Improvements in Lawn Tennis and like Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lawn Tennis and like Boots and Shoes.
1, WILLIAM MATTHEWS, of 72, St. Andrews Road, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer's Foreman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of what are known as
lawn tennis and like boots and shoes, that is to say, boots and shoes having india-
rubber soles.
Hitherto the soles of such boots and shoes have been made without heels, which
is a great disadvantage.
According to my invention I form the soles with a hollow projection of the shape
of the heel and I fill this hollow with leather, cork or other suitable material. The
soles are attached to the boots and shoes in the ordinary manner, but I provide
additional security by fastening the heel part of the sole by means of screws, nails
or the like passing from the inner sole into the filling of the heel.
Dated the 20th day of November 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lawn Tennis and like Boots and Shoes.
1, WILLIAM MATTHEWS, of 72, St. Andrews Road, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer's Foreman, 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 improvements in the manufacture of what are known as
lawn tennis and like boots and shoes, that is to say, boots and shoes having india-
rubber soles.
Hitherto the soles of such boots and shoes have been made without heels, which
is a great disadvantage.
According to my invention I form the soles with a hollow projection of the
shape of a heel and I fill this hollow with leather, cork or other suitable material.
The soles are attached to the boots and shoes in the ordinary manner, but I
provide additional security by fastening the heel part of the sole by means of
screws, nails or the like passing from the inner sole into the filling of the heel.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a shoe having a sole, and heel
according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the underside of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a side elevation partly in section and a plan of
the sole detached and
Figures 5 and 6 are respectively a side view and a plan of the filling for the heel
detached.
a is the hollow projection with which I mould or form the india-rubber sole b of
lawn tennis and like boots and shoes sich projection being of the shape of a heel
as shewn most clearly in Figure 3.

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c is the leather, cork, or other suitable material with which I fill the hollow
projection a. This filling advantageously consists of a block made up of a number
of pieces or lifts of leather secured together by means of nails as shewn in
Figures 5 and 6.. The block is cemented in. the hollow projection or heel a and
the sole is then cemented to the shoe d Figures 1 and 2 and in some cases
stitched thereto round the heel and fore part as shewn at ef in Figure 2. Screws,
nails, pegs or the like g are then for additional security driven from the inside of
the shoe, through the insole into the block or filling in the hollow projection or
heel a so as to firmly secure the heel to the shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A lawn tennis or like boot or shoe having a sole made with a hollow projection
of the shape of a heel fitted with leather, cork, or other suitable material, substan-
tially as hercinbefore described.
2. The herein described manufacture of lawn tennis and like boots and shoes
consisting in forming or moulding the soles with a hollow projection of the shape
of a heel, filling the hollow with leather, cork or other suitable material and
cementing the same therein, attaching the sole to the shoe in the ordinary manner
and then fastening the heel part of the sole by means of screws, nails or the like
passing from the inner sole into the filling of the heel, substantially as described.
3. The improved shoe hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated the 20th day of June 1892.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.