Improvements in Insoles for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
[Communicated from abroad by GEORGE EDWARD MILNER, of 53 Franklin
Street, Chicago, Illinois, and WILLIAM GORDON, of 116 Bedford Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, both in the United States of America.]
Improvements in Insoles for Boots and Shoes.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the class of insoles for welted shoes;
and the object of the invention is to dispense with the requirement for an insole
of the expensive sole-leather hitherto more commonly used for the purpose, and at
the same time provide a construction of insole having the "lip" upon it for holding
the stitches, which though made of a much cheaper quality of thin leather shall
possess in a high degree the important attributes of flexibility, strength, and
lightness.
To this end, the present invention consists of an improved insole formed and
constructed as hereinafter more specifically set forth and claimed.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Figure is a top plan view of an insole constructed in accordance with the
improvement.
Figure 2 is a section taken at the line 2 on Figure 1, viewed in the direction of
the arrow, and enlarged.
A is the blank for the improved insole, formed in the desired shape, of
comparatively cheap, thin, and flexible leather.
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B is the lip, formed thereon by cutting inward to a desired depth about the
edges of the blank, in advance of the heel portion, and turning up to or approxi-
mately to a right angle the material cut away, thus affording the "feather
about the outer side of the lip. Upon the lipped surface of the blank is then
applied a reinforcing covering C of the desired insole shape, of thin leather, canvas,
or the like, which is cemented in place by the use of a suitable cement, such as
rubber cement, and a portion of this material is molded or indented about the lip B
to conform to the latter and cover it snugly, thereby reinforcing it.
The reinforcing covering C is secured to the central portion of the bottom of
the blank A, and terminates upon and is secured to the bottom of the feather r.
The insole thus provided is cheap to manufacture, desirably flexible, light, and
strong, and the reinforcement afforded to the otherwise inadequately strong lip
renders it as strong as need be for holding the stitches, without so stiffening it as
to preclude turning it inward and flattening it down against the surface of the
insole to obviate the discomfort which the lip would cause to the foot of the
wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
As an improved article of manufacture an insole comprising a hod of loathar

page_text: a lip and feather formed by splitting the outer edge of the body in the usual
manner, and a continuous reinforcing-covering secured to the central portion of
the bottom of the sole, indented over the lip, and terminating upon and secured
to the bottom of the feather upon opposite sides of the sole, substantially as
described.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1897.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.