AN IMPROVED HANGING BOOT AND SHOE RACK.
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert Chambers Macdonald, of Brighton, in the County
of Sussex, No. 19, Denmark Villas, in Brighton, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED HANGING BOOT AND SHOE RACK.'
Sealed the 31st January 1879, and dated the 29th November 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert Chambers Mac-
donald at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November
1878.
HERBERT CHAMBERS MACDONALD, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, No. 19,
Denmark Villas, in Brighton. "AN IMPROVED. HANGING BOOT AND SHOE
RACK."
This Invention is designed for the purpose of providing a means or apparatus
which can be suspended or affixed to the wall of any apartment or to any other
surface, and on which heeled boots and shoes can, without soiling or defacing the
coloring or paper of such wall, be conveniently suspended.
The apparatus may be constructed of two peices of wood or other material hinged
together at a suitable distance, so that when the heels of the boots and shoes are
held in position on the rack by means of a serrated or plain edged peice of metal
or other material which may be attached in various ways to, or may be made in
one peice with the upper peice of wood or other material, the soles of the boots and
shoes rest against the lower peice of wood or other material.
Into the upper peice of wood or other material rings or eyes are screwed or
otherwise attached, so that the apparatus may be conveniently hung on hooks, pegs,
or nails against the wall or other surface, or if preferred the apparatus may be
attached by screws or otherwise to the wall or other surface.
In order that my said Invention may be fully understood I now proceed more
particularly to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
in which the same letters in the several Figures represent the same parts.

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a front view of the rack or apparatus; a & a¹, are the two peices
of wood or other material; b, b, are the hinges by means of which the lower
peice a' may be folded over the upper peice a when the rack is not in use; c is the
serrated peice of metal or other material on which the heels of the boots and shoes
are suspended; d, d, are the rings or eyes by means of which the apparatus is hung
against the wall or other surface; e represents a shoe in position on the rack.
Fig. 2 represents an end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 represents a front view, showing another of the many different forms in
which the serrated or plain peice of metal or other material may be made and
attached to the rack according to my Invention.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert Chambers Macdonald in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 28th May 1879.
HERBERT CHAMBERS MACDONALD, of 19, Denmark Villas, Brighton, in the County
of Sussex. AN IMPROVED HANGING BOOT AND SHOE RACK."
"
This Invention is designed for the purpose of providing a means or apparatus
which can be suspended or affixed to the wall of any apartment or to any other.
surface, and on which heeled boots and shoes can without soiling or defacing the
coloring or paper of such wall be conveniently suspended.
The apparatus may be constructed of two peices of wood or other material hinged
or otherwise connected together at a suitable distance, so that when the heels of
the boots and shoes are held in position on the rack by means of a serrated or plain
edged peice of metal or other material (which may be attached in various ways to,
or may be made in one piece with the upper peice of wood or other material) the
soles of the boots and shoes rest against the lower peice of wood or other material
and thereby prevents the boots and shoes from soiling the wall or other surface.
Into the upper peice of wood or other material rings or eyes are screwed or other-
wise attached, so that the apparatus may be conveniently hung on hooks, pegs, or
nails against the wall or other surface, or if preferred, the apparatus may be attached
by screws or otherwise to the wall or other surface, or it may be constructed with
two or more brackets so as to make the apparatus stand at an angle, the lower
part being furthest from the wall or other surface.
In order that my said Invention may be fully understood I now proceed more
particularly to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
in which the same letters in the several Figures represent the same parts.
Fig. 1 represents a front view of the rack or apparatus; a, a', are the two pieces
of wood or other material; b, b, are hinges connecting the two peices a, a¹, by
means of which the lower peice a¹ may be folded over the upper peice a when the
rack is not in use; c is the serrated peice of metal or other material on which !the
heels of the boots and shoes are suspended; d, d, are the rings or eyes by means of
which the apparatus is hung against the wall or other surface; e represents a shoe
in position on the rack.
Fig. 2 represents an end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 represents a front view showing bracket f, f, for hanging the apparatus at
an angle from the wall, and also another of the many different forms in which the
serrated or plain peice of metal or other material may be made and attached to the
rack according to my Invention.
Fig. 4 represents a section on line A, B, of Fig. 3.
Having now described and illustrated the nature of my Invention, I would have
it understood that what I claim is the mode of suspending boots and shoes by the
heel against the wall or other surface on a rack, substantially as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert Chambers Macdonald, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
H. C. MACDONALD. (L.S.)