IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES.
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Hutchinson, Merchant, of No. 26, Rue
N°. Dame des Victoires, Paris, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES.."
Sealed the 11th September 1863, and dated the 1st July 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Hutchinson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,, on the
1st July 1863.
I, HIRAM HUTCHINSON, Merchant, of No. 26,.Rue N°. Dame des Victoires,
Paris, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
In manufacturing boots and shoes according to this Invention, the uppers are
to be made from india-rubber or gutta percha, or india-rubber and gutta percha
combined together. They are to be attached to soles of leather alone, or leather
and india-rubber combined, or leather, india-rubber, and wood combined, or.
either two of the above articles combined together or separate. They are to
be attached to the uppers by nailing or sewing, or the attachment may be.
made by both processes.
The above.combination is intended only for the outside soles, the inner
soles may be of leather, india-rubber, or any convenient materials. The
above combined soles may be applied to any kind of leather or cloth or other.
substances used for shoes. :
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, the manner;

page_text: of attaching leather alone, or leather, wood, and india-rubber in combination
or separately to uppers of india-rubber alone, or india-rubber combined with
gutta percha, cloth, or other substances by sewing or nailing for boots and
shoes.
I also claim as new the combination of either india-rubber and leather
together, and india-rubber and wood for outside soles, and attaching them
to uppers of leather or cloth or other substances for boots and shoes.
I do not claim as new the adding a wooden heel to shoes or boots made of
leather and with a leather sole, but I do claim it as new when used with an
india-rubber sole..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Hiram Hutchinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th December 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HIRAM
HUTCHINSON, Merchant, of No. 26, Rue N°. Dame des Victoires, Paris, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Hiram Hutchinson, Her special licence that I, the said Hiram Hutchinson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Hiram
Hutchinson, my executors, administrators, and assigus, should at any time
agree with, and no others, [from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Hiram
Hutchinson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing. under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Hiram Hutchinson, do hereby declare.
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, that is to say:-
In manufacturing boots and shoes according to this Invention, the uppers
are to be made from india-rubber or gutta percha, or india-rubber and gutta
percha combined together. They are to be attached to soles of leather
alone, or leather and india-rubber combined, or leather, india-rubber, and wood
combined, or either two of the above articles combined together or separate.
They are to be attached to the uppers by nailing or sewing, or the attachment
may be made by both processes.
The above combination is intended only for the outside soles, the inner
soles may be of leather, india-rubber, or any convenient materials. To an upper
of leather or cloth a sole of india-rubber may be fixed by nails or screws or
by sewing. The above combined soles may be applied to any kind of leather
or cloth or other substances used for shoes.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, the manner
of attaching leather alone, or leather, wood, and india-rubber in combination
or separately to uppers of india-rubber alone, or india-rubber combined with
gutta percha, cloth or other substances by sewing or nailing for boots and
shoes.
I also claim as new the combination of either india-rubber and leather
together, and india-rubber and wood, or india-rubber for outside soles,
and attaching them to uppers of leather or cloth, or other substances for boots
and shoes.
I do not claim as new the adding a wooden heel to shoes or boots made
of leather and with a leather sole, but I do claim it as new when used with
an india-rubber sole.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hiram Hutchinson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
M. SAUTTER.
HIRAM HUTCHINSON. (LS.)