Improvements in Iron Heels and Tips for Boots and Shoes and Means for their Permanent Attachment.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Iron Heels and Tips for Boots and Shoes and
Means for their Permanent Attachment.
I, WILLIAM FREDERICK MORTIMER HAWKINS, 36 Richmond Road, Cardiff in
the County of Glamorgan, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in forming iron heels and tips for boots and shoes and
providing means for their attachment to the boots and shoes aforesaid in such
manner as to be much more securely and permanently held on than are the iron
heels and tips now in general use which are simply fastened to the boots or shoes
by nails, and which are found to constantly fall off through the wearing away of
the heads of the said nails. I form my heels and tips of the ordinary segmental
or horse shoe pattern and I cast on to the face of the heel or tip which is placed
against the leather two or more projecting spikes so that my iron heel or tip and
its spikes for connecting it to the boot or shoe are all one piece of metal, and the
heel or tip cannot become detached or separated from the boot or shoe until it is
absolutely worn away throughout its entire thickness.
I further use heels and tips similar to those described above in combination with
separate or loose spikes, and effect this by casting iron heels and tips having spikes
cast on them as before described and having in addition holes formed through the
said heels and tips and by which means spikes may be driven in to securely fasten
the heels or tips on to the boots or shoes in conjunction with the spikes which form
a portion of the iron heel or tip itself.
As my invention is capable of various modifications without departing from the
general principles thereof I do not restrict myself to the precise form or placement of
the various parts thereof, or to the material in which my said articles are to be formed,
or to the number or positions of the spikes and holes above alluded to.
Dated this 24th day December 1889.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Iron Heels and Tips for Boots and Shoes and
Means for their Permanent Attachment.
I. WILLIAM FREDERICK MORTIMER HAWKINS of 36 Richmond Road Cardiff in the
County of Glamorganshire, 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 :-
My invention consists in forming tips toe pieces, heel and toe plates and protectors
for the heels and other wearing parts of boots and shoes and in providing for their
attachment to such foot coverings in such a manner that the former may be more
securely and permanently fixed to the latter than heretofore, and may not be liable to
become detached therefrom when only partly worn. In carrying my invention into
practice I form the tips and plates of the usual shapes and made of any metal or
combination of metals and I cast or rivit on the upper surface thereof a suitable
number of double spikes or prongs preferably resembling the fangs of a bicuspid
tooth but which may be made of any desired shape, size or length, plain or serrated
and which are driven into the under surface of the leather or material to which the
tip plate or protector has to be attached. In some cases I form holes in the tips in
conjunction with the double spikes for the purpose of driving nails through these

page_text: holes and thus affording extra security. In other cases the points of my improved
double spike may be barbed after the manner of a fish hook, in order to further
prevent the tips dropping from the boot or shoe heels to which they have been fixed
before they are thoroughly worn out. In order that my invention may be the more
fully understood 1 have shown the same in the accompanying drawings in which
Figs. 1 to 6 illustrate various applications of my invention Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
being plan views, and Fig. 2 a side view, of various heel tips.
Figs. 7 and 8 are plans of toe pieces.
Figs. 9 and 10 show respectively in end view, and in plan, the arrangement of
single barbed spikes hereinbefore referred to.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 the tip a is provided with five double spikes, two on
each side, and one in rear.
In the tip shewn in Fig. 3 I only provide one spike band four holes c two on
each side for the purpose of driving nails through the latter into the under-surface of
the boot or shoe heel.
.
In Fig. 4 the tip a has two double spikes arranged symmetrically on each side and
three holes c
one in the bend and the one at each end while in Fig. 5 three
double spikes and two holes are provided. Fig. 6 shows four double spikes and two
holes.
The toe pieces a a shown in Figs. and 8 are respectively furnished with two
double spikes at the top and two holes at the bottom and with four double spikes.
Fig. 10 illustrates the application of barbed single spikes five of which are provided
in this instance, but I may likewise use a lesser number in conjunction with a suit-
able number of holes for the nails.
Fig. 9 shows a side view of two different kinds of barbed spikes a double barbed
and a single barbed spike either of which will answer the purpose.
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
1. In tips, toe pieces heel and toe plates and protectors for the heels and other
wearing parts of boots and shoes, the use of double spikes or prongs substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
2. In tips, toe pieces, heel and toe plates and protectors for the heels and other
wearing parts of boots and shoes, the use of single or double barbed spikes substantially
as described and shown.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.