Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1887
Complete Left, 26th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 27th Apr., 1888
A communication from WILLIAM SMITH, of Toronto, Canada, Inspector.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, M.I.M.E.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of the invention is to design a pliable wire floor mat which will
effectually remove dirt from the feet without injuring the leather of the boots of
the party using it; and it embraces a series of metal rings linked together and
forming a mat preferably braced at its outer edges by one or more rods extending
through the outer rings of the mat or otherwise. A backing or border of linoleum,
rubber, cocoa matting or other suitable material may be used in combination with
or form part of the said metal mat.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.

page_text: I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, M.I.M.E.
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-
The object of the invention is to design a pliable wire floor mat which will
effectually remove dirt from the feet without injuring the leather of the boots of the
party using it; and it. embraces a series of metal rings linked together and forming a
mat preferably braced at its outer edges by one or more rods extending through the
outer rings of the mat or otherwise. A backing or border of linoleum, rubber,
cocoa-matting or other suitable material may be used in combination with or form
part of tho said metal mat.
Figure 1 is a plan showing this wire-ring mat held in a frame and secured to
grooved plates arranged to hold a bottom of linoleum or other material.
Fig. 2 is a cross section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame for holding the wire-ring mat and plates
for holding the linoleum.
Fig. 4 is a view of the mat connected to a piece of linoleum having cocoa matting
attached to it.
A represents a series of rings linked together either singly or in pairs as desired.
B is a frame. composed of an iron rod extending around the mat of rings A and
passed through.the outer rings of the said mat. This frame B is preferably jointed at a
so that it may be readily detached for the purpose of inserting it through the wire
rings A and through the lugs b which are secured to or form part of the plates C.
These plates are grooved and shaped substantially as shown in the drawing so as to
receive a back or bottom D made of linoleum or other suitable material. The plates C
are jointed at d immediately on a line with the joints a so that the mat may be folded
up into a small compass for the purpose of transportation.
A mat thus composed of a series of rings A represents a surface which constitutes
a number of scrapers each scraper being flexible or movable so that while being
sufficiently stiff to scrap mud off the boots of the user it is not so stiff as to injure
the leather of the boots. The mud scraped off in this way will fall through the
rings so as to leave the top surface clear.
By providing a bottom D made of linoleum or other suitable material any dirt thus
removed from the boots instead of falling on the floor is caught on the surface of the
bottom D and, owing to the open work of the mat composed of the rings A it is an
easy matter to shake out all dirt which may thus be accumulated by the mat.

page_text: I do not confine myself to any particular shape or size of the mat nor do I wish
to limit myself to the nature of the material I may use.
It will of course be understood that I do not confine myself to a frame B extending
entirely around the mat nor is it necessary to use the plates C as for instance 1 show
in Fig. 4 the wire mat connected to the bottom D by means of rods B at each end of
the mat A. I also show in this figure cocoa matting E placed on either side of the
mat A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A wire mat composed of a series of rings A held in a suitable frame sub-
stantially as specified.
2. A wire mat composed of a series of rings A in combination with the frame B
inserted through the outer rings of the mat and through lugs b formed in the
plates C substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. A wire mat composed of a series of rings A in combination with a frame B
inserted through the outer rings of the mat and through lugs 6 formed in the
plates grooved to receive the bottom D substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
4. A wire mat composed of a series of rings A in combination with a frame B
jointed at a and inserted through the outer rings of the mat and through lugs b
formed in the plates C jointed at a substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. A wire mat composed of a series of rings A connected to a bottom D having
cocoa matting E attached to it, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 26th day of March 1888.