An Improved Device for Retaining the Laces of Boots and Shoes in Position and Preventing them Becoming Undone.
Year: 1898

page_text: An Improved Device for Retaining the Laces of Boots and Shoes in
Position and Preventing them Becoming Undone.
We, FREDERICK ROBERT DOCK and HENRY TIBBLE, Gentlemen, both of 110,
Loughborough Park, Brixton, S.W., do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a device for attaching to bents and
shoes adjacent to the bows by which the laces are fastened and by which the
said bows are kept in position and are prevented from coming undone
According to this invention a small spring clip is so arranged that it can be
fitted to the boot or shoe so as to embrace the bow by which the laces are fastened
and will press upon the bows retaining them in position and the bows cannot
readily become unfastened. By pulling one of the lace ends in the usual way
the laces will be unfastened and the act of so doing will release the spring clip
above mentioned.
The clip is preferably formed of a piece of spring metal bent over and then
bent inwards so as to exercise a clamping effect on anything placed between the
two members. A hole is formed in the bent over portion. The device is adapted
to engage the upper edge of the leather of the boot or shoe on one side, and the
bent over portion presses on the bows by which the laces are fastened, the central
knot being received in the hole above mentioned so that the clip cannot readily
become detached.
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Amproved Device for Retaining the Laces of Boots and Shoes in
Position and Preventing them from Becoming Undone:
We, FREDERICK ROBERT DOCK and HENRY TIBBLE, Gentlemen, both of 110,
Loughborough Park, Brixton, S.W., do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, 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 device for attaching to boots and
shoes adjacent to the bows by which the laces are fastened and by which the
said bows are kept in position and are prevented from coming undone.
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page_text: According to this invention a small spring clip is so arranged that it can be
fitted to the boot or shoe so as to embrace the bow by which the laces are fastened
and will press upon the bows retaining them in position and the bows cannot
readily become unfastened. By pulling one of the lace ends in the usual way
the lace will be unfastened and the act of so doing will release the spring clip
above mentioned.
In order that this invention may be more readily described reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings on which
Fig. 1 is a view of a lace retainer constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the device in use.
A piece of spring metal A is bent over at a to form the two portions a¹ a².
The portion a² is also bent inwards slightly so as to exert a clamping effect on
anything placed between the two portions. A hole is formed in the portion a³
and the portion a¹ is provided with an extension a³.
In use, when the laces B B have been tied the extension a³ is passed down
just behind the upper edge C of the leather of the boot or shoe. The portion a
then comes over the knot formed by the laces B B¹. An ornamental device at
is fitted into the hole so as to cover it and also act as an ornament to the boot
or shoe.
.
It will therefore be seen the the knot is clamped between the two portions a¹ a²
of the device or between the leather C and the portion a² and the device prevents
the laces coming unfastened. Further, the device itself cannot readily become
detached.
By pulling one of the lace ends B or B¹ the laces will become unfastened and
the retaining device will also be removed from the knot.
The edges of the hole are preferably bent up slightly in order to fit over the
knot and the ornamental device a is screwed or fitted into the hole.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
(1) A device for retaining the laces of boots and shoes in position and pre-
venting them from coming undone, consisting of a piece of spring bent over
to form two portions, the device being adapted to fit over the knot of the bow
by which the laces are fastened substantially as set forth and for the purposes
specified.
(2) A device for retaining the laces of boots and shoes in position and pre-
venting them coming undone consisting of a piece of spring metal A bent over
to form the two portions a¹ a³, a hole being formed in the portion a² into which
an ornamental device a' is fitted substantially as set forth and illustrated and for
the purposes specified.
Dotod this 12th dor
Wahwa 1900
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.