Year: 1885

page_text: We, HENRY SCHWENK, Miner, HENRY RUDOLPH, Miner, and FREEMAN AUGUSTUS
WATSON DAY, Miner, all of Rico, in the county of Dolores, and State of Colorado,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to the construction of a combined over-shoe and legging,
applicable for use in cold mountain districts, the object being to produce an article
that will effectually protect the feet of the wearer from the inclemency of the
weather, and that may be worn to tramp over rough districts.
The legging proper, and the upper of the shoe are made from a strong, and
woven, but at the same time, light, and flexible material, which is, preferably,
water and moisture proof. The sole of the overshoe is, preferably, made of ordinary
sole leather, and the abutting edges of the upper are reinforced by leather strips,
forming a golosh, the counter also being of stiff firm leather.
The outer side of the legging is divided, or open vertically, and lapped the one
edge or flap over the other, the lower end of the overlapping flap so formed being
held firmly down against the reinforcing strips by a strap that passes beneath the
waist of the sole, and over the instep to engage with a buckle that is secured to
the outside of the counter. The underlying flap carries a metallic strip that is
bent up to form projecting loops, or staples which pass through openings or slots
formed in the overlapping flap. Short leather straps are secured to the overlapping
flap, so that there is a strap in line with each of the openings and when it is
desired to secure the legging to the leg, these straps are passed through the metal
loops, or staples that project through the said openings, and then buckled. Such a
shoe, and legging as we have described is simple, cheap, and durable; may be worn
in winter as an overshoe, and in summer without an inner shoe.
Just at the point where the foot has the most action, the shoe is reinforced by
the binding strap that holds down the lower end of the overlapping flap of the
garter The material may be comparatively light, as the parts are all firmly held,
and bound together. The metal strip above referred to prevents the legging from
wrinkling, or slipping down.
Dated thin 02-1 1

page_text: We, HENRY SCHWENK, HENRY RUDOLPH, and FREEMAN AUGUSTUS WATSON
DAY all of Rico, in the County of Dolores, and State of Colorado, United States
of America, Miners, 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:—―
Our invention relates to the construction of a combined overshoe and legging
applicable for use in cold mountain districts, the object being to produce an article
that will effectually protect the feet of the wearer from the inclemency of the
weather and that may be worn to tramp over rough districts.
The invention consists of certain details of construction and combinations of
parts as will be hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1, is a side view of our combined over shoe and legging.
Figure 2, is a similar view of the lower part of the device, showing the flap,
turned back to disclose the construction of the parts.
Figure 3, is a sectional view, taken on line x x of Figure 1, and Figure 4 is a
vertical sectional view of a portion of the legging, the same being taken on line yy.
of Figure 1.
The legging proper, shown at A. and the upper of the shoe, shown at B. are
made from a strong and woven, but at the same time light and flexible material
which is preferably water and moisture proof. The sole a is preferably made of
ordinary sole leather and the abutting edges of the upper are reinforced by leather
strips b, the counter c also being of stiff firm leather. The outer side of the legging
is cut down and lapped over, the lower end of the overlapping flap d so formed
being held firmly down against the reinforcing strips b by a strap e that passes
beneath the sole and over the instep to engage with a buckle that is secured to
the outside of the counter. The underlying flap g carries a metallic strip h that is
bent up to form projecting loops ii which pass through openings o o formed in the
overlapping flap d. Short leather straps k. k. are secured to the flap d so that
there is a strap in line with each of the openings oo and when it is desired to
secure the legging to the leg these straps k. k are passed through the loops i i that
project through the said openings and then the free ends of the straps are brought
into engagement with the buckles p p as is best shown in Figure 1 Such a shoe
and legging as we have described is simple, cheap and durable, may be worn in
winter as an over shoe and in summer without an inner shoe. Just at the point
where the foot has the most action, the shoe is reinforced, by the binding strap
that holds down the lower end of the flap d. The material may be comparatively
light as the parts are all firmly held and bound together. The strip h prevents the
legging from wrinkling or slipping down.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is
1st A combined shoe and legging in which the overlapping flap is secured in
closed position by a strap e which passes beneath the sole and over the instep of
the shoe to engage with a buckle that is fixed to the counter c substantially as
described.
2. A combined shoe and legging in which the underlying flap carries buckles pp
and a metallic strip h formed with loops ii that pass through openings o o formed
in the overlapping flap d. said flap d carrying straps k. k. that are arranged to pass
through the loops ii and engage with the buckles p. p substantially as described.