Improvements in Football Cases.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1894
Improvements in Football Cases.
I WILLIAM HENRY WALKER of 3 Bond Road Huddersfield Road Barnsley, in
the County of York, Pianoforte Tuner do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My present invention relates to the cases of footballs and the objects
thereof are;
1. To so form the outer surface of the case that when the boot of the player
comes in contact with same sufficient friction is brought into action to prevent
slipping which latter is frequent with ordinary leather cases, and
2. To make the case of such material, and construct it in such a way, that it is
not so liable to get out of shape when wet or damp as are footballs made of leather
and constructed in the usual manner; to attain which I construct my improved
football case with an inner layer or lining of canvas or similar material, and over
this I cement a layer of india rubber, then I cement another layer of canvas, over
which I cement another layer of india rubber, the outer surface of which I form
with a number of shallow indentations of any convenient shape and size. The
combined material aforesaid may be made in one piece and the parts for forming
the football case may be cut therefrom and seamed together with suitable cement
as will be well understood, and where preferred more or less layers of canvas and
india rubber may be used.
7th dan af Navambar 1893
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Sheffield, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Football Cases.
I, WILLIAM HENRY WALKER of 3 Bond Road Huddersfield Road Barnsley in
the County of York Tuner 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 :-
My present invention relates to the cases of footballs and the objects
thereof are
1. To so form the outer surface of the case that when the boot of the player
comes in contact with same sufficient friction is brought into action to prevent
slipping which latter is frequent with ordinary leather cases and
2. To make the case of such material and construct it in such a way that it is
not so liable to get out of shape when wet or damp as are footballs made of leather
and constructed in the usual manner to attain which I construct my improved
football case substantially as hereinafter described with reference to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1. is an elevation of my improved football and Fig. 2. is a cross sectional
elevation of part thereof.
Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
I construct my improved football case A with an inner layer or lining of canvas
or similar material a' and over this I cement a layer of india-rubber a' then I
cement another layer of canvas or similar material a over which I cement a special

page_text: layer of india-rubber at which I form with a number of shallow indentations a' of
any convenient shape and size.
The combined material aforesaid may be made in one piece and the parts for
forming the football-case may be cut therefrom and seamed together with suitable
cement in the manner illustrated or the parts may be sewn or moulded in halves
and sewn in the centre.
I would have it understood that more or less layers of canvas and india-rubber
may be used as found preferable but of course the outer layer in every case will be
one of rubber with suitable shallow indentations.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :
1. In football cases the combination of an outer layer of india-rubber having
shallow indentations on its outer surface with one or more layers of canvas or
similar material and india-rubber substantially as described and for the attainment
of the objects specified.
H. F. BOUGHTON,
Barnsley.