An Improved Sole for Boots and Shoes and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 11th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sole for Boots and Shoes and the like.
I TOM NEWMAN of 130 & 132 Blackstock Road Finsbury in the County
of Middlesex Draper do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a sole for boots and shoes and other
like coverings for or appliances for use with the feet that can easily and quickly be
attached to or connected with such boots and shoes and the like and as easily and
quickly be detached therefrom or disconnected therewith when desired. This sole
likewise can be noiseless and waterproof.
To carry out this object I make a sole of the desired size and shape to fit and
correspond with the particular boot or shoe or the like and this sole may be made
of india-rubber gutta-percha leather or other suitable material treated in
any usual
and convenient manner. At or near and round the edges of this sole is a wire or a
narrow metallic or other riband or the like which when this sole is placed in position
on the boot or shoe or the like will enter and fit into the welt or between the top
of the sole and the uppers. This sole terminates at or about the waist of the boot
or shoe or the like or in the space or recess that is formed or created just before
the beel thereof and the wire or riband or the like may also terminate at the same
position or may be continued to surround the heel being endless or otherwise as
may be desired. In all cases it may be and when the wire or riband or the like
terminates at or about the waist of the boot or shoe or the like it preferably even
if not necessarily is that a suitable clamping or similar holding or other device is
provided to clasp and hold and secure in position the two parts or ends of the wire
or riband or the like which device would perhaps preferably pass under such waist
or it may be can pass over the instep of the boot or shoe or the like or otherwise
as may be desired and this device is so fitted and arranged in any usual and
convenient manner that it can quickly and easily be secured in position and as
quickly and easily be released and removed when required and then obviously the
sole likewise can be removed.
The sole especially when it is made of india-rubber or the like can very
conveniently be mounted on and backed by canvas or other suchlike material
wherein the wire or riband or the like could be embedded or whereto it could be
attached or connected in any usual and convenient manner and similarly the wire
or riband or the like could be embedded in or attached or connected to the sole
when it has no mounting or backing.
The wire or riband or the like may be at the extreme edges of the sole or of
the mounting or backing thereof or these edges may extend a certain small distance
beyond the same.
Dated this 12th day of July 1894
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, É.C., Agents.

page_text: An Improved Sole for Boots and Shoes and the like.
I TOM NEWMAN of 130 & 132 Blackstock Road Finsbury in the County
of Middlesex Draper 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 :-
The object of this my invention is to provide a sole for boots and shoes and other.
like coverings for or appliances for use on and with the feet that can very easily
and quickly and also surely and securely be attached to or connected with and worn
- on such boots and shoes and the like and as easily and quickly be detached there-
from or disconnected therewith and taken thereoff when and as it may be
desired so to do. This sole likewise can most conveniently be noiseless and
waterproof.
To carry out this object I make or take a flat piece of india-rubber gutta-percha
leather or other suitable material which may have been created or treated in any
usual and convenient manner and therefrom or therewith I cut out or otherwise
form a sole of the required thickness and of the proper size and shape to fit and
suit and to correspond with the particular boot or shoe or the like that is to be
supplied with this sole. Round the front end or toe and the sides of this sole and
at or near or not very far from the edges of the same is fitted and arranged a wire
or a narrow metallic or other riband or other suchlike and suitable appliance or
device which when the sole has been placed in position on the boot or shoe or the
like and the edges thereof are turned up will enter and fit into the welt of such boot
or shoe or the like or that is to say between the top of the sole thereof and the
uppers thereof and can be there held and retained. This sole terminates at or
about the waist of the boot or shoe or the like or that is to say in the space or
recess that is formed or created immediately before the heel thereof and the wire
or riband or the like may also terminate at the same position or may be continued
to surround the heel of such boot or shoe or the like and in this latter case it
may be endless or it may have ends which may be capable of being connected
together in any usual and convenient manner as may be preferred in each
particular case. Thus and by the wire or ribaud or the like this sole is very
Burely and securely attached to or connected with and can be worn on the boot or
shoe or the like as is desired.
To increase and render the more certain the surety and security of this sole
on the boot or shoe or the like it is in all cases very convenient to provide any
ordinary and suitable clasping or clamping or similarly holding or other device to
clasp and hold and firmly to retain in position the two parts or ends of the wire or
riband or the like at or about the waist of the boot or shoe or the like where
this sole terminates and when the wire or riband or the like terminates at or about
such. waist as is hereinbefore described this device preferably is even if not
necessarily must be provided for this purpose. This device would be fitted and
arranged as may be most appropriate and desirable in each particular case and can
perhaps preferably pass under the waist of the boot or shoe or the like or it may
be can pass over the instep of the same or it may be can pass completely round the
same or that is to say under such waist and over such instep.
As is hereinbefore stated any ordinary and suitable device may be used for this
purpose and I may mention the following by way of example or as illustrations of
what kinds of devices are needed-the device that secures the "Acme" skate to
the sole is suitable for use in and according to the first before mentioned
arrangement again the ordinary cyclist's trouser clip is suitable for use in and
according to both the first and the second before mentioned arrangements-and

page_text: again an ordinary strap can be used in and according to the third before
mentioned arrangement.
In every case the device that is to be used is made and
formed of the appropriate and proportionate size and shape and can if necessary
or convenient be altered and modified to a certain extent to enable it properly
to perform its required function and it is so fitted and arranged in any usual and
convenient manner that it can very easily and quickly be closed or fastened or
connected or otherwise fixed in its required holding and retaining condition when
this sole has been placed in position on the boot or shoe or the like and as
casily and quickly be released when this sole is to be removed from the boot or
shoe or the like.
This sole and especially when it is made of india-rubber or the like can very
conveniently be mounted on and backed by canvas or other suchlike and suitable
material wherein the wire or riband or the like could be embedded or whereto it
could be attached or connected in any usual and convenient manner and similarly
the wire or riband or the like could be embedded in or attached or connected to
this sole when there is no mounting or backing.
The wire or riband or the like may be arranged at the extreme edges of this.
sole or of the mounting or backing thereof or may be at the desired distance from
such edges or that is to say these edges may extend a certain desired distance from
and beyond and outside of such wire or riband or the like in which case these free
edges outside of the wire or riband or the like are so formed and constructed that
when the sole has been placed in position on the boot or shoe or the like they will
be and remain by the sides of the uppers of such boot or shoe or the like above
the sole thereof and these edges so standing or remaining upwards will prevent
the entrance of moisture or wet or dirt or other undesirable or harmful substances
or conditions between this my improved sole and the ordinary sole of the boot or
shoe or the like.
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
The improved sole for boots and shoes and the like substantially as hereinbefore
described and set forth.
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