Improvements in Boots and Shoes for Athletic Purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1892-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes for Athletic Purposes.
I, JOHN THOMAS HAWTHORNE of Finedon in the County of Northampton
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to boots and shoes specially prepared for athletic purposes
and is designed to so prepare the soles of such boots and shoes that at any time
leather, rubber, metal or other studs may be attached thereto or removed
therefrom by the wearer without trouble and for this purpose I provide metal
plates with shanks of sufficient length to pass through the onter sole. These
shanks are internally threaded to receive a screw with a broad head which when in
position will be flush or nearly so with the surface of the sole.
The plates are secured to the inside of the outer sole and remain between it and
the insole the shank projecting through the outer sole. The screws provided for
the purpose are then inserted and the boot or shoe thus prepared is fit to be used
for ordinary wear. I also provide plates carrying a screw and on these plates I
fix or secure the leather, rubber or other desirable studs which may be carried in
the pocket. When it is desired to fix the studs into the boot or shoe it is only
necessary to release the small screws inserted in the shanks and replace them by
the screws attached to the plates on which the studs are fixed.
Any desirable number of plates and shanks may be placed between the two soles
and the same or any less number of studs may be used when the boot is required
for athletic purposes.
Dated this 26th day of September 1891.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes for Athletic Purposes.
I, JOHN THOMAS HAWTHORNE of Finedon in the County of Northampton
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and :ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to boots and shoes specially prepared for athletic purposes
and is designed to so prepare the soles of such boots and shoes that at any time
leather rubber metal or other studs may be attached thereto or removed therefrom
by the wearer without trouble and for this purpose I provide metal plates with
shanks of sufficient length to pass through the outer sole. These shanks are
internally threaded to receive a screw with a broad head which when in position
will be flush or nearly so with the surface of the sole.
The plates are secured to the inside of the outer sole and remain between it and
the insole or through sole the shank projecting into and nearly through the outer
sole. The screws provided for the purpose are then inserted and the boot or shoe
thus prepared is fit to be used for ordinary wear. I also provide plates carrying
a screw and on these plates I fix or secure the leather rubber or other desirable
studs which may be carried in the pocket. When it is desired to fix the studs
into the boot or shoe it is only necessary to release the screws inserted in the
shanks and replace them by the screws attached to the plates on which the studs
are fixed.

page_text: Any desirable number of plates and shanks may be placed between the two
soles and the same or any less number of studs may be used when the boot is
required for athletic purposes.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings
Figure is a view of my improved attachment for the soles of boots and 5
shoes.
Figure 2 is a section of part of the sole of a boot showing the plate A carrying
the boss B in position and also a view of the screw with broad head C to be
entered in boss B when the boot is used for ordinary wear.
Figure 3 shows the same section as Figure 2 but with the screwed device D 1
fitted into boss B in place of screw C when the boot is to be used for athletic
purposes and carrying mounted thereon a stud or cap of leather rubber metal or
suitable material E which may if desired have attached to its base a wearing
surface of harder material or be pierced with nails such as F.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven- 1
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is
In boots and shoes for athletic purposes the use of a flanged boss or like device
such as A, B, in which may engage either a flat hended screw such as C or a stud
or device such as D, E, or its mere equivalent, substantially as herein described 2
and as illustrated by the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 9th de- of December 1801
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.