AN IMPROVED ELASTIC WAIST A
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Wall, of Moorville Lodge, Britannia
Square, in the Parish of Claines, in the City of Worcester, Boot and
Shoe Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED ELASTIC WAIST
A Dem Suzons
Sealed the 5th March 1867, and dated the 17th September 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Wall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
September 1866.
1, EDWARD WALL, of Moorville Lodge, Britannia Square, in the Parish of
Claines, in the City of Worcester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED ELASTIC WAIST
FOR BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS, CLOGS, AND SANDALS," to be as follows, that is to
say:―
An elastic waist made of vulcanized india-rubber giving freedom and
comfort to the gait of the wearer, by which pedestrian exercise may be greatly
aided, and the boot, shoe, slipper, clog, or sandal rendered very much more
durable, the friction of the leather or other article being greatly decreased,
while the motion of the wearer is pleasantly facilitated; and I make the
waist of vulcanized india-rubber, which is formed of the shape and size
needed, by melting into a mould or by cutting, or by both means, and is fixed

page_text: to the heel and inner sole of the boot, shoe, slipper, clog, or sandal by sewing
or rivetting with metal rivets or nails clenched when fixed, and having
attached over the waist by sewing, rivetting, or nails an external covering of
leather both as ornament and protection to the india-rubber.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Wall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th March 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
WALL, of Moorville Lodge, Britannia Square, in the Parish of Claines, in
the City of Worcester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Wall, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Wall, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward
Wall, my executors, administrators, and assigns, 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 "AN IMPROVED ELASTIC
WAIST FOR BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS, CLOGS, AND SANDALS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Edward Wall, my executors or adminis
trators, 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 Edward Wall, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
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The waist (which is that part of the bottom of boots, shoes, slippers, clogs,
and sandals between the heel and sole) is made of vulcanized india-rubber
which gives freedom and comfort to the gait of the wearer, and pedestrian

page_text: exercise is greatly aided, and the boot, shoe, slipper, clog, or sandal is thereby
rendered very much more durable, the friction of the leather or other article
being greatly decreased, while the motion of the wearer is pleasantly
facilitated. The waist is formed of the shape and size needed by melting into
a mould or by cutting, or by both these means, and is fixed to the heel and
fore part of the boot, shoe, slipper, clog, or sandal by sewing or rivetting with
metal rivets or nails clenched when fixed to the inner sole, and the india-
rubber may be covered with leather or exposed as the substance or style of
the boot, shoe, slipper, clog, or sandal may require.
In witness whereof, I, the said Elward Wall, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
EDWARD WALL. (L.S.)