Improvements in Lacing Fastenings for Boots, Shoes, Corsets, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lacing Fastenings for Boots, Shoes, Corsets, and
the like.
I, FREDERICK EDWARD VESEY BAINES of 77 Walsingham House, Arlington
Street, in the County of London, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my
invention to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to provide laced boots, shoes, corsets and the like
with means whereby flat laces are kept flat instead of being eventually reduced to
the appearance of cord as is the case with such laces when passed through circular
eyelets as hitherto. According to my invention I form the opposite sides or edges
of the parts to be laced together with long slots bushed with oblong or oval shaped
eyelets the longer measurement of the slots and eyelets being parallel or about
parallel with the edges of the parts to be joined so than when the lace is passed
through them one of the longer sides of the eyelet forms a bearing for the lace
equal or about equal to the breadth of the lace. In any case the corners are
preferably rounded to prevent injury to the lace.
Dated this 15th of December 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lacing Fastenings for Boots, Shoes, Corsets, and
the like.
I, FREDERICK EDWARD VESEY BAINES of 77 Walsingham House, Arlington
Street in the County of London, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide laced boots, shoes, corsets and the like
with means whereby flat laces are kept flat instead of being eventually reduced to
the appearance of cord as is the case with such laces when passed through circular
eyelets as hitherto. According to my invention I form the opposite sides or edges
of the parts to be laced together with long slots bushed with oblong or oval shaped
eyelets the longer measurement of the slots and eyelets being parallel or about
parallel with the edges of the parts to be joined so that when the lace is passed
through them one of the longer sides of the eyelet forms a bearing for the lace
equal or about equal to the breadth of the lace. In any case the corners are
preferably rounded to prevent injury to the lace.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn in Figure 1 an eyelet according to my
invention and in Figure 2 I have illustrated them applied to a shoe.
a is the eyelet inserted in long slots in the shoe as shewn in Figure 2. b is the
lace which when passed through these eyelets will remain flat as shewn. The laces
are preferably provided with flat end pieces or tags to facilitate their introduction
into the said eyelets. The eyelets may be similarly applied to boots, corsets and
the like.
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 :-
Lacing fastenings for boots shoes corsets and the like consisting of oblong or

page_text: oval shaped eyelets applied, or for application, to long slots in the article to be
laced substantially as hereinbefore explained.
Dated the 14th day of September 1893.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
:
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Agents.