A NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING CORNS, BUNIONS, AND THE LIKE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Elijah Holliday of 5 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS
OF PROTECTING CORNS, BUNIONS, AND THE LIKE
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Elijah Holliday at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th June 1883.
ELIJAH HOLLIDAY, of 5 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman-
"A NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING CORNS, BUNIONS, AND THE LIKE
This Invention relates to a new or improved means of protecting corns, bunions,
and the like, and consists in the construction of an India rubber cushion and its
application to a sock of thin leather or other suitable material in order that a
corn or bunion or other tender place on the sole of a foot may be protected from
hard and abrupt pressure on the sole of a boot or shoe.
A cushion of India rubber is made, which is curvilinear and tubular, and has a
flange for attaching it to the sock. The cushion is fixed on the underside of the
sock in such a position that the corn will tread on that part of the sock which is
over the space within the curve of the cushion. By this means a great part of the
weight of the body is on the cushion and pressure on the corn is greatly lessened,
while the cushion being elastic, allows the foot to press on it comfortably.
By this means a buffer or elastic bed is formed, which effectually protects the
tender part of the foot from pressure.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Elijah Holliday in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th December
1883.
ELIJAH HOLLIDAY of 5 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING CORNS, BUNIONS, AND the like”
This Invention relates to a new or improved means of protecting corns, bunions,
and the like, and consists in the construction of an India rubber cushion and its
application to a sock of leather or other suitable material in order that a corn or
bunion or other tender place on the sole of a foot may be protected from hard and
abrupt pressure on the sole of a boot or shoe.
A cushion of India rubber is made, which is curvilinear and tubular and has a
flange for attaching it to the sock. The cushion is fixed on the underside of the
sock in such a position that the corn will tread on that part of the sock which is
over the space within the curve of the cushion.
By this means a great part of the weight of the body is on the cushion and
pressure on the corn is greatly lessened while the cushion being elastic, allows the
foot to press on it comfortably. By this means a buffer or elastic bed is formed
which effectually protects the tender part of the foot from pressure.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood, I hereto annex a sheet of
drawings illustrative thereof.
Figures 1 and 2 represent the undersides of a pair of socks which may be made
of leather or other material suitable for the purpose.
A are cushions or buffers provided with a flange so that by sewing or cementing
they may be secured to the sole in the desired positions. The cushions can be
constructed of the required curve.
_ Figure 3 shews a sectional form of cushion.
Having thus described. the nature of my Invention and shewn by drawings how
the same is to be performed or carried into practice, I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to any particular sectional form of cushion or mode of
attachment, but what I claim as my Invention, is :—
The construction and employment of a cushion or buffer of India rubber
fastened to a loose inner sock or sole, substantially as and for the purpose herein
shewn and described.
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In Witness whereof I the said Elijah Holliday have hereunto set my hand and
seal this twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
TITA HOLLIDAY