AN IMPROVEMENT IN HEELS FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Evans, of Notting Hill, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN HEELS
FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES."-A communication from
abroad by James Dunbar, of Buffalo, United States of America.
Sealed the 8th September 1865, and dated the 14th March 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Evans
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th March 1865.
I, GEORGE EVANS, of Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
HEELS FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing heels of two main parts, one a
metal frame to be screwed or otherwise attached, the other of a block of
vulcanized caoutchouc, cork, or other like suitable material to fit into the
frame, and removable in order to admit of being taken out of the frame in
case of wear or otherwise, and replaced by another filling, or to allow of the
same filling to be re-inserted in a different position to that it originally
occupied. The frames admit of being removed from old boots or shoes and
of being applied to others.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Evans in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th September 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
EVANS, of Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Evans, Her special licence that I, the said George Evans,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Evans, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
HEELS FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER LIKE. ARTICLES," (communicated to me from
abroad by James Dunbar, of Buffalo, United States of America,) upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Evans, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Evans, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed (that is
to say) :-
This Invention consists in constructing heels of two main parts, one a
metal frame to be screwed or otherwise attached, the other of a block of
vulcanized caoutchouc, cork, or other like suitable material to fit into the
frame, and removable in order to admit of its being taken out of the frame in
case of wear or otherwise, and replaced by another filling, or to allow of the
same filling to be re-inserted in a different position to that it originally
occupied. The frames admit of being removed from old boots or shoes and of
being applied to others.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan view of the under side of
one of my frames; Figure 2 is a
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of one of the frames
with a block of vulcanized caoutchouc inserted therein. The frame and
filling constitute a complete heel to be substituted for the heels now ordinarily
made. The sides of the frame taper from the top downwards in order to
ensure a good hold upon the filling, the upper parts of the sides of which
should be shaped to correspond with the interior surface of the frame.
Figure 3 is a side view of a boot with my improved heel applied. The
frame may be made of any metal, and the filling of any sufficiently elastic
material or compound to admit of being inserted and retained in the tapered
frame.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim constructing heels
for boots, shoes, and other like articles of two parts, namely a metal frame and
an elastic packing, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Evans, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of September, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.
GEORGE EVANS. (L.B.)