A New or Improved Clip for Holding Boot and Shoe Laces.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct, 1899-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1899
A New or Improved Clip for Holding Boot and Shoe Laces.
I, JAMES SHORLAND APLIN, of Overdale, Yeovil, in the County of Somerset,
Dairy Produce Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows..
The object of this invention is to enable the ends of boot and shoe laces to be
neatly secured to boot or shoe uppers instead of hanging down in an untidy
manner as usual
Now according to this invention I construct a suitable clip of metal which is
capable of being attached to the boot or shoe upper and which holds the ends of
the lace when the boot or shoe is laced up.
The clip I prefer to use 18 made of flat spring steel folded into approximately
the shape of the compressed letter S, catches points or prongs may be provided
which respectively enter the laces and the leather the latter preventing the clip
from becoming detached from the upper.
When in use a clip is placed over the edge of the upper ou each side of
the centre of the boot or shoe.
The ends of the laces are held in the portion of the clip which is outside the
boot or shoe either by means of the natural elasticity of the material or by the
catch point with which such portion may be provided
I prefer to make the part of the clip which is outside the boot or shoe in
the form of a spring hook utilising the natural elasticity of the material for
this purpose.
Dated December 24th 1898.
A New or Improved Olip for Holding Boot and Shoe Laces.
I, JAMES SHORLAND APLIN, of Overdale, Yeovil, in the County of Somerset,
Dairy Produce Merchant, 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..
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The object of this invention is to enable the ends of boot and shoe laces to be
neatly secured to boot and shoe uppers instead of hanging down in an untidy
manner as usual
Now according to this invention I construct a suitable clip of metal which is

page_text: capable of being attached to the boot or shoe upper and which holds the ends of
the lace when the boot or shoe is laced up
The clip I prefer to use is made of flat spring steel folded into approximately
the shape of the compressed letter 8, catches, points or prongs may be provided
which respectively enter the laces and the leather the latter preventing the clip
from becoming detached from the upper
When in use a clip is placed over the edge of the upper on each side of
the centre of the boot or shoe
The ends of the laces are held in the portion of the clip which 18 outside the
boot or shoe either by means of the natural elasticity of the material or by the
catch, point or prong with which such portion may be provided
I prefer to make the part of the clip which is outside the boot or shoe in
the form of a spring hook utilising the natural elasticity of the material for
this purpose.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Fig. 1 represents side view of a chp for holding boot and shoe laces constructed
according to this invention.
Fig. 2 18 front view of same
Fig. 3 shows side view of similar clip having one prong only.
Fig. 4 is front view of same.
Fig 5 shows side view of a clip having teeth or prongs on one or both the
edges thereof.
Fig 6 18 front view of Fig 5
Fig 7 18 plan of strip for making the clip shewn by Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 8 18 edge view of same.
Fig. 9 18 plan of strip for making the clip as shown by Figs 5 and 6
Fig 10 18 edge view of same
Fig. 11 18 plan of strip for making the clip as shown by Figs 3 and 4.
Fig 11 18 side view of a modification of clip made according to this invention.
Fig. 12 18 plan of strip for making another modification of the clip according
to this invention.
For the sake of clearness the drawings are made to an enlarged scale. The same
letters denote the same parts in all the figs a is a strip of metal which has
one or more catches, points or prongs 6 6 raised or stamped out of each end
thereof, the strip being preferably made of pen steel, or spring steel to enable the
clip when formed to grip the boot or shoe upper and the lace firmly.
The strip may in some cases be provided with catches, points or prongs c on
one or both of the edges thereof which catches, points or prongs are bent over
at right angles or thereabouts to the width of the strips to ensure a good grip
and to prevent the clip from becoming detached from the boot upper when in
180.
When the strips or blanks a have been formed they are bent by suitable means
into a double hook in the form of a compressed letter 8 see Figs 1, 3. 5 and 11*
with the catches, points or prongs inwards and afterwards hardened and tempered
in the usual way.
One hook of the clip engages with the boot or shoe upper and the other hook
receives the lace
In the clip shewn by Figs 3 and 4 the catch, point, or prong 6 is formed by
turning up a portion of the strip
In any case the portion of the clip which receives the lace may be merely a
plain hook or it may be furnished with one or more catches,, points or prongs
in the same manner as the portion of the clip which is secured to the upper of
the boot or shoe.
When in use a clip is placed over the edge of the boot or shoe upper one on
each side of the centre thereof and the catches, points or prongs be pressed into

page_text: the leather thus preventing the clips from becoming detached from the boot or
shoe the other portion of the chip which holds the lace being outside the upper.
When the boot or shoe is laced up the lace is tied in the usual way and the
ends thereof placed in the portions of the clips which are outside the upper where
they are held firmly by the elasticity of the material of which the clip is con-
structed or by the catches, points or prongs with which these portions of the
clips may be furnished, or the lace may be held by the combined action of the
spring hook and the catches points or prongs.
In practice it is found that if the clips are made of spring steel the catches,
points or prongs to hold the lace may be omitted.
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:-
1 A clip for holding boot and shoe laces consisting of a strip of metal a having
catches, points or prongs b raised thereon the said strip being bent into approxi-
mately the shape of a compressed letter 8 all substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
2. A clip for holding boot and shoe laces consisting of a strip of metal a
having catches, points or prongs b and raised thereon the said strip being bent
into approximately the shape of a compressed letter S all substantially as and
for the purposes specified.
3 Clips for holding boot and shoe laces constructed as shown by the accom-
panying drawings