Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1892--Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by CARL HERMANN BARTSCH, of 55, Höfchen-
strasse, Breslau, Prussia.]
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
I, HUGH DONALD FITZPATRICK of 70 Wellington Street, Glasgow Registered
Patent Agent 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 relates to boots and shoes and it has for its object to so make the
soles and heels of the boots and shoes that the feet are kept warm and dry and at
the same time an elastic tread is given. The soles and heels when worn can also
be easily taken off and changed.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood, I have here-
unto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a boot having my improvements.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the boot Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the sole with bottom piece removed.
Referring to the drawings:-
The boot A is made with the usual sole a and a short heel b. To the sole a
pieces of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material d are fitted. The pieces d
are preferably of the shape shown at Fig. 3. Covering the strips d is a metal
plate e, and this, again, is retained in position by the bottom sole ƒ of the boot.
The soles a and fare, preferably, connected together only at the ends by screws or
in other manner, the sides being left open so that great flexibility is obtained.
The heel 6 of the boot has attached to it a ring and into this ring is placed a
rubber ring or washer l. Over the rubber ring is a cover plate m.
Fitting
telescopically into the ring is a cylindrical piece of metal k which has secured to
it the wearing surface i. The cylindrical piece k has two slots o in it, one at each
side, through which and also through the part 6 passes a pin n to retain the
cylinder k and surface i in position. The slots o allow play to the cylinder and
surface i so that, when the heel, in walking, is put down the surface i yields and
elasticity is thus given to the step.
At each step the rubber strips d, of the sole, and the ring of the heel are com-
pressed and any mud which may have entered between the soles is expelled through
the openings P, I, r, r.
The use of the cushions or dividing strips d, cause an elasticity to be given to
the step, whilst, at the same time, the feet are kept warm and dry. The sole f and
heel piece i can also be easily renewed when worn out.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Boots and shoes made substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on
the drawings annexed.
2. In a boot or shoe the insertion between the soles a and f of pieces or strips d
of flexible material, and the sole f being secured to the sole a only at the ends,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1892
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow.