Improvements in Plates for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Plates for Boots and Shoes.
HENRY FREDERICK HALL, of Kirby House, Burton Road, Lincoln, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture improved detachable heel and toe
plates for boots and shoes.
In carrying out my invention I form the heel plate of the usual form
externally with the addition of a bar across the end nearest the waist of the boot
and provide two, three, or more (preferably three) slotted. lugs in the internal part of
the heel plate.
Three screws are screwed into the heel of the boot or shoe in such positions
and with so much of their heads projecting, that the slotted lugs of the heel plate
may be passed under the same, and, when so passed under, may be securely held to
the heel of the boot or shoe.
A small pad or filling piece is afterwards inserted in the open space in the heel
plate, such filling piece being made of leather, rubber, or other suitable material,
and held in place by nails or short brads.
On taking out the pad the heel plate may be at once removed from the heel,
and a new one substituted, or if a pair of heel plates have become worn on their
sides, each may be transferred to the other boot or shoe.
The same method of applying may be used in connection with toe, half-heel and
any other plates worn on the boot or shoe.
Dated this 16th day of November 1889
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Plates for Boots and Shoes.
I, HENRY FREDERICK HALL; of Kirby House, Burton Road, Lincoln, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture improved detachable, changeable, and
renewable heel, toe, and other plates for protecting the heels toes and soles of boots
and shoes; such plates being for.ned of iron, steel, brass, or other metal.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters
of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a diagram of the heel and sole of a boot or shoe fitted with my improved
heel and toe plates.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the toe plate.
Figs. 3 and 4 are plans of heel plates.
Figs. 5, 6 & 7 are sectional views of the plates.
a is a toe-plate, secured to the toe portion of the sole of the boot by screws d d.
b is one form of heel plate, having a bar b' across the end nearest to the waist of the
boot, and secured to the heel by screws d d. c is another form of heel plate, in which
the cross is omitted.
The plates consist mainly of frames of metal, having provisions for attaching the
same to the heels toes and soles of boots, consisting of slotted lugs e e, the sides

page_text: of which are chamfered or countersunk to fit the undersides of the beads of the
screws d d. The lugs are made thinner than the plates a band c in order that a
small pad or filling piece may be inserted, if thought fit so as to entirely cover
in the lugs and screws. The filling pieces may be made of leather, rubber, or other
suitable material, and secured to the soles and heels of the boots by several nails or
short brads g. 9.
The sections 5 6 and 7 are taken on the line xx, Fig. 5 being a section of Fig. 2:
Fig. 6 a section of Fig. ; and Fig. 7 a section of Fig. 4.
Fig. 4 and 7 show the method of removing the plates, after taking out the pad ƒ (if
used) by partly unscrewing the screws and then drawing the same backwards, as
shown; the screws remaining in the heel of the boot.
The toe plate a is removed in a similar manner but is made to slide in a forward
direction for removal.
The plates may thus by unskilled labour be speedily removed, exchanged, or
renewed, as required. Also half-beel or any other plates may be fitted and worn
on the heels toes and soles of boots or shoes, formed with slotted lugs as herein
before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The manufacture and use of metal plates for the protection of the heels soles and
toes of boots and shoes the plates being provided with lugs for engaging screws fixed
in the soles and heels, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings.
2. In combination with plates as aforesaid, the application and use of pads for the
purpose of filling in the spaces in the plates and protecting the screws and other parts,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawing.
3. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming my invention of improvements in plates for
protecting the beels soles and toes of boots and shoes, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 15th August 1800
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.