Year: 1898

page_text: We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our present invention relates more especially to heavy boots, such as shooting
boots and the like, reaching up to or above the ankles of the wearer, and it has for
its object a novel method of making the boot itself, and of tightening and attach-
ing it round the instep and the ankle of the wearer, in such manner that it forms
a very firm support to the foot and ankle, is tightened, fastened, or unfastened,
very quickly and easily, whilst it is sightly in appearance, and inexpensive.
Supposing that our invention is applied to a shooting boot, the upper part of
which extends somewhat above the ankle of the wearer, we make the boot open for
a sufficient distance down the front, so that its upper part can open sufficiently
widely to allow it to be easily put on or taken off, and we preferably make one
edge of the open front overlap the other edge for a sufficient distance when the
boot is tightened up, a loose flap being preferably arranged inside the boot, having
its edges attached to the two edges of the front opening.
Between the sole and the bottom of the boot we leave a transverse opening or
space in a suitable position below the instep, and we fit permanently into this
space a lining preferably of metal by which it is kept open.
To the low edge of the overlapping part at the front opening we form, or
strongly attach, the end of a strap of leather or other suitable material, and of
convenient width, and we pass the other end of this strap through the transverse
space (which is made of such width and depth as to allow it to pass freely through),
then round and up above the instep, round the back of the ankle, and after
bringing it forward and round the front part of the foot, we attach its end to a
buckle fixed to the body of the boot itself, near its upper edge, and in such a
position that when the strap is tightened the overlapping part at the front opening
is held firmly down, upon the other part, above the instep, and the whole upper part
of the boot is held closely and neatly round the ankle and foot.
We do not confine ourselves to any particular size or proportions of the different
parts, and our invention may be applied to different kinds of boots, the strap
after being passed through the lined transverse space between the sole and the
bottom of the boot, being wound round the leg as many times as may be found
convenient, before being finally tightened and attached to the buckle."
Dated this 24th day of November 1898
EDWARDS AND Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: improvements in Doots and in Fastenings for the same.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, 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, and accompanying drawing, that is to say:-
Our present invention relates more especially to heavy boots, such as shooting
boots and the like, reaching up to or above the ankles of the wearer, and it has for
its object a novel method of making the boot itself, and of tightening and attach-
ing, it round the instep and the ankle of the wearer, in such manner that it forms
a very firm support to the foot and ankle, is tightened, fastened, or unfastened,
very quickly and easily, whilst it is sightly in appearance, and inexpensive.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our invention, and
represents, in side view, a shooting boot, the upper part a of which extends
somewhat above the ankle of the wearer. We make the boot open for a sufficient
distance down the front, so that its upper part can open sufficiently widely to
allow it to be easily put on or taken off, and we preferably make one edge b of the
open front overlap the other edge c for a sufficient distance when the boot is
tightened up, as shown, a loose flap d being preferably arranged inside the boot,
having its edges attached to the two edges of the front opening.
Between the sole e and the bottom f of the boot, we make or leave a transverse
opening or space in a suitable position below the instep, and we fit permanently
into this space a lining g', preferably of metal, by which it is kept open.
To the lower edge of the overlapping part at the front opening we form,
or strongly attach, the end of a strap h of leather or other suitable material, and
of convenient width, and we pass the other end of this strap through the lining g
in the transverse space g (which lining is made of such width and depth
as to allow the strap to pass freely through), then round and up above the instep,
round the back of the ankle, and after bringing it forward and round the front
part of the foot, wo attach its end to a buckle i fixed to the body of the boot itself,
near its upper edge, and in such a position that when the strap h is tightened the
overlapping part 6 at the front opening is held firmly down, upon the other part c,
above the instep, and the whole upper part of the boot is held closely and neatly
round the ankle and foot, as shown.
We do not confine ourselves to any particular size or proportions of the different
parts, and our invention may be applied to different kinds of boots as well as to
the kind shown in the drawing, the strap after being passed through the lined
transverse space at g between the sole a and the bottom f of the boot, being
wound round the leg as many times as may be found convenient, before being
finally tightened and attached to the buckle i.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The combination, in boots, of the transverse space or opening g between the
sole and the bottom of the boot, with the strap h, passing freely through the
opening g, and having one end fastened to the boot at b, and the other end, after
passing under the foot through the opening g, being wound round the foot, and
tightened and fastened at i, substantially as described and illustrated.

page_text: 2. In the method of arrangement described and claimed in Claim 1, the trans-
verse lining in the opening g, through which the strap h passes freely, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated.
AL
EDWARDS AND Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.