liable to fall down inside the boots, or be pushed down when the
foot is inserted, or work down, or on one side after the boots have been worn for a
little time, thus causing inconvenience and annoyance. The object of our invention
is to remedy this defect, and to this end we fix a ring, loop, or eye to the tongues
of such boots, but to avoid repetition we will hereinafter refer only to loops. We
fix our appliance in such a position on the top end of the said tongues that when
the boots are laced up, the lace end from the right hand side of the boot can be
passed through the said loop to the left hand side, and the lace end.from the left
hand side of the boot can be passed through the same loop to the right hand side
and then the two lace ends tied firmly over the top of the loop, will keep the
tongue always in its proper place.

page_text: Our invention is particularly adapted for application in combination with the
lace tightening appliance in respect of which we obtained Her Majesty's Royal
Letters Patent bearing number 5387 A.D. 1891.
Our invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings. In the said
drawings,
Figs. 1 and 2 represents the said tongue holder made in two parts, the base a is
stamped out of sheet metal, the loop is made from wire, and attached to the
base a by its two edges being turned over one side of the loop 6 in such a manner
as to allow the loop to move to one side or the other like a hinge, the base a may
be fixed to the leather tongue with an ordinary lace hole eyelet being put through
hole c and a similar hole punched in the leather, and fixed firmly thereto with the
pliers generally used by shoemakers when putting eyelets in the lace holes of
ordinary laced boots.
Figs. 3 and 4 represents a tongue holder made from wire, and in one piece, the
loop in this case being bent in the wire between the two eyes, d, d, this tongue
holder is fixed to the tongue in a similar manner, but with two lace hole eyelets
instead of one as in Figs. 1 and 2. But we do not tie ourselves to this method of
fixing the appliance to tongues of boots, they may be rivetted or stitched as may
seem best.
Fig. 5 represents a front view of the upper part of a boot, provided with ou
tongue holder appliance. b is the boot upper, c, is the tongue, d, is the tongue
holder, showing the lace ends passing through the loop, and ready for tieing over
the top as before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what our
claim is
The appliance for application to the tongues of boots and shoes, which in
conjunction with the boot laces, will keep the tongues always in their proper places,
substantially as set forth and indicated.
Dated this 13th day of May 1899
JOHN HAWTHORN.
FREDERICK HAWTHORN.