Improvements in or Additions to Shoes and Sandals.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
TROYIDIONAL DIECIT
Improvements in or Additions to Shoes and Sandals.
I, EDWARD HOLMES of 17 Whateley Road, Handsworth, near the City of
Birmingham, Manager of Department, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the instep or ankle straps or bands employed for
keeping shoes slippers and sandals upon the feet of the wearer, and consists in
connecting the said straps or bands to the shoe or article by metallic attachments,
either attachable or fixed.
The said metallic attachment consists essentially of a clip of the lever or other
type, whereby the strap or band admits of being adjustably fitted both in respect
of its position and angle.
In carrying out one form of my invention, the metallic attachment consists of a
plate with turn-down ears, through opposite holes in which latter, the opposite
pivots of an eccentrically mounted lever with a serrated and right angled inner
end presented to the inside face of the plate, work on the serrated nipping part
being turned backwards or forwards.
The outer edge of the plate has a straight piercing, preferably set at an angle,
and wherethrough an end of the strap or band passes and is there connected.
Such a metallic attachment as described is preferably employed at each end of
the strap or band, so that on turning back the lever of each clip the said straps or
bands are detached from the edge of the shoe, and when so turned back, the said
metallic clip attachment can be secured to any parts of the opposite edges of the
shoe by first embracing the said edges at any points and then turning the lever of
each clip forward, when on the said lever passing the centre the gripping edges
or the serrated gripping edges are made to nip or take into the material of a
shoe.
As a further form of my invention the said attachment may consist of a piece of
sheet metal bent upon itself, with the free ends opposed inwards into nipping bars,
which grip the material of a shoe between them on the sides of the clip being
forced together by a fastening device.
If necessary the clips may be made fixtures with the shoe.
As a further form, the shoe may have a beaded edging at the middle part of the
sides over which, a gapped eye or suitably formed part of the metallic clip may
adjustably slide.
As a still further form, a part of the clip carrying the piercing through which
the end of the band passes may be swivelly connected to the other part, so as to
admit of the band taking any angle as may be required.
Another modification, the clip may be so made as to take the end of the band or
strap without sewing.
The bands or straps may be made of elastic fabric, webbing, leather or of any
other material.
Dated this 21st day of June 1895.

page_text: Improvements in or Additions to Shoes and Sandals.
I, EDWARD HOLMES of 17 Whateley Road, Handsworth, near the City of
Birmingham, Manager of Department, 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 relates to the instep or ankle straps or bands employed for
keeping shoes, slippers and sandals upon the feet of the wearer, and consists in
connecting the said straps or bands to the shoe or article by metallic attachments,
either attachable or fixed.
The said metallic attachment consists essentially of a clip of the lever or other
type, whereby the strap or band admits of being adjustably fitted both in respect.
of its position and augle.
In carrying out one form of my invention, the metallic attachment consists of a
plate with turndown ears, through opposite holes in which latter, the opposite
pivots of an eccentrically mounted lever with a serrated and right angled inner
end presented to the inside face of the plate, work on the serrating nipping part
being turned backwards or forwards.
The outer edge of the plate may be formed with a straight piercing, preferably
set at an angle, and wherethrough an end of the strap or band passes and is there
connected, or it may be connected by other means.
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Such a metallic attachment as described is preferably employed at each end of
the strap or band, so that on turning back the lever of each clip the said straps or
bands are detached from the edge of the shoe, and when so turned back, the said
metallic clip attachment can be secured to any part of the opposite edges of the
shoe by first embracing the said edges at any points and then turning the lever of
each clip forward, when on the said lever passing the centre, the gripping edges
or the serrated gripping edges are made to nip or take into the material of a
shoe.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a slipper having an ankle
strap or band secured to its edges by detachable clips in accordance with one form
of my invention.
Figure 2 represents a part of the edge of a shoe with a clip secured thereto, upon
an enlarged scale.
Figure 3 is a section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line x.
Figure 4 is an edge view of the clip in position.
Figure 5 is an edge view and an elevation of the lever separately.
a is a plate, with sides or ears a², and with its lower part cranked outwardly
at a³, between which and a bar or short arm 6', of a lever b, jointed at 62, to the
sides a², by passing through holes a*, in the same, the material of the edging c³ of
the shoe c, comes and is there gripped. d is the elastic ankle strap, with its ends
secured or nipped between the back of the plate a and the serrations e¹, of the
bar e, which extends between, and rivetted at its ends to, the sides or ears a³,
as represented in the dotted lines in Fig. 4.
As a further form of my invention the said attachment may consist of a piece of
sheet metal bent upon itself, with the free ends opposed inwards and formed into
nipping bars, which grip the material of a shoe between them on the sides of the
clip being forced together by a fastening.device.
Figure 6 represents a side elevation of this modification, and Figure 7 is an edge
view of the same, which consists of two sides a, a, bent from a strip of sheet metal,
with the outer ends turned into serrated bars or nippers a², between which the
edge c², of a shoe c, nipped when the bars are closed by a slide a³, after passing
over the ribs a. d is the ankle strap secured by the closing of the metal upon it.

page_text: As a still further form, a part of the clip carrying the piercing through which
the end of the band passes may be swivelly connected to the other part, so as to
admit of the band taking any angle as may be desired, and the gripping part may
be made in the form of a spring, so that after having been opened out it will self
close upon the edge of a shoe.
Figure 8 is an elevation of such a connection, and Figure 9 is a vertical section
of the same.
a is the connection, which has spring sides a¹, terminated by serrated gripping
ends a², with the elastic d, connected to the swivelling metallic attachment a³,
jointed to the attachment a, by a pivot a*.
The bands or straps may be made of elastic fabric, webbing, leather or of any
other material and if necessary, the clips may be made fixtures with the shoe, such
as represented in Figure 10, in which a is a clip, of the kind shown in Figure 2,
made fast to the shoe, and with the lever end 63, of the lever b, carried by the
plate a, turning upon the pivot 63, in order to engage with the webbing or band d.
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 :-
First. In ankle or instep straps, or bands for shoes, slippers and sandals,
connecting the said straps or bands to such coverings for the feet by an attachable
and detachable end connection.
Secondly. In ankle or instep straps or bands for shoes, slippers and sandals,
attaching such straps or bands in position by a lever connection as set forth in
Figures 1 to 5 of the drawings.
Thirdly. In ankle or instep straps or bands for shoes, slippers and sandals,
attaching such straps or bands in position by a clip connection, as set forth in
Figures 6 and 7.
Fourthly. In attachment clips for the ankle or instep straps or bands of shoes,
slippers and sandals, making the same in two parts with the one swivelling upon
the other substantially as described and set forth in Figures 8 and 9.
Fifthly. In ankle or instep straps or bands, securing the loose ends thereof to
the sides of a shoe, slipper or sandal by a fixed clip carried by the said shoe,
slipper or sandal, substantially as described and set forth in Figure 10.
Dated this 6th day of February 1890.
EDWARD HOLMES,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.