AN ARTICLE TO BE WORN ON THE FEET AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PATTENS OR CLOGS, WHICH I DENOMINATE MYATT'S HEALTH PRESERVERS
Year: 1831

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MYATT, of Tabernacle Walk, Finsbury Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Tailor, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-seventh day of September, in the second
year of His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said John Myatt, His especial licence, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said John Myatt, my exors, admors, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Myatt, my exors, admors, or assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
during the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN ARTICLE TO BE WORN ON THE FEET AS A
SUBSTITUTE FOR PATTENS OR CLOGS, WHICH I DENOMINATE MYATT'S HEALTH
PRESERVERS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I,
the said John Myatt, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Myatt, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say):
In the Drawing, Fig. 1 shows one method of applying my Invention, and
Fig. 2 the plan of the under side of Fig. 1; a being the sole of a substitute
for the common patten; b, the ring or heel which is under the hinder part of
the foot; c is a ring which comes under the fore part of the foot; this ring is
applied to the sole a by the pin or hinge joint d, and this ring turns on the
pin d, in order to give to it motion to accord with the tread; thus in putting
the foot to the ground, the front of the ring is first pressed on to the ground
and turns up towards the sole; e is a spring fastened to the under part of the
sole, and rests upon the front of the ring c, and offers an elastic resistance to
the front of the ring c; and thus in using these substitutes for the common
patten the feet in stepping will not be jarred as when walking in the
common pattens, which is caused by the rings being ridged fixtures thereto;
f is a covering for the toes, similar to those commonly applied to clogs; 9 is
the shield for the heel; h is a metal socket or case containing a spring. The
sole is made in two parts i and j, i being the fore part and j the hinder part;
k is a rod or bar affixed to the heel or hinder part j, and passes into the
socket or case h; the spring 1 contained in this case acts against the head of
the rod k, and causes the two parts i and j of the sole to be held tightly
together.
Fig. 3 shows the rod k separately, and also the spring passed thereon.
Fig. 4 represents a substitute for the common clog, similarly constructed to
the substitute for the patten already described, the only difference being in
there being no rings, but the heel and sole are made thicker, as represented
in this Figure, and the same letters of reference are used to denote similar
parts wherever they occur.
In order to use these substitutes for pattens or clogs they may be drawn on
to the foot by means of a shoe horn, the spring 1 giving way and permitting
the sole to be elongated by withdrawing of the bar or rod k partly out of the
socket or case; but so soon as the shoe horn is removed the spring will draw
the rod or bark again into the case, and the sole will be shortened, whereby
the substitutes for pattens and clogs will be held fast to the foot, and if at any
time they slip, on putting the feet to the ground, they will be immediately
adjusted; and I would observe that these substitutes may be used without any

page_text: strap or fastening other than what is produced by the drawing together of the
two parts of the sole.
Now these parts may be varied in their construction and shapes without
departing from my Invention, and straps or additional fastenings may be fixed
to suit the taste of the wearer. I would have it understood that I lay
no claim to any of the parts separately of which the substitutes for pattens
and clogs are composed or combined, excepting when combined and composed
according to my Invention, which I declare to consist,―
First, in forming the soles in two parts, and connected together by means
of a bar or rod acted upon by a spring or springs, as above described.
And, secondly, in constructing and applying the front ring in such manner
as to move into and from the sole, and acted upon by a spring, as above
described, and thus giving elasticity to the tread.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Myatt, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.