An Improved Boot Sole and Toe Protector for the Use of Caulkers and Rivetters.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Boot Sole and Toe Protector for the Use of Caulkers
and Rivetters.
I, JAMES AIKEN, of 25, Avon Street, Ballymacarrett, Belfast, Ireland, co. Down,
Rivetter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to an improved boot sole and toe protector for the use of
caulkers and rivetters.
This invention is constructed of iron or steel about three quarters of an inch
by one eighth of an inch and formed into such a shape so as to protect the sole
and toe of a boot as follows:-I shape a piece of the bar iron or steel so as to
form three sides of a square which is intended to fit under the sole near the heel
and up each side of the instep, to the aforesaid I forge a long strap to fit along
the whole of the sole from the heel and a cross piece at the end of slightly wider
metal, this said cross piece I bend or curve over and around the toe in order to
protect the sole and toe of a boot. The protector is attached to the boot by means
of two leather straps and buckles rivetted to the ends of the vertical sides above
described; one strap and buckle is strapped and fastened over the instep, and
the other strap and buckle is strapped and fastened at the back of the boot.
Springs or any other means may be resorted to for fixing the protector to a boot.
Dated this 16th day of February 1898.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Boot Sole and Toe Protector for the Use of Caulkers
and Rivetters.
I, JAMES AIKEN, of 25, Avon Street, Ballymacarrett, Belfast, Ireland, co. Down,
Rivetter, 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 invention relates to an improved boot sole and toe protector for the use of
caulkers and rivetters.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters
and figures marked thereon.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the protector fitted to a boot. Both sides are alike.
Fig. 2, is the toe end.
This invention is constructed of iron or steel about three fourths of an inch
by one eighth of an inch and formed into such a shape so as to protect the sole
and toe of a boot as follows:-I shape a piece of the bar iron or steel so as to
form three sides of a square a which is intended to fit under the sole b near the
heel c and up each side of the instep d, to the aforesaid I forge a long strap e to
fit along the whole of the sole from the heel and a cross piece f at the end of
slightly wider metal, this said cross piece f I bend or curve over and around
the toe g in order to protect the sole and toe of a boot. The protector is attached
to the boot by means of two leather straps h and buckles i rivetted to the ends j
of the vertical sides k above described one strap and buckle is strapped and
fastened over the instep, and the other strap and buckle is strapped and fastened
at the back or side of the boot.
If preferable I can cast the metallic protector is brass, malleable iron or of
any other metal, or the apparatus may be made in any wrought material. The
protector is made in various sizes to fit any size boot.
Springs or any other means may be resorted to for fixing the protector to a boot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
rention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The boot sole and toe protector, substantially as above described in the above
specification and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In protectors for boots the combination of the cross-piece f strap e and ver-
tical sides k, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawing.
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1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.