for the Applicants.
Year: 1897

page_text: We, CHARLES GORDON ALLEN and ARTHUR WALLIS ALLEN, of Oxford Street,
Leicester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows: :-
This invention has reference to boots and shoes applicable for use in the game
of football.
The object of the invention is a certain improvement in the construction of
boots and shoes by which they are better adapted for kicking the ball, better and
surer contact being obtained, while at the same time the jar or vibration to the
player at the moment of the kick being given is decreased.
Our invention consists in a rib, bead or fillet extending around the edge of the
forepart (i.e., from waist to waist) of the sole of a boot or shoe.
This rib, bead or fillet is provided with a flange for insertion between the upper
and the outersole or between the middle sole and the outersole so that it may be
secured in position by stitches in the sole sewing machine in the usual way.
This rib, bead or fillet may be of any suitable material,.but is preferably formed
of india-rubber either solid or tubular so that it presents a resilient surface to the
ball when in contact therewith.
A similar rib, bead or fillet may be applied round near the seat of the heel, the
flange of the former being engaged by the stitches in the heel in the usual manner.
Dated this 6th day of October 1897.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
We, CHARLES GORDON ALLEN and ARTHUR WALLIS ALLEN, of Oxford Street,
Leicester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, 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: —
This invention has reference to boots and shoes applicable for use in the game
of football.
The object of the invention is a certain improvement in the construction of
boots and shoes by which they are better adapted for kicking the ball, better and
surer contact being obtained, while at the same time the jar or vibration to the
player at the moment of the kick being given is decreased.
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page_text: Our invention consists in a rib, bead or fillet or equivalent (hereinafter referred
to as a rib) extending around the edge of the forepart (i.e. from waist to waist) of
the sole of a boot or shoe.
This rib, is provided with a flange for insertion between the upper and the
outersole or between the middle sole and the outersole so that it may be secured
in position by stitches in the sole sewing machine in the usual way.
This rib, may be of any suitable material, but is preferably formed of india-
rubber either solid or tubular so that it presents a resilient surface to the ball
when in contact therewith, besides which, being of a yielding nature, a consider-
ably slighter injury would be inflicted upon an opposing player who should happen
to receive a kick accidentally therewith.
A similar rib may be applied round near the seat of the heel, the flange of the
former being engaged by the stitches in the heel in the usual manner.
The invention will be understood from the following further description in
reference to the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a football boot constructed in accordance with
this invention. Figure 2 is a section of the rib on a larger scale than the other
figures. Figure 3 is a transverse section through the forepart of the said boot.
The invention consists in the application to the sole or heel of a boot or shoe of
a rib A, a section of a most convenient form of which is shown per se in Figure 2.
The said rib is composed of a flexible or resilient material preferably india-
rubber and is provided on one side with a flange A', which, when the said rib is
to be applied to the edge of a boot or shoe, is interposed or placed between, the
outersole B and the middle sole C thereof, or when the latter is not employed,
between the outersole and the inner sole 1) and secured in position by the
stitches E which connect the soles (outer, middle and inner) to the upper F in the
usual manner.
Or when the rib is applied to the heel part of a boot or shoe, the said flange is
inserted between the seat of the heel G and the upper F and connected in position
by sewing.
The rib when composed of india-rubber may have a layer of thin canvas or
fabric A incorporated therewith so as to increase its durability by rendering it
less liable to crack or break away.
The rib is fixed by preference so that it projects or extends beyond the edge of
the sole or heel as shown, in which position it is certain to receive the shock when
a kick is being given to the ball.
We prefer to fix the rib with a continuous edge coincident with that of the sole
or heel as shown in Figure 1, but it may fall short of this if desired and be fixed
thereto in two or more smaller sections or lengths.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A football boot or shoe provided with a rib or fillet extending around and
beyond the edge of the sole or heel thereof (or both) substantially as described.
2. A flexible resilient rib or fillet such as A provided with a flange A¹ for appli-
cation to the sole or heel of a football boot or shoe for the purpose described.
Dated this 29th day of June 1898.