An Improved Sook for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1890-Accepted, 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sook for Boots and Shoes.
I, RUDOLPH GEORGE EVERARD LEMPRIERE, of Beechen Cliff Cottage, Holloway,
Bath, in the County of Somerset, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in an improved loose sole or sock to be placed in boots and
shoes below the feet of the wearer, after the manner of a " cork sole."
The improved sock is composed below of a sole of india rubber or other suitable
substance impervious to water and is chequered on the underface so as to provide a
series of points projecting downwards beyond the general level of the sole which
latter is perforated at various points at what may be termed the root of each of the
projections aforesaid.
On the upper face of the sole is a layer of flannel, felt or other soft and warm
material also perforated to correspond with the chequered sole below it, that is to
say, the perforations extend through the said layer of flannel or like material.
By the projections in the rubber sole the sock is raised above the inside of the
boot sole.
Consequently, a space intervenes by virtue of which and the perforations afore-
said improved ventilation is obtained and the foot kept dry.
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NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sook for Boots and Shoes.
I, RUDOLPH GEORGE EVERARD LRMPRIERE, of Beechen Cliff Cottage, Holloway,
Bath, in the County of Somerset, Commercial Traveller, 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 consists in an improved loose sole or sock to be placed in boots
and shoes below the feet of the wearer, after the manner of a "cork sole."
The improved sock is composed below of a sole of india-rubber or other suitable
substance impervious to water and is chequered on the underface so as to provide a
series of points projecting downwards beyond the general level of the sole which
latter is perforated at various points at what may be termed the roots of the projec
tions aforesaid. In the upper face of the sole is a layer of flannel, felt or other soft
and warm material also perforated to correspond with the chequered sole below it,
that is to say, the perforations extend through the said layer of flannel or like
material. By the projections in the rubber sole the sock is raised above the inside
of the boot sole.
Consequently, a space intervenes by virtue of which and the perforations aforesaid
improved ventilation is obtained and the foot kept dry.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 represents, in reverse plan, a part of the
underside of a sock made in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 2 is a section. The lower part of the sock consists of a sole a of india-
rubber or other suitable watertight substance.
It is chequered on the underface so as to provide a series of points a¹ projecting
downwards beyond the general level of the underface of the sole which latter is
perforated at various points, the roots of the projections offering suitable points for
Paino 1.

page_text: such perforations, as shown in the drawing in which the perforations are indicated by
the letter c.
On the upper face of the said sole and cemented thereto or otherwise incorporated
therewith is a perforated layer 6 of flannel, felt or other soft suitable material, the
perforations coinciding with those in the sole below.
By the projections a¹ of the under sole the body of the sock is raised above the
sole of a boot or shoe when inserted therein, and by virtue of the intervening space
and the perforations in the sock ventilation is obtained.
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 :-
:-
A "sock"
or loose sole (for insertion in boots and shoes) composed below of a
layer of india-rubber the underface of which is chequered or serrated and presents a
series of points projecting downwards uniformly from the face, and above of a layer
of flannel, felt or other suitable substance secured to the underlayer, both layers being
perforated, the perforations coinciding and being preferably at the roots of the
projections of the lower layer, substantially as hereinbefore described.
1000
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.