Improved Means for Preventing the Coming-off of Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1850
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1891-Accepted, 13th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Preventing the Coming-off of Shoes.
1, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Charles Ziegler, of Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A.
Manufacturer) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for securing rubber or other shoes
and slippers on the foot, and it consists of a single piece of leather or other
suitable material of convenient length, which is slit in the centre length-wise in
such manner as to form a loop. One section of this loop is cut and shortened, and
the ends are secured together, thereby forming a short section to engage the front
part of the heel. The longer section is adapted to engage the back of the heel,
and the free ends of the leather are provided with fastening devices, which are
adapted to be secured round the instep."
Dated thin 19th a
S A
1000
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Preventing the Coming-off of Shoes.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Charles Ziegler, of Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A.
Inventor,) 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 improvement in fasteners for slippers and rubber
shoes, the object of the same being to provide a device by means of which slippers
and shoes may be secured at the heel and ankle so as to prevent the same from
slipping, as is frequently the case when the shoe is old and loose.
A further object is to provide a device of the above character which shall be
simple, neat, and economical in construction, and durable and efficient in use, and
with these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction
and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in
the claim.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device, and
Fig. 2 is a view with the device attached to the slipper.
The fastener is preferably made of leather, and of a single piece. The short
strip a is formed by slitting the strap from the points a¹. The lower piece is
then cut and shortened. The ends are then spliced, or otherwise secured, as shown
at b. This portion is adapted to fit under the heel and to bear against the front
part c thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, while the longer piece d is adapted to fit around
the back of the heel. The ends e of the fastener are then carried over the instep
and secured together. The fastener so constructed will hold the shoe or slipper
against slipping, and may be made very ornamental.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
A device for securing rubber shoes and slippers on the foot, consisting of a

page_text: single piece of leather or other suitable material, the same being slitted in the
centre lengthwise, and having the lower section thereof cut and shortened, the ends
secured together, thereby, forming a short section adapted to engage the back of
the heel, and the free ends of the leather provided with fastening devices adapted
to be secured around the instep, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 13th day of May 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.