IMPROVEMENTS IN. APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING SPLASHING IN WALKING
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
ROBERT SIMMONS, of Croydon, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Second day of November, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Edward
Robert Simmons, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Edward Robert Simmons, my. exors, admors, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Edward Robert Simmons, my exors, adiñors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no.others, from time to time and at
all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN. APPARATUS FOR
PREVENTING SPLASHING IN WALKING;" in which said Letters Patent is contained
a proviso that I, the said Edward Robert Simmons, should cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner, the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chan-
cery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Edward Robert Simmons, do hereby declare that the nature of my said

page_text: Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to the application of shields to the heels of boots and
shoes in such manner as to be readily attached when required for use, and
detached when no longer required, or for the purposes of allowing the boots
and shoes, as well as the shields, to be cleansed; and in order that my Invention
may be fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to
describe the Drawing hereunto annexed, in the various Figures of which the
same letters are used to indicate similar parts.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents part of a boot having a shield or apparatus applied
thereto, according to my Invention. Figure 2 shows a plan of the apparatus.
Figure 3 is a side view thereof. Figure 4 shows a side section. In each of
tliese Figures the straps are detached. Figure 5 shows the shield separately,
and Figure 6 shows the frame of metal on to which the shield is rivited; the
frame of metal being formed to fit the heel of a boot or shoe, as is shewn in
the other Figures. a represents the shield, which may be of leather or other
convenient material. b, b, is the metal frame which is rivited to the shield a,
as is shown. c, c, are projecting points, which rest on the upper part of the
heel of the boot or shoe. d, d, are buttons affixed to the frame b. In
attaching this apparatus to a boot or shoe, there is a strap e attached as shewn,
which passes under the foot, and further straps f, which buckle over the foot, as
is shown in Figure 1. It will be found that by applying shields a, a, to boots
and shoes, a person walking will be able to walk without splashing the back
part of the legs of the trowsers. I would remark, that although I have been
particular in showing and explaining the precise details of parts which I have
made, and find to answer, yet I do not confine myself thereto, as it will be
evident that other modes of producing a temporary attachment of the shields
a, a, with the heels of boots or shoes may be resorted to, by which the shields
may be readily applied and readily detached, and thus be suitable for being
worn with different pairs of boots and shoes, as well of allowing the boots and
shoes and shields being cleansed; thus it would be evident that there might be
sockets fixed into the heels of boots and shoes, such as are used for spurs; and.
the shields affixed to stems suitably formed to enter into the sockets, the object
of the Invention being to combine means of temporary attachment with shields,
such as are shown at a, a, and thus enabling the person wearing the same