An Improved Attachment for the Heels of Boots and Shoes for Preventing the same from Slipping.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment for the Heels of Boots and Shoes for
Preventing the same from Slipping.
I, BERNT KAAS, of 21, Kongens Gade, Christiania, in the Kingdom of Norway,
Foreman, 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 :-
My invention relates to an attachment for the heels of boots and shoes for
preventing the same from slipping in frosty weather and which can be turned up
out of the way under the waist of the boot or shoe when not required for use so that
a person wearing boots or shoes provided with my attachment can enter a room
having a polished or painted floor without indenting or marking the floor.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the heel and waist portion of a boot or shoe with
my invention applied thereto and
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
To the inner side of the heel is fixed a plate a furnished with two small
studs b, b on each side. Between these studs rest two pivots c on a plate d and
upon each of these pivots presses a spring e, e. To the plate d is fastened a plate f
carrying spurs or spikes g, 9, 9 and it will be understood that the plate d with spur-
plate can be swung in under the waist of the boot or shoe into the position
indicated by the dotted lines with the spurs or spikes g, g, g turned upwards, the
said plates when the attachment is required for use being turned back under the heel
with the spurs or spikes downwards into the position indicated by the full lines at y.
In both positions the springs e, e contribute to keep the plates d and fin position
which will be clearly understood by the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An attachment for the heels of boots and shoes for preventing the same from
slipping comprising a spur or spike carrying plate attached to the heel in such a
manner that when not required for use it can be turned under the waist of the boot
or shoe so that the spikes are turned upwards and cannot come in contact with the
ground, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In an attachment for the heels of boots and shoes for preventing the same
from slipping the spur-plate f connected to a plate d pivotally carried in a plate a
designed to be fixed to the innerside of the heel in such a manner that the spurs or
spikes can be turned in under the waist of the boot or shoe and be secured by
springs e e in the position shewn at x and y substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
3. In an attachment for the heels of boots and shoes for preventing the same
from slipping the plate d with its pivots c, c carried between the studs b, b, b, b of
the plate a and acted on by the springs e, e substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

page_text: 4. The improved attachment for the heels of boots and shoes for preventing the
same from slipping hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 16th day of October 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.