IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONED BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN BRANCH of 87 Bethnal Green Road in the County of Middlesex Boot
and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONED BOOTS AND SHOES to be as follows:-
Whereas boots and shoes fastened by buttons have hitherto been made either in
the ordinary form that is so that one of the pair is made to fit the right foot and
the other is made to fit the left foot, or straight, that is so that either boot or shoe
can be worn on the left or right foot, but in all cases owing to the fashion of
wearing the buttons always on the outer side of the foot boots or shoes even when
so made as to be wearable on either foot have not been able to be so worn without
a separate double button piece being attached to the vamp of the boot; now in
my Invention I propose to remedy this by making boots and shoes on a last of
such form as to enable the boot or shoe to be worn on either the right or the left
foot and in order that the buttons of the boot or shoe may be so placed as to show
a line of buttons on the outside of either foot without the necessity for a button
piece being attached as before described I scollop the quarters of the boot or shoe
so that the scollops of one quarter alternately overlap the other quarter in the
front of the boot.
In the fronts of the scollops I place the button holes and I further place the
buttons in the positions corresponding on the other quarter of the boot and thus
when buttoned a double row of buttons is shown on the top or front part of the
boot or shoe.
I claim as my Invention the combination of boots or shoes so made as to be
worn on either foot with the system of fastening above described.
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page_text: I JOHN BRANCH of 87 Bethnal Green Road in the County of Middlesex Boot
and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONED BOOTS AND SHOES and in what manner the samo
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
Whereas boots and shoes fastened by buttons have hitherto been made either in
the ordinary form that is so that one of the pair is made to fit the right foot and
the other is made to fit the left foot or straight that is so that either boot or shoe
can be worn on the left or right foot but in all cases owing to the fashion of
wearing the buttons always on the outer side of the foot boots or shoes even when
so made as to be wearable on either foot have not been able to be so worn without
a separate double button piece being attached to the vamp of the boot. Now in
my Invention I propose to remedy this by making boots and shoes on a last of
such forin as to enable the boot or shoe to be worn on either the right or the left
foot and in order that the buttons of the boot or shoe may be so placed as to shew
a line of buttons on the outside of either foot without the necessity for a button
piece being attached as before described I scollop the quarters of the boot or shoe
so that the scollops of one quarter alternately overlap the other quarter in the
front of the boots.
In the front of the scollops place the button holes and I further place the
buttons in the positions corresponding on the other quarter of the boot and thus
when buttoned a double row of buttons is shown on the top or front part of the
boot or shoe. The buttons and button holes being upon the respective quarters of
the boot instead of as is usually the case with ordinary button boots the buttons
being upon a separate button piece sewn to the quarter of the boot a better fit is
in my opinion secured when the boot is buttoned but my mode of manufacture can
in fact be carried out either with or without separate button pieces sewn on as
aforesaid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The combination of boots or shoes so made as to be worn on either foot with the
system of fastening above described either with or without separate button
pieces.
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