IMPROVE- MENTS IN CRICKETING SPIKES
Year: 1885

page_text: We RICHARD GORTON BARLOW of 385 Stretford Rd Professional Cricketer,
JOHN JAMES RICE of 16 Eliza Ann St Cricket Bat Manufacturer and JOSEPH
HALL of 50 Eggington St. Rochdale Rd Whitesmith, all of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CRICKETING SPIKES to be as follows:-
"
Our invention relates to cricketing spikes which are secured to the faces of the
soles or heels of boots or shoes and has for its object to produce cricketing spikes
which are stronger, more durable and more reliable for gripping and not damaging
the ground than heretofore has been the case.
Our improved cricketing spikes may be made of steel, wrought, or preferably of
malleable iron and consits when used for the soles of boots or shoes in forming a
plate with two short and two long arms branching from a middle portion, each of
these arms is formed with a round pointed spike, the extremities of the longer
arms and the end of the plate, near and between the shorter arms are each provided
with a hole formed in front of the spike and not behind, as heretofore has been
the case, for the purpose of securing the plate to the sole of a boot or shoe by
means of screws. The advantages we gain by forming the holes at the extremities
instead of behind the spikes, is that the plate is less liable to break at such parts.
These spikes are so fixed to the sole of a boot or shoe that the short arms will
point to the toe and the long arm to the heel, and may be made in rights & lefts in
which case one of the two longer arms will simply be prolonged & if found
necessary provided with an additional spike and hole.
The spikes to be fixed to the heel of a boot or shoe consist of a plate having two
or three spikes & two holes formed thereon. This plate may be of a somewhat,
semi-circular or straight shape and the holes may be formed between the two
spikes crosswise, or at the extremity of the plate in front of the spikes as already
described in the case of the spikes for the soles, for the purpose of securing the
same thereto by means of screws.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Cricketing Spikes.
We, RICHARD GORTON BARLOW, of 385 Stretford Rd, Professional Cricketer,
JOHN JAMES RICE, of 16 Eliza Ann St Cricket Bat Manufacturer and JOSEPH
HALL of 50 Eggington St Rochdale Road Whitesmith all of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, 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 :--
Our invention relates to cricketing spikes which are secured to the faces of the
soles or heels of boots or shoes and has for its object to produce cricketing spikes
which are stronger, more durable, and more reliable for gripping and not damaging
the ground than heretofore has been the case.
Our improved cricketing spike may be made of steel, wrought, or preferably of
malleable iron.
And in order that our invention may be better understood we have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show our improved cricketing spikes applied to a right and left
boot or shoe respectively.
In carrying out our invention and when constructing a cricketing spike to be
fixed to the sole A of a boot or shoe we form a plate with two short and two long
arms a and b respectively, branching from a middle portion c, each of these arms
is formed with a round pointed spike d, the extremities of the longer arms b and
the end of the plate, near and between the shorter arms a, are each provided with
a hole e formed in front of the spike d respectively and not behind as heretofore
has been the case, for the purpose of securing the plate to the sole A, of a boot or
shoe by means of screws f.
The advantage we gain by forming the holes e at the extremities of the long
arms b, or also in case of the short arms a, if desired instead of behind the spikes d
is that the plate is less liable to break at such part, and will retain its spike in
case the metal around the holes e should get broken through undue pressure of the
'screw head.
These spikes are so fixed to the sole A of a boot or shoe that the short arms a
will point to the toe and the long arms b to the heel B and may be made in rights
and lefts in which case one of the two longer arms will simply be prolonged and if
found necessary, provided with an additional spike d and hole e as illustrated in
the drawing by dotted lines.
The spikes to be fixed to the heel B of a boot or shoe consist of a plate g having
preferably two or three spikes d and two holes e formed thereon. This plate may
be of a somewhat semicircular or a straight shape and the holes e may be formed
between the two spikes d crosswise, or at the extremity of the plate g in front of
the spikes d as already described and illustrated in the case of the spikes for the
soles of boots or shoes, for the purpose of securing the same thereto by means of
Ecrews f

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
First. In cricketing spikes, for the soles of boots or shoes a plate having two
long and two short arms branching from a middle portion, provided with a suitable
number of spikes and screw-holes, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Second. In cricketing spikes, the use and application of plates made in rights
and lefts, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawing.
Third. In cricketing spikes, the formation of screw-holes, at the extremities
of the arms forming the plates and in front of the spikes instead of behind,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Fourth. In cricketing spikes for the heels of boots or shoes, a plate of a straight or
semicircular shape provided with two or more spikes and screw holes, substantially
as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
BOSSHARDT & GRANT.