Improvements in Boots and Shoes and other Coverings for the Feet.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes and other Coverings for
the Feet.
I, WILLIAM HADEN RICHARDSON of City Glass Works, Glasgow in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Glass Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes and other coverings
for the feet and consists in the mode of applying felt or analogous material to the
soles or heels of boots and shoes for the more special purpose of preventing slipping
when walking over slippery roads.
In applying my invention to snow shoes, galoshes or other overshoes of gutta
percha or india rubber, I affix a felt piece to the heel or to both the sole and the
heel.
The felt may be secured to the heel or the sole in any suitable manner such as
by cement, sewing nailing or other mode of attachment. Or instead of the felt
heel piece being attached during the manufacture of the galoshes, it may be
provided with means whereby the wearer can himself readily apply the felt pieces
to the heel, by cementing, nailing or other ready mode of attachment.
The same arrangement may also be applied to ordinary leather boots and shoes.
Dated this 8th day of December 1892.
J. Y. JOHNSON,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes and other Coverings for
the Feet.
1, WILLIAM HADEN RICHARDSON of City Glass Works, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Glass Manufacturer, 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 boots and shoes and other coverings
for the feet and consists in the mode of applying felt or analogous material to the
soles or heels of boots and shoes for the more special purpose of preventing slipping
when walking over slippery roads.
In applying my invention to snow shoes, galoshes or other overshoes of gutta
percha or india rubber, I affix a felt piece to the heel or to both the sole and the
heel. The accompanying drawing illustrates the felt piece a cemented to the heel
of an overshoe.
The felt may be secured to the heel or the sole in any suitable manner such as
by cement, sewing, nailing or other mode of attachment. Or instead of the felt
heel piece being attached during the manufacture of the galoshes, it
may be
provided with means whereby the wearer can himself readily apply the felt pieces
to the heel by cementing, nailing or other ready mode of attachment.
The same arrangement may also be applied to ordinary leather boots and shoes.

page_text: 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.―
The improvement in gutta percha or india rubber snow shoes, galoshes, overshoes
and the like, to prevent slipping, substantially as described.
Dated 27th April 1893.
J. Y. JOHNSON,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agent.
J. Y. JOHNSON,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agent.