A Reversible Heel or Protector for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1891-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Reversible Heel or Protector for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
I, EDWARD HOLLAND, of The Nant, The Moss, near Wrexham, in the County
of Denbigh, Solicitor's Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved form of protector for the heels of boots
and shoes, and consists of a broad ring or band of metal, or other suitable material,
either circular in form or otherwise as may be required. The upper portion of said
ring or band is furnished with lugs, projecting above the edge thereof, for the purpose
of attaching the device to a boot or shoe. A bead, fillet, or annular projection is
formed upon the interior surface of said ring or band at or about the centre
thereof, so that a circular plate or washer, with a central orifice, may rest
thereupon.
In adapting my said invention to a boot or shoe, the heel thereof is built up in
the usual manner of layers of leather or other material, of such a depth and
external dimension as to allow of the ring or band being passed over and attached
to the sole by means of the lugs before mentioned, the bottom layer forming the
heel resting upon the plate or washer, which in turn is supported by the internal
fillet, bead, or annular projection. The lower portion of the ring or band is filled
up by layers of leather or other material, attached to the upper layers by means of
nails, brads, screws, or the like.
I do not, in carrying out my invention, confine myself to the employment of any
particular metal or material, nor to the conformation or shape, which may be varied
to suit the circumstances of adoption. As an alternative arrangement,
may make
the ring or band, and the plate or washer of one piece of metal or other material
instead of separately as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1891.
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Reversible Heel or Protector for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
I, EDWARD HOLLAND of The Nant, The Moss, near Wrexham, in the County
of Denbigh Solicitor's Clerk, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved form of protector for the heels of boots
shoes, and clogs, and in order to render the description thereof perfectly clear,
I have appended the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a plan view, and Figure 2 a sectional elevation of one form of said
protector, and Figure 3 is a modification thereof.
Figure 4 shews the application thereof to a boot, and
Figure 5 is a sectional view illustrative of the manner of building up the heel
within the protector.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ a broad ring or band A of metal
or other suitable material either circular in forin as shewn, or otherwise, as may
be required. A disc or plate B is formed upon or attached to said ring or band A,
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page_text: so as to divide the interior thereof into two equal or approximately equal spaces.
A central orifice a and two or mc e holes b are provided in B for purposes of
attachment, hereinafter to be fully 'escribed. As a modification of the foregoing
I may form the disc or plate B to be separate from the ring or band A, and to
rest upon an annular bead, fillet or
projection e formed upon the interior surface
of A, as shewn by Figure 3.
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In adapting my said inventio boot, shoe or clog the heel thereof is built
up in the usual manner, of lay of leather or other material, as shewn by
Figure 5. The layers are arran
to fit within the ring or band A, and the
upper layers, which are attached t the sole S, rest upon the disc or plate B,
which is firmly attached to said upp laye. by means of screws d. The lower
layers below B are attached to the upper layers by means of brads, nails, screws
or the like passing through the central orifice a or through other holes in B3 pro-
vided for that purpose. The general rangement of the heel when built up and
attached to a boot is shewn by Figure 4
By the adoption of my invention th
be compensated when worn upon one
reversing the entire heel, or by changi.
side.
I do not, in carrying out my invention
particular metal or material, nor to the co
to suit the circumstances of adoption.
wear of the heel is minimised, and may
de, or worn otherwise irregularly by
its position relatively to the wearing
ne myself to the employment of any
nation or shape, which may be varied
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
First. The construction and use of a heel protector for boots shoes or clogs,
consisting of a ring or band A and perforated disc or plate B made in one piece,
substantially as herein described and shewn by Figures 1, 2 and 5 of the appended
drawings.
Second. The construction and use of a heel protector consisting of a ring or
band A with an annular bead, fillet or projection c upon its interior surface, and a
disc or plate B made separate therefrom substantially as herein described and shewn
by the appended drawings.
Dated this 20th day of July 1891.
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.