In- PROVEMENTS IN BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Martin Tobin, of No. 4, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, for the Invention of "In-
PROVEMENTS IN BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET,”
Sealed the 16th May 1871, and dated the 30th November 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Martin Tobin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th November 1870.
I, MARTIN TOBIN, of No. 4, Clayton Square, Liverpool, in the County
3 of Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for “IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE
FEET," to be as follows:-
For the purpose of providing boots, shoes, and other coverings for the
feet, such as clogs and slippers of ordinary or desired appearance, with
Owearing and moisture resisting qualities equal to those now or heretofore
in use, and with arrangements by which currents of air may pass freely,
when a boot, shoe, or other covering for the foot is being worn, between
the interior of the boot, shoe, or other covering for the foot and the ex-
ternal air through apertures in the inner sole or inner portion of the sole,

page_text: through channels between the inner and outer sole, and through
openings, as hereafter mentioned to the air. I form or combine the
parts in the following novel manner :—
First. The inner sole or the inner portion of the sole is perforated or
formed with apertures, preferably at regular distances apart all over or i
in lines near the edges of the said sole or portion of sole. These
apertures are in communication with a channel or channels formed
'between the inner and outer sole, or in the body of the sole, and they
'communicate with the external atmosphere through two or more
openings in the heel or in the lateral sides of the sole, which openings 1
may be closed by small valves, pins, or other means if desired during
wet weather. The flexibility of such boots, shoes, or other coverings
allows a slight working, and causes circulation of air to such an extent
that the feet are prevented from becoming overheated or moist from
perspiration.
Second. The sole apertures and channels are the same as in the above
tfirst modification, but the external opening or openings is or are formed
under a toe cap.
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Third. The sole apertures and channels are the same as in the first
part, but the external openings are formed by a combination of one or 2
more in the heel or lateral sides of the sole, and one or more under a toe
.cap.
Fourth. When channels are formed between the inner and outer soles
of boots, shoes, and other coverings for the feet made wholly or prin
cipally of leather I form the channels in or between the filling pieces or 2
between the filling piece or pieces and the welts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Martin Tobin in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th May 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARTIN 30
TOBIN, of No. 4, Clayton Square, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of November in the

page_text: year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the
thirty-fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-.
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Martin Tobin, Her special
licence that I, the said Martin Tobin,, executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Martin Tobin, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
| Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "INPROVEMENTS IN,
BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Martin Tobin, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after-
the date of the said Letters. Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Martin Tobin, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the-
following statement, reference being had, to the accompanying Sheet of
illustrative Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that
is to say:-
For the purpose of providing boots, shoes, and other coverings for the-
feet, of ordinary and desired appearance, with wearing and moisture
resisting qualities equal to those now or heretofore in use, and with
arrangements by which currents of air may pass freely, when a boot,
shoe, or other covering for the foot is being worn, between the interior
of the boat, shoe, or other covering for the foot and the external air,
through apertures in the inner sole or inner portion of the sole, through
channels between the inner and outer sole, and through openings as
hereafter mentioned to the air. I form or combine the parts in the
following novel manner :—
First. The inner sole or the inner portion of the sole is perforated
or formed with apertures, preferably at regular distances apart, all over
or in lines near the edges of the said sole or portion of sole. These
apertures are in communication with a channel or channels formed

page_text: The second part of my Invention is illustrated by Figs. 4, 5, and 6;
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 5, a plan view, and Fig. 6, a
transverse section. Here a is the insole with apertures 6 and channel c;
d, outer sole; e, upper with perforations at f; g, toe cap with passages
thereunder over the perforations f, thereby providing external openings'
through which the ventilating currents enter and escape. The toe cap
may be perforated if desired.
The third part of my Invention will be clearly understood by referring
to the Drawings above described. So also will the fourth part be under-
stood by referring to the Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which illustrates at once the
first and fourth parts, and is that. modification of a leather boot or other
leather foot covering which I prefer,
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and particu-.
larized the same in such manner that others will be, enabled to carry
my improvements and modifications thereof into effect, I would have it
understood that what I claim is, combining and arranging the several
parts of boots, shoes, and other coverings for the feet, substantially in
the manner and for the purposes set forth.
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In witness whereof, I, the said Martin Tobin, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
In the presence of
R. 'A. Moss,
Clerk to J. T. King,
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Patent Agent,
Liverpool.
M. TOBIN. (L.S:)