IMPROVEMENTS IN CRICKETING-SPIKES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE SUTTON SMEETH of 32 Marlborough Road, Salford in the County of
Lancaster Millers' Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CRICKETING-SPIKES" to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object certain improvements in Cricketing-spikes
whereby a firmer and more reliable grip of the ground is obtained; the fatigue
usually experienced by the wearers of the spikes now in usc, in a great measure,
obviated; and the wear and tear of the ground reduced to a minimum.
My invention consists in applying a flat plate of steel, with 3 radii or arms
terminating with curved serrated points, to the under leather of boots and shoes.
According to one method of putting my invention in practice I attach the
plate to the under leather of boots and shoes by means of 4 screws; one in the
centre of the plate, and one at a distance of about half an inch from the termination
of the flat surface of cach radius or arm.
My invention can be formed or made by casting or punching the metal. into
the requisite shape.
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Iron either malleable or wrought, may be substituted for steel.
The invention may, moreover, be used as an ice-spike, and also for all purposes
where a firm grip of the ground in walking or running is desirable.
Date J.

page_text: I, GEORGE SUTTON SMEETH of 32 Marlborough Road, Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Millers Agent do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CRICKETING SPIKES" and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
It consists of a thin flat plate of iron or steel having three projecting arms and
secured to the boot or shoe sole by means of small screws preferably four. The
extremity of each arm of the plate is formed into spikes, either by turning up the
end of the arm so as to stand at right angles to the boot or shoe sole, or by casting
it in a suitable shape, or any other method, which may enable me to obtain a flat
projecting edge, which I form into one or more flat points.
The advantages over the ordinary spike consist in the firmer grip given by the
Bat points and their peculiar position, and the support given to the sole of the foot
by the steel plate.
In order that the foregoing may be better understood I send herewith a sheet of 1
Drawings in which :-
Figs 1 and 2 show plans and elevations of the apparatus in which a is the centre
plate, which may be any size or shape but preferably the one shown, bbb the
projecting aims, and cccccc the flat spikes, in Fig 1 formed by bending up the
ends of the projecting arms, and in Fig 2 by casting them with the plate, Figs 3
and 4 show two of the best manners of affixing it to the boot solc.
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
1st The apparatus, substantially as described and shewn herein before and in thos
accompanying Drawing for the purpose set forth.
2nd The use of a steel or iron plate, with projecting arms formed at the extremities
into flat spikes, for the purpose set forth..
Dated this fifth day of December 1884.