AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford,
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
FASTENING BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS to be as
follows:-
The said invention consists of a number of eyelet or other holes being made in
the glove boot &c-two or more in a row-so as to be an equal number on each
side of the opening in the glove boot &c intended to be closed (or in the case of
gloves there may be no such opening, in which case it will simply be two or more
holes in a row) for any number of rows as may be desired. I then thread through
the holes in the top and bottom rows a piece of chain, cord, lace or other like
substance and if there are more rows than two I thread therein smaller pieces of
chain cord &c and attach one end to the larger piece (the threading may also be
done in other ways) I then bring all the loose ends together and fasten them with
a ring or other suitable fastening (If only one row of holes is required then one
length of chain cord &c is sufficient with the ring &c attached) I then attach a
hook or other suitable catch to the glove boot &c on the opposite side of the holes!
from the ring or other fastening to which the latter is to be hooked or caught when
the glove boot &c will be tightly fastened upon the hand or foot &c.

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SPECIFICATION.
I JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford,
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
FASTENING BOOTS SHOES GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
I make a number of eyelet or other holes in the boot, glove, or other article two
or more in a row, so as to be an equal number on each side of the opening intended
to be closed (in some kinds of gloves there are no such openings in which case it
it will simply be two or more holes placed in a row where the openings are usually
made) for any number of rows as may be desired. I then thread through the holes
in the top and bottom rows a piece or pieces of lace, chain, cord or other like
substance and if there are more rows than two I thread therein smaller pieces of
lace chain cord &c and fasten one end thereof to the glove or boot &c in any
convenient way. I may vary this method of lacing somewhat. I then bring all
the loose ends together and attach them to a ring or other suitable fastening (If
only one row of holes is required then one length of chain or cord &c is sufficient
with the ring or other fastening at the end) I then attach a hook, button or other
suitable catch to the boot or glove &c on the opposite side of the holes from the
ring or other fastening When the boot or glove is put on the foot or hand as the
case may be it is fastened by drawing the ring or other fastening towards the hook
or catch on the boot or glove and hooking or catching it thereto, and to unfasten
the same the ring is simply unloosed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The method of fastening boots, shoes, gloves and other articles of dress by means
of laces chains cord or other like substances substantially as described herein.