AN IMPROVED HEEL PLATE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel Wilkins Fessey, of Goswell Road, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED HEEL PLATE FOR BOOTS
AND SHOES."
Sealed the 13th April 1877, and dated the 17th October 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel Wilkins Fessey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1876.
DANIEL WILKINS FESSEY, of Goswell Road, in the County of Middlesex. AN
IMPROVED HEEL PLATE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES."
My said Invention relates to an improved heel plate for boots and shoes.
In the Specification of former Letters Patent granted to me and bearing date the
24th July, A.D. 1871, No. 1946, I have described a plate placed over the loose heel
and provided with a central boss for the reception of a screw passed through the
sole and heel of the boot or shoe from the inside of the same, the said plate being
also provided with a stud or pin in combination with the said boss; but the above
described plate though very efficient for some purposes is objectionable on the ground
of its costliness, and for the reason that it requires a special apparatus or machine
for applying it to the boots or shoes. I have therefore devised the novel form of
heel plate herein described, that is to say, I use a plate formed of brass, iron, or
other suitable metal of any suitable shape, and which is attached to the boot or shoc
to secure the heel thereon without any screw or other fastening which necessitates
the making of a hole through the sole. My improved plate therefore has no boss
or other provision for the reception of a screw, but is provided with a peg or pin, or
two or more pegs or pins which are so formed that they may be driven into the heel
of the boot or shoe; the said pegs or pins must be of such a length as to hold
firmly in the heel when driven therein, and if necessary may be notched or
roughened to increase their adhesion; the said pegs may be cast or otherwise
formed solidly with or upon the plate or may be secured on the same by screws or
rivets; the said plate may be of any shape, according as the heel to which it is to be
applied is horse-shoe shaped, circular, oval, or otherwise.
In applying my Invention to the heel of a boot or shoe I place the said heel
plate on the outside of the pieces forming the heel with the points of the said pegs
or studs, and by a press or otherwise I force the same into the heel.
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page_text: The advantages obtained by the use of my improved heel plate are very great;
they are applicable to all kinds of boots or shoes, and will not be loosened or
displaced by wear; they save the top pieces ordinarly used in building the heels,
and they are more easily applied than any other heel plates or tips hitherto known
or used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Daniel Wilkins Fessey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
April 1877.
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DANIEL WILKINS FESSEY, of Goswell Road, in the County of Middlesex. "AN
IMPROVED HEEL PLATE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES."
My said Invention relates to an improved heel plate for boots and shoes. Heel
tips or plates of iron and brass for boots and shoes have been and still are used in
great quantities, and it is believed they would be used more than at present, but for
their liability to wearing loose; this wearing loose is caused by the nail, screw, or
other means by which they are fastened to the boot or shoe being driven through
the tip or plate from the outside; consequently the nail, screw, or other fastening at
all times receives the same amount of wear as the tip or plate, thus causing looseness
and clinking.
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The object of this Invention as herein set forth is to remove the above objections.
In the Specification of former Letters Patent granted to me and bearing date the
24th July, A.D. 1871, No. 1946, I have described a loose plate placed over heels and
provided with a central boss for the reception of a screw passed through the sole
and heel of the boot or shoe from the inside of the same, the said plate being also
provided with a stud or spike in combination with the said boss; but the above
described plate used in combination with heels though very efficient for some
purposes is objectionable on the ground of its costliness, and for the reason that it
requires a special apparatus or machine for applying it to the boot or shoe. I have
therefore devised the novel form of heel plate herein described, that is to say, I use
a plate formed of brass, iron, or other suitable metal of any required shape, and
which is attached to the boot or shoe without any screw or other fastening that
necessitates the making of a hole through the sole. My improved plate therefore
has no boss or other provision for the reception of a screw, but is made or provided
with a peg or spike, or two or more pegs or spikes which are so formed that they
may be driven into the heel of the boot or shoe; the said pegs or spikes must be of
such a length as to hold firmly in the heel when driven therein, and if necesary may
be notched or roughened to increase their adhesion; the said pegs, spikes, or teeth
may be cast or otherwise formed solidly with or upon the plate before fastening to
boot or shoe, or may be screwed into or through the same or riveted; the said
plate may be of any shape or configuration according as the heel or any portion of
the heel to which it is to be applied is horse-shoe shaped, circular, oval, or otherwise.
My Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is
a plan of the upper or inner side of a heel plate; Figure 2 is a section on the
line x, a, Figure 1; Figure 3 is a side view showing the said heel plate secured
upon the heel of a boot.
Like letters indicate the same parts throughout the Drawing.
The said heel plate a has its rim or outer portion a¹ preferably made thicker or
stronger than its inner or middle portion a². The pegs, spikes, or teeth b must
be sufficiently strong to hold the plate securely in the heel of a boot or shoe.
In applying my Invention to the heel of a boot or shoe, I place the said heel
plate with the points of the said spikes or studs on the outside or bottom of the
heel, and by a press or otherwise I force the same into the heel.
The advantages obtained by the use of my improved heel plate are very great;
they are applicable to all kinds of boots or shoes; they are very durable and are
not loosened or displaced in wear; they save the top pieces ordinarily used in

page_text: building the heels; and they are more easily applied or renewed than any other heel
plates or tips hitherto known or used.
Having thus fully described my said Invention and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it understood that I claim, the improved heel plate properly shaped to
fit the heel of a boot or shoe, aud formed or provided with pegs, spikes, or teeth,
whereby it is secured on the heel as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Wilkins Fessey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witness,
R. G. BROWN,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
D. W. FESSEY. (L.S.)