AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR LACES FOR BOOTS, SHOES, CORSETS, GLOVES, LEGGINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Frederick Redfern of the General Patent Office,
"
4 South Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent for an
Invention of "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR LACES FOR BOOTS, SHOES,
CORSETS, GLOVES, LEGGINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES Communicated to him
from abroad by Ewen Clark Crerar Henderson, Merchant, of Picton and
Thomas Anthony McDonald, Farmer, of Durham, both in the Province of
Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Frederick Redfern
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st August 1882.
GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN of the General Patent Office, 4, South Street,
Finsbury in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent "AN IMPROVED FASTENING
FOR LACES FOR BOOTS, SHOES, CORSETS, GLOVES, LEGGINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES
[Communicated to him from abroad by Ewen Clark Crerar Henderson, Merchant,
of Picton and Thomas Anthony McDonald, Farmer, of Durham, both in the
Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada.]
"
This invention relates to that class of boots or shoes which are laced with a
single lace which is alternately passed over hooks on the opposite side of the shoe
slit or opening.
The object of our invention is to facilitate fastening the upper end of the lace to
prevent the lace from being loosened accidentally the fastening being also applicable
for other articles requiring laces.
The invention consists in providing one of the flaps of the shoe with three.
apertures arranged in the shape of a triangle through which apertures the lace
is passed in such a manner that the end of the lace will be held by a part of the
lace on the outside of the flap between two of the apertures as will be fully
described hereinafter.
The flaps of the boot or shoe are provided with hooks-One of the flaps is
provided above the uppermost hook with three apertures which are arranged in

page_text: the form of a triangle the base of which is parallel with the edge of the said flap.
The triangle formed by the three apertures can be arranged in different positions
to that described but the said position is preferable.
The lace is secured to the shoe at the bottom of the shoe opening formed by the
flaps by a slit in the lace placed over or on the bottom hook and from thence the
lace is alternately passed around a hook on either flap. From the uppermost hook
on one flap the lace is passed over the upper edge of the other flap and through
one of the said apertures from the inside to the outside, through the aperture below
it from the outside to the inside and through the third aperture from the inside to
the outside. The end of the lace is then passed under that part of the lace resting
on the outside of the flap between the apertures and from there the end of the
lace hangs downwards.
The end of the lace is thus held without requiring knotting or tying and
the end of the lace can be thus fastened very rapidly and conveniently.
The fastening can be provided on all boots or shoes that can be fastened with a
single lace; or it can be used on gloves, leggings, over-gaiters, corsets or belts and
for lacing parts of harness or other leather or cloth articles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Frederick Redfern in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th January 1883.
GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN of the General Patent Office, 4. South Street,
Finsbury in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent "AN IMPROVED FASTENING
"
FOR LACES FOR BOOTS, SHOES, CORSETS, GLOVES, LEGGINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
(A communication to me from abroad by Ewen Clark Crerar Henderson, Merchant
of Picton, and Thomas Anthony McDonald, Farmer of Durham both in the Province
of Nova Scotia and dominion of Canada
The invention communicated to me relates to that class of boots or shoes which
are laced with a single lace which is alternately passed over hooks on the opposite
side of the shoe slit or opening.
The object of the invention is to facilitate fastening the upper end of the lace
to prevent the lace from being loosened accidentally, the fastening being also
applicable for other articles requiring laces.
The invention consists in providing one of the flaps of the shoe with three
apertures arranged in the shape of a triangle through which apertures the lace is
passed in such a manner that the end of the lace will be held by a part of the
lace on the outside of the flap between two of the apertures as will be fully
described hereinafter.
In order to enable the invention communicated to me to be better understood
I will proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing
which represents a perspective view of a boot provided with the improved lace
fastening.
The flaps A, and B, of the boot or shoe C, are provided with hooks D and E.
The flap B, is provided above the uppermost hook E, with three apertures a, b,
and c, which are arranged in the form of a triangle the base of which is parallel
with the edge of the flap B. The triangle formed by the three apertures a, b, and c,
can be arranged in different positions from that shewn in the drawing but the said
position shewn is preferable.
The lace F, is secured to the boot or shoe at the bottom of the boot or shoe
opening formed by the flaps A, and B, by a slit in the lace placed over or on the
bottom hook and from thence the lace is alternately passed around a hook on
either flap. From the uppermost hook D on the flap A, the lace is passed over
the upper edge of the flap B, and through the aperture a, from the inside to the
outside, through the aperture b, from the outside to the inside and through the
aperture c, from the inside to the outside. The end of the lace is then passed
under that part of the lace resting on the outside of the flap B, between the
apertures a, and b, and from there the end of the lace hangs downwards.
The end of the lace is thus held without requiring knotting or tying and the
end of the lace can be thus fastened very rapidly and conveniently.
The fastening can be provided on all boots or shoes that can be fastened with a
single lace; or it can be used on gloves, leggings, over-gaiters, corsets or belts and
for lacing parts of harness or other leather or cloth articles.
Having thus fully described the invention communicated to me and the manner
of performing the same I wish it to be understood that What is claimed as new
and intended to be protected by the herein in part recited Letters Patent is :-
Firstly. A single lace boot or shoe, whose flaps or quarters are provided with
hooks D, E, or their equivalents and above the hooks with three holes a, b, and c,
'

page_text: arranged substantially as described whereby, the free end of the lace may be
secured in the manner set forth.
Secondly. A lace in the one end of which is a slit or opening to be placed over
the bottom hook on the quarter A.
In Witness whereof I the said George Frederick Redfern have hereto set
my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three
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DENLEDN
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