Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1897-Accepted, 2nd Oct. 1897
JOSIAH DEAN 35 Cumberland Street Caledonian Road West Islington do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
First three pieces of leather are cut in a round form the size for the boot required
to be heeled.
The centre piece is then cut round about a quarter of a inch from the outside the
quarter of an inch ring thus formed is then made fast to the lower peice. The
center peice made fast to the upper piece a piece being cut out of the centre of
the upper piece to permit the head of a rivet to pass. The rivet then passes
through the centre and is firmly riveted.
A small hole is then made through the outer part of the upper piece which enables
the bootmaker to pass nails or screws through, and so make the lower piece firm to
the boot after which he can work up the heel to his desire and it will revolve to the
will of the wearer.
Dated thin and do. of October 1900
I, JOSIAH DEAN, Cab Proprietor, of 17, Roman Road, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex late of 35, Cumberland Street, Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
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 boots and shoes and the object thereof is to provide a boot
or shoe heel which is circular in form and which consists of two parts the bottom or
bearing part being revolubly connected with the upper or stationary part which is
connected with the boot or shoe in the usual manner, whereby the bottom or bearing
part of the heel may be turned whenever desired so as to cause the same to wear
evenly on all sides thereof. The drawing forming part of this Specification is a
sectional side view of a part of a shoe or boot provided with my improved heel and
the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of
reference throughout the specification, and in the practice thereof I provide a heel
which is circular in form and in the construction of which I provide a number of
pieces of stout leather of the size required for the heel. The base piece 5 is solid and
secured to the rear portion of the sole in the usual manner. The second piece 6
remains solid and the third piece is cut out centrally to form a ring 7 and a centre
piece 8, the ring to be about a quarter of an inch in width and of the same diameter

page_text: as 6, the said ring or band to be securely fastened to piece 6. A fourth piece 9 is
then cut out centrally to form a small cavity or recess 10 for the head of a rivet 12 to
rest in, also a small hole 11 to be bored near the outer edge to allow nails screws or
pegs 13 to be passed through to secure the revolving action to the boot. The centre
piece 8 cut from the ring 7 is then securely fastened to piece 9. These two
portions of the heel, consisting of picce 6 and ring 7, and, piece 9 and centre piece 8,
are then placed together so that piece 8 fits closely into ring 7 and these two parts
are securely fastened together by the rivet. 12 which passes through parts 6, 8 and 9,
the head of the rivet resting in the cavity or recess 10 in piece 9. This is the
Revolving Action. The Revolving Action is then fastened to the boot by means of
nails screws or pegs 13 passed through the small hole 11 in the outer edge of piece 9
and resting on the ring 7. The revolving action can then be used to turn the hole 11
to any part of the heel it may be necessary to insert a nail screw or peg 13. The
piece 6 and ring 7 will thus be fastened stationary to the boot while the pieces 8 and 9
will revolve on the rivet 12. Another method of fastening the revolving action to the
boot is by taking a fifth piece of leather of the same size as number 5 which is then
cut out centrally and the outer part 14 is securely fastened to piece 5 and the centre
piece 15 is securely fastened to piece 6*, piece 15 will then be placed into piece 14
and firmly fastened by means of cement or otherwise as may be found desirable. It
will also be understood that a number of pieces may be added to part 9 if desired so as
to make the heel of any preferred height. The lower part of the heel may be turned
at any time by grasping the same in the hand and by turning said part, the heel may
be caused to wear evenly on all sides, and it will thus be seen that I accomplish the
object of my invention by means of a device which is simple in construction and
operation and which is comparatively inexpensive.
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. An Improved Boot or Shoe Heel which is circular -in form and the lower part of
which is revolubly connected with the upper part, substantially as shown and
described.
2. An Improved Boot or Shoe Heel which is circular in form and the upper part
of which is rigidly secured in position and the lower part of which is revolubly
connected with the upper part substantially as shown and described.
3. An Improved Boot or Shoe Heel which is circular in form and which
comprises a first piece which is rigidly secured in position, a second piece of the same
size as the first, a third piece which is cut to form a ring of about a quarter of an
inch in width which is secured to the second piece and a centre piece which is
secured to a fourth piece which has a small cavity or recess in the centre, the said
second third and fourth pieces to be fastened together by means of a rivet, forming
the Revolving Action which is fastened to the boot or shoe as described, and a fifth
piece which is secured to the fourth piece and which covers the end of the rivet
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of June 1897.