Improvements in and relating to Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Boots and Shoes.
I, HENRY STAFFORD, of Leonard Stanley near Stonehouse, in the County
of Gloucestershire, Boot and Shoe Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to an improved construction of upper for boots and shoes
having elastic sides, the object being to protect the elastic gusset from wear and to
relieve the said gusset from the strain due to the movement of the ankle when
walking.
In carrying my invention into practice I continue either the front or back part
of the upper on each side, to extend over the parts filled by the elastic gussets and
so form flaps to cover the same, and I then provide for the attachment of the free
ends of the flaps to the upper by means of buttons and button holes, hooks and
eyes, straps and buckles, or by any other convenient fastening devices.
making the flaps out of continuations of parts of the upper they can be made of
separate pieces sewn or otherwise attached thereto.
Instead of
It will be obvious that the size and shape of the flap will depend, first upon
the size and shape of the elastic gusset, and secondly on the way in which the
upper is made.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Boots and Shoes.
I, HENRY STAFFORD, of Leonard Stanley near Stonehouse, in the County
of Gloucestershire, Boot and Shoe Maker, 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 construction of upper for boots and shoes
having elastic sides, and it consists in continuing either the front or back part of
the upper on each side to extend over the parts filled by the elastic gussets and
so form flaps to cover the same, the free ends of the flaps being fixed to the upper
or to each other by means of buttons and button holes, hooks and eyes, straps and
buckles, or any other convenient fastening devices, the object being to protect the
elastic gusset from wear and to relieve the said gusset from the strain due to the
movement of the ankle when walking.
I attain this end in the manner illustrated by the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a view showing the application of my invention to a boot, and
Figure 2 is a view showing its application to a shoe.
In both views similar parts are denoted by like letters of reference.
Either the front part of the upper A of a boot or shoe as shown by Figure 1 or
the back part thereof as shown by Figure 2 is continued or extended to form a
flap B on each side of the boot or shoe to cover the clastic gusset A', the flaps
being adapted to be fixed either to the upper on the other sides of the elastic gussets
or to each other after the boot or shoe is placed on the foot by buttons or hooks or
their equivalents as shown by Figures 1 and 2 respectively.

page_text: As a modification the flaps B may be made separate from the uppers and afterwards
fixed thereto. The flaps B are preferably made of the same material as the upper
but they may be made of any other suitable material.
It will be seen that by the use of these flaps the elastic gussets are protected from
wear due to friction against the trousers, and that the top part of the boot or shoe
is made as strong as in a laced or buttoned boot or shoe.
It will be obvious that the size and shape of the flaps will depend on the size and
shape of the elastic gussets and on the particular construction of the upper.
I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as
fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my
invention.
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 improvement in boots and shoes substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown by the accompanying drawing.
2. In a boot or shoe having elastic sides, flaps of leather or other suitable
material adapted to cover the elastic gussets and relieve them of all strain, as set
forth.
3. The combination with the upper A. of a boot or shoe, of two flaps B, B, adapted
to cover the elastic gussets A', A, and to be fixed either to the upper or to each
other, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.