An Improved Fastening for Boot, Shoe, and other Laces.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Boot, Shoe, and other Laces.
1 EDWIN HERBERT WATERS of Talbot Mills Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Smallware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and efficient form of metallic
fastening for the ends of laces (used for boots, shoes, corsets and other articles of
dress) instead of tying them together.
For the purposes of my invention I take a piece of metallic wire preferably of a
half-round section and about three inches long, more or less.
I then double this wire in the middle with the flut side inside so as to form a
loop which is left sufficiently open to pass one end of the lace through it and
secure it thereto by a knot or otherwise."
I then pass a metallic ring or slide over the two ends to hold the loop together
and open out the two ends so that the ring or slide cannot fall off.
I then flatten the extreme ends by hammering which will at the same time widen
them, and either at this time or previously I roughen the inner faces of the ends
so as to give them holding power.
The fistening is used as follows: One end of the lace being secured by a knot or
otherwise to the loop of the fastening, the other end of the lace is secured by
placing it between the roughened ends of the fastening and pushing the ring or
slide along so as to bring the two roughened ends together closely, and so pinch
the lace between them.
It is released by moving the ring or slide back towards the looped end when the
roughened ends of the fastening will spring apart and release the lace.
Dated this 15th day of April 1891
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Boot, Shoe, and other Laces.
I EDWIN HERBERT WATERS of Talbot Mills Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Smallware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be perforined, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and efficient form of metallic
fastening for the ends of laces (used for boots, shoes, corsets and other articles of
dress) instead of tying them together.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the annexed sheet of drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 an end view and Fig. 3 a plan view of one of my
improved fasteners.
Fig. 4 shows the application of the same to a shoe tic or lace.
For the purposes of my invention I take a piece of metallic wire preferably of
a half-round section and about three inches long, more or less.
I then double this wire in the middle with the flat side inside so as to form a

page_text: loop a (as shown at Fig. 1 on the drawing) which is left sufficiently open to pass
one end of the lace through it and secure it thereto by a knot or otherwise.
I then pass a metallic ring or slide over the two ends to hold the loop
together and open out the two ends see Fig. 1 so that the ring or slide cannot
fall off.
I then flatten the extreme ends by hammering which will at the same time
widen them (see Fig. 3) and either at this time or previously I roughen the inner
faces of the ends a so as to give them holding power.
The fastening is used as follows one end of the lace e Fig. 4 being secured by
a knot or otherwise to the loop a of the fastening the other end of the lace e is
secured by placing it between the roughen ends a' of the fastening and pushing
the ring or slide along, so as to bring the two roughened ends a' together
closely and so pinch the lace c. between them.
It is released by moving the ring or slide back towards the looped end a
when the roughened ends a' of the fastening will spring apart and release the
lace c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what 1
claim is :-
The improved fastening for brot, shoe and other laces constructed and applied
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawing annexed.
Dated this 19th day of August 1891.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.