An Improvement in the Manufacture, Make, and Shape of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: The decision of the Chief Examiner, acting on behalf of the Comptroller, of the
5th day of September 1894, allowed, under Section 18 of the Patents, &c.
Act, 1883, an Amendment of this Specification.
Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1893-Accepted, 24th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by HERMAN HUITFELDT, of Throndtijem, Norway,
Italian Consul.]
An Improvement in the Manufacture, Make, and Shape of Boots and
Shoes.
HENRY REEVE EVERITT of 32 Prince of Wales Road in the County of the
City of Norwich Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
A shoe which is made with the ordinary sole and heel, but the golosh piece is all
in one piece of leather joined at the back by a single flat seam, on the instep are
three lace holes for fastening; a gusset, gore or tongue is let in from the upper part
of the instep and is brought to a conical point about one inch above the big toe,
thereby causing the shoe to fit the foot in a more natural & easy manner, giving
greater facility & comfort when walking.
A boot made similar to the above mentioned shoe but with the addition to the
golosh part of uppers joined & blocked, they also being made in one piece of soft
leather; the gusset, gore or tongue is extended to the top of these uppers.
Dated this 15th day of August 1892.
HENRY REEVE EVERITT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
An Improvement in the Manufacture, Make, and Shape of Boots and
Shoes.
HENRY REEVE EVERITT of 32 Prince of Wales Road Norwich Solicitor
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 :-
A shoe which is made with the ordinary sole & heel but the golosh part is all
in one piece of leather joined at the back by a single flat seam.. Au upper of soft
material or leather is sewn or joined thereto by a flat seam & runs round to a
conical point about one inch above the big toe. Or the upper is continued from
the back of the heel to the instep only where it is fastened as in ordinary boots
but a tongue gusset or gore is let in from the upper part of the instep & is brought
to a conical point at the toe as before mentioned. This causes the shoe to fit the
foot & follow its every movement as a glove does on the hand.

page_text: A boot made similar to the above mentioned shoe but with the addition to the
golosh part of uppers joined & blocked they also being made from one piece of
material; the gusset gore or tongue is extended to the top of these uppers and the
height of the uppers varies.
The object of my said invention is to provide a boot or shoe which by its shape
& make secures
1. Greater facility in walking & freedom to the wearer the boot or shoe being so
constructed as to fit the foot like a glove bending to every movement without
crease wrinkle irritation or chafe.
2. Greater comfort to the wearer by reason of the above & that the gusset
tongue or gore is let in or run from the top of the uppers to the toe of the boot
thereby doing away with the Blücher cut which in ordinary boots injures the
instep.
3. That no lining is required & there are no projections or rough uneven edges
to irritate or chafe the foot the seams being sewn flat & joined on the outside of
the boot or shoe.
4. Freer action to the ankle from the soft material used for the uppers & the
manner in which the boot or shoe is constructed & joined together.
5. Greater damp & wet resisting powers by reason of the shape make & small
number of seams required in their manufacture.
purposes.
6. Less weight in comparison to other boots made for similar
In order that my invention may be better understood I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings:-Letters In Fig. 1, letters G & F represent the
heel & sole made as in the ordinary everyday boot.
From K to H
K to H}
and
H to K
A C
"
"
constitute the upper which is made from a single piece of soft memel calf or other
soft leather its height varying from the knee to the ankle of the wearer.
The tongue, gore or gusset S runs from R to B, N & E as shewn by the seam
represented by dotted lines. This is made from one piece of leather which is thin
at the top of the upper stoughter as it nears the instep & over the instep is of
about the same thickness as the leather used for the golosh part or it can be of two
pieces of leather joined at C & B.
In Fig. 2 are represented “blanks” X, Y, respectively adapted for forming the golosh
and gusset for a shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. A boot or shoe as hereinbefore described in which a tongue, gore or gusset,
is run or let in from the top of the uppers to the toe & joined to the golosh part &
uppers, It is also joined in such manner as to obviate all creases-wrinkles &
tightening over the instep as substantially-set forth. substantially as herein described.

page_text: Secondly. A boot or shoe the uppers tongue & golosh part of which are made
from three-pieces of leather only and having their seams severally run Ant or
outwardly as substantially set forth.
Secondly. A shoe in which a tongue, gore or gusset, is let in and joined to the golosh,
substantially as herein described.