IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BOOT AND OTHER LACES
Year: 1884

page_text: We ALFRED WATKINS of The Imperial Flour Mills, Hereford, Miller and
CHARLES HATTON of The Priory Hereford, Tanner, both in the County of Hereford
do hereby declare the nature of Our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS
FOR BOOT AND OTHER LACES to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of an improved method of fastening off laces in boots,
shoes, leggings or gaiters, in place of tying, It comprises a small disc of flexible
leather, preferably of a circular shape, firmly secured at the centre by rivetting,
sewing or other means to the boot or other article on which it is used.
The Edge of the leather disc is not fastened down and thus a crevice is formed
between the two thicknesses of leather, into which the lace to be fastened is
wedged by giving it a turn round the centre fastening before mentioned.
The drawing shows a plan and a section of the disc of leather together with the
piece of leather (part of a boot legging or gaiter) to which it is fastened.
A is the disc or cleat, and B is the rivet or other central fastening which secures
it to the leather base.
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page_text: We ALFRED WATKINS of the Imperial Flour Mills, Hereford, Miller, and
CHARLES HATTON of The Priory Hereford Tanner, both in the County of Hereford
do hereby declare the nature of Our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING
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:-
Our invention consists of an improved method of fastening off laces in boots,
shoes, leggings, or gaiters, in place of the usual method of tying.
We propose to fasten to the Boot, shoe, or other article, at a distance of about
one and a quarter inches from the Eyelet hole through which the end of the lace
passes, a circular disc or cleat of leather, about three quarters of an inch in
diameter, This disc is fastened to the leather of the boot or other article by means
of a metal rivet or Eyelet passing through its centre, the burr or washer which
secures it being outside. It may also be secured by sewing instead of rivetting.
It is necessary that a small space should exist between the disc and the leather
of the boot or other article, and We therefore propose to insert a thin plate of
metal between the two surfaces when fastening them together, and afterwards
withdrawing this plate, a slot being cut in it to enable this to be done.
The centre of the disc or cleat only being fastened down and not the edges, the
lace to be fastened off is wedged into the crevice thus formed, by giving it a turn
round the centre fastening and pulling tight, when it will be found to be securely
held.
Fig 1. Is a plan of the disc of leather together with the piece of leather to which
it is fastened.
Fig 2. Is a section of the same.
Fig. 3. Shews a boot having an improved fastening fitted to it. A is the disc or
cleat and B is the rivet which secures it to the leather base.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, We declare that what
We claim is:"
1. The method of securing laces by wedging them between two surfaces of
leather as applied to boots, shoes, leggings or gaiters, in the manner substantially
herein described.
Dated this 16th dest of October 1884