A New or Improved Protector for the Heels of Boots and shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
A New or Improved Protector for the Heels of Boots and shoes.
I, FREDERICK WRIGHT, of 19, Spinner Street, Leicester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
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:-
This invention has reference to a new or improved protective or armouring device
for increasing the durability of or re-enforcing the heels of boots and shoes.
The said device consists of a rim or framing for fitting all round (i.e. breast, sides
and back) the heel of a boot or shoe.
The said rim, as will be understood, is open in the centre and filled with a leather
or other top-piece and the inner edge of the said rim is bevelled or inclined the
inclination being towards the external or wearing surface of the said rim so that the
opening on the outer or wearing side of the rim is smaller than the opening on
the opposite or underside thereof, the result being that the leather filler or top-piece
cannot pass through or drop out and is kept in position by the rim itself without the
aid of rivets or other means, and will wear so long as the rim remains intact.
The underside of the rim is made with a series of integral spikes, which are adapted
to pierce the heel, when submitted to pressure under a press or otherwise and thus
hold the rim and top-piece on the heel.
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description in
reference to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan of a metal rim
made in accordance with this invention and having the opening therein filled with a
leather top-piece, the latter being shown by diagonal lines.
Figure 2 is a section of the rim per se and Figure 3 represents a section of a
complete heel armoured by the said rim.
A, represents the metal rim which is a continuous framing to fit all round the
marginal edge of the heel B of a boot or shoe.
The said marginal edge is about of an inch or thereabouts wide so that it leaves
a central opening A¹ in the rim, Figure 2, for the reception of a filling or top-piece C
of leather or other material.
The inner edge A2 of the rim is bevelled or inclined as shown in Figures 2 and 3
and by the dotted lines in Figure 1 so that when the said top piece is inserted within
the rim from the underside of the latter it cannot fall out in wear.
The said rim is furnished on its underside with a series of integral spikes A³ so
that when pressure is applied to the rim the said spikes may be forced into the
heel B of a boot or shoe to attach it thereto.
In a rim constructed in accordance with this invention no rivets whatever are
required to hold the top-piece in position and no separate rivets are required to hold
the rim on the heel.
A saving is therefore effected in grindery and also in the time of fixing the rim and
ton-niece which are both effected at one operation.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A protective or re-enforcing device for the heels of boots and shoes consisting of
a framing having an inclined or bevelled inner edge and a series of integral spikes on
its underside substantially as described.
2. The complete rim for the heels of boots and shoes constructed and arranged
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Tuary
1000.
Witness
E. N. LEWIS,
Berridge Street Chambers,
Leicester.
FREDK. WRIGHT,
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.