AN IMPROVED FASTENER FOR BOOT AND OTHER LACES
Year: 1886

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY MARRIOTT WHARTON of 78 Cross Street Manchester in
the County of Lancaster Barrister at Law do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for AN IMPROVED FASTENER FOR BOOT AND OTHER LACES to be as
follows:-
1. A piece of metal or other unyielding substance hereinafter called the fastener
has a shank in the centre thro' which a hole is bored at right angles to admit of
a piece of wire or cottar. The shank is passed thro' a hole in the leather of the
boot and the wire or cottar is passed thro' the hole in the shank at right angles
forming a hinge upon which the fastener works. The fastener may be slightly
hollowed on each side of and near the shank to prevent the lace from slipping
back and both ends of the fastener may be sloped upwards to admit the lace easily.
The fastener may be made of flat wire bent to the required shape and tempered.
2. To use the fastener the lace is slipped under one end of the fastener and
drawn close against the shank the effect of which is, that, the cottar acting as a
hinge, that that end is raised and the other is lowered the lace is then passed
round the shank and under the other end and drawn close against the opposite side
of the shank which raises that end and presses down the other securing the lace
firmly. In this position, the more the lace is pulled, the more secure it becomes as
which ever end of the fastener is raised by pulling the lace the opposite end is
pressed down upon the lace. The upper surface of the fastener is rounded to
prevent it catching the clothes.

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY MARRIOTT WHARTON of 78 Cross Street Manchester
Barrister at Law do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
FASTENER FOR BOOT AND OTHER LACES and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement―
a
A piece of metal or other unyielding substance bereinafter called the fastener
has a shank d. (Fig. B. in the plan) in the centre through which a hole a. is bored
to admit of a piece of wire or cotter h h. The shank d. is passed through a hole
in the leather of the boot or other yielding substance e. e. and the wire or
cotter h. h. is passed through the hole a. in the shank forming a hinge upon which
the fastener works as in the accompanying plan, Fig. A.
The shank may be riveted at the back of the leather instead of being fastened
with the cotter, but this method though cheaper is not so effective as the cotter.
2. The fastener is slightly hollowed on each side of and near the shank at the
points m and n. Figs. A and B to prevent the lace from slipping back and the
ends of the fastener b and c sloped upwards to admit the lace easily.
3. The fastener may be made of flat wire bent to the required shape and
tempered or stamped out of solid metal. The dotted lines c. c. Fig. B represent
the leather or other yielding material.
4. To use the fastener the lace f. g. which is fixed to the leather or other
material at the point f. Fig. C is slipped under one end b. of the fastener and
drawn close against the shank into the hollow m. as shewn in Fig. C. the effect of
which is that the cotter acting as a hinge that end b. is raised and the other end c.
is lowered. The lace is then passed round the shank in the direction of the
arrow Fig. C. and under the other end c. into the hollow n. and drawn close against
the opposite side of the shank which raises the end c. and presses down the other
end securing the lace firmly. In this position the more the lace is pulled in the
direction f. the tighter it becomes as which ever end of the fastener is raised by
pulling the lace the opposite end is pressed down upon the lace.
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. The whole combination as applied to leather or other yielding material as
shewn on the plan making a fastener from which the lace cannot slip and which
wedges the lace by passing once round the fastener.
2. The wedging of the lace on one side of the shank by the joint action of the
hinge and the lace on the other side and the pressure of the fastener upon the
leather or other yielding material.
3. The method of attaching this fastener in connection with leather or other
yielding material both by the cotter and the rivet by passing the shank through
the leather or other yielding material and securing on the other side.
That this ch
CTI 2000
C. H. M. WHARTON.