Improvements in or applicable to Running Pumps or Shoes and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification. Left, 20th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 11th. Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. -
Improvements in or applicable to Running Pumps or Shoes and
the like.
I, JOHN SINGLETON, of 9 Darley Street, Beswick, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Waterproof Cutter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an improvement that is applicable to running pumps or
shoes, either so as to form a part thereof, or as an addition thereto.
The object of this invention is to assist an athlete to obtain, an increased speed
or quickness of action.
In this invention I construct an air bag or pneumatic cushion preferably of an
elongated form with a valve attached thereto, said oushion being composed of india
rubber, and having a cover consisting of oanvas and india rubber or such materials
as are usually employed for the prevention of undue stretching in pneumatic
tyres.
I place the combined india rubber air bag and cover either inside the pump or
shoe in a position that the fore part of the sole of the foot will rest thereon, or I
construct said running pump or shoe with an inner and an outer sole having_a
space between them, and place said air bag or pneumatic cushion therein. By
these means the foot obtains an elastic tread resulting in increased speed and
quickness of action.
Dated thi。 07th da- of Whan 1805
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Running Pumps or Shoes and
the like.
I, JOHN SINGLETON of 9 Darley Street, Beswick, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Waterproof Cutter, 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 an improvement that is applicable to running pumps or
shoes and the like.
The object of this invention is to assist an athlete to obtain increased speed in
running, or quickness of action. I attain this object by the means hereinafter
described, and as illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of an air bag constructed for placing within a running pump
or shoe. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view, and Fig. 3 is a section of the same drawn
through line A. A.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a like section, but without the toe cap e.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a shoe showing my invention applied.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
In this invention I construct an air bag or pneumatic cushion as a preferably of
an elongated form with a valve b attached thereto for the purpose of inflation, said
cushion being composed of india rubber or other elastic material, and having
cover consisting of canvas and india rubber or such materials as are usually
employed for the prevention of undue stretching in pneumatic tyres. The upper
part of the aforesaid air bag or cushion, or the cover thereof may be formed with
a toe cap as e in which to insert the foot when being fitted in the shoe as shown in
Fig. 5, or said air bag may be formed as in Fig. 4 without the toe cap.
In applying my invention, the front portion of the foot is inserted in the toe cap e
and placed inside the pump or shoe in a position that the fore part of the sole of
the foot will rest on the combined india rubber air bag and cover commencing at
the part where the toes are connected to the foot and extending backwards
therefrom as shown in Fig. 5.
If an air bag is employed that is constructed as in Fig. 4 without the toe cap e,
said air bag is placed in the shoe in a position that the fore part of the sole of the
foot will in like manner rest thereon. By these means the foot obtains an elastic
trend resulting in increased speed and quickness of action.
In the Provisional Specification that accompanied my application for a Patent
for said invention I have also referred to a shoe constructed with an inner and an
outer sole with my invention applied so as to constitute a part of said shoe.
I however do not desire that my invention should form a part of the shoe although
said air bag may be stitched or otherwise affixed to the shoe in the position
required but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :--
1st. An air bag or pneumatic cushion as a constructed for placing under the foot
and retained in position either by means of a toe cap as or a shoe as d or other
equivalent in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. An air bag or pneumatic cushion as a in which a valve may be inserted for
the purpose of inflation in combination with a toe cap as e for the purpose and
substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 19th day of November 1805.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.