CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CUTTING OF A WATER-TIGHT BOOT ADAPTED FOR SHOOTING. FISHING, AND ALPINE TRAVELLERS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Grant McDonald, of No. 2, Jermyn Street,
Saint James's, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
" CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CUTTING OF A WATER-TIGHT BOOT ADAPTED
FOR SHOOTING. FISHING, AND ALPINE TRAVELLERS.”
Sealed the 4th August 1871, and dated the 10th February 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Grant MºDonald at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 10th February 1871.
I, GRANT M°DONALD, of No. 2, Jermyn Street, Saint James's, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CUTTING OF A WATER-
TIGHT BOOT ADAPTED FOR SHOOTING, FISHING, AND ALPINE TRAVELLERS," to be as
follows:-
:-
The said Invention consists in so cutting the boot as not to require
any seam upon the outside of the upper or upon the instep thereof,
viz., I take a piece of leather and from the same cut out the side of
the boot with the golosh and part of the fly in the one piece. The golosh
and part of the fly is then turned down upon the side. A second picce
is cut and inserted to form the outer side of the leg. A small piece is

page_text: then cut and attached to the upper portion of the fly, which completes
the upper. The brass strap slides are attached upon an inserted leather
loop between the upper and the golosh of the boot in such a manner as
to avoid the slot (as in the ordinary bellows fly boot) and thereby pre-
venting all pressure upon the foot of the wearer (which occurs when the
brass slide is sewn into the slot).
My Invention also consists of a water-tight tongue which I attach to
each side of the leg or throat of the boot (instead of to the fly and one
side of the leg or throat only). This method produces a perfect fit
giving great support to the ankle with general case, comfort, and elegance
to the wearer.
It will be readily perceived that my method of cutting the boot so
as to avoid the seams, as in ordinary boots, will enable it to stand a long
exposure to water, thus rendering the feet of the wearer perfectly dry.
The boot is fastened by one buckle only, requires no lace, and is instan-
taneously adjusted to the foot.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Grant McDonald in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th August 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GRANT
MCDONALD, of No. 2, Jermyn Street, Saint James's, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of Februrary, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Grant McDonald, Her special licence that I,
the said Grant McDonald, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Grant McDonald, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CUTTING OF A WATER-
TIGHT BOOT ADAPTED FOR SHOOTING, FISHING, AND ALPINE TRAVELLERS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Grant McDonald, my

page_text: executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner tho
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Grant M'Donald, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the
cutting of the upper of a boot so as not to require any seam upon the
outside of the upper or upon the instep thereof.
And that the following description taken in connection with the
accompanying Drawings herein-after referred to forms a full and exact
Specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and
principles of my said improvements, whereby my Invention may be dis-
tinguished from all others of a similar class, together with such parts as
I claim and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.
I take a piece of leather and from the same cut out the side of the
upper of the boot with the golosh and part of the fly in the one piece. The
golosh and part of the fly is then doubled down upon the side. A
second piece is cut and inserted to form the outer side of the leg; a
small piece is then cut and attached to the upper portion of the fly
which completes the upper. The brass strap slides are attached upon
inserted leather loops between the upper and the golosh of the boot in
such a manner as to avoid the slots (as in the ordinary bellows fly boot)
and thereby preventing all pressure upon the foot of the wearer (which
occurs when the brass slides are sown into the slots).
My Invention also consists of a water-tight tongue which I attach to
each side of the leg or throat of the boot (instead of to the fly and one
side of the leg or throat only. This method produces a perfect fit giving
great support to the ancle with general ease, comfort, and elegance to
the wearer.
It will be readily perceived that my method of cutting the upper of
the boot so as to avoid the scams, as in ordinary boots, will enable it to
stand a long exposure to water, thus rendering the feet of the wearer

page_text: perfectly dry. The boot is fastened by one buckle only, requires no lace,
and is instantaneously adjusted to the feet.
My improved method is represented in the accompanying plate of
Drawings, Figure 1 shows the upper of the boot with the golosh a
and part of the fly 6 in the one piece; Figure 2, the same upper t
with the golosh a and part of the fly b doubled down; Figure 3, the
picce cut, and which is inserted at c to form the outside of the leg;
Figure 4, the small piece which is attached to the upper portion of the
fly at d. Figure 5 shows the boot unfastened, with the water-tight
tongue e attached to each side of the leg or throat, and also the brass
strap slides as inserted upon the leather loops between the golosh and
the upper with the straps passing through the slides and attached to the
fly; Figure 6 shows the boot fastened with the strap and buckle, as when
in wear.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I shall now
state my claim as follows,―
What I claim as my Invention and desire to have secured to me by
Letters Patent is, the method of cutting the upper of the boot with the
golosh and part of the fly in one piece, as described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2.
Also the method of fastening the water-tight tongue to each side of
the leg or throat of the boot.
I also claim the method of attaching the brass strap slides upon
leather loops inserted between the upper and the golosh of the boot.
In witness whereof I, the said Grant McDonald, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eight day of August, in the year
of our Lord 1871.
Signed in the presence of and
witnessed by
W. H. IBBETT,
117, Salisbury Square,
Fleet St., E.C.
GRANT MCDONALD. (L.S.)