Year: 1898

page_text: I, WALTER HENRY MARGETTS, of 63, Brunswick Street, Reading, Builder, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in racks for carrying boots and shoes
and other like articles the object being to provide a rack which will enable boots
or articles to be rigidly supported and to be openly displayed when in position.
My invention is particularly applicable to racks for carrying boots in hotels,
schools, and other public institutions where a number of boots are to be supported
or stored and also for use in shops, boot manufactories and warehouses for display-
ing the goods.
In carrying my invention into effect I make my rack preferably in the form of
a frame having ends of metal or other suitable material and provided with three
projecting arms or brackets into which I place rods and my specially formed
gripping bar. The gripping bar or heel carrier I arrange as the upper support
and the top surface of the same I make serrated or formed with a number of teeth
over the roughened surface for providing a better gripping surface for the heel
to rest upon.
This bar I prefer to make in a curved form and of a shape that it
may be preferably rolled and cut off to any desired length suitable for the size of
the frame that is to be constructed for any particular purpose. The other support-
ing members of the frame I make preferably of metal or other rods tubular or of
rectangular form as may be desired for any special purpose: these bars being
arranged in such a position as to afford support for the soles of the boots when
the same are suspended from the upper or heel bar.
I modify the form of my side brackets and the shape and arrangements of the
supporting heel bar and the other bars carried upon the frame to suit the size of
the frame which is to be constructed and also to suit the nature
of the materials to be employed providing sometimes intermediate sup-
ports between the end brackets or end members of the frame when long racks
are being constructed. In short bars or short racks I may make my rack and bars
with the side supporting brackets or frames in one piece or casting.
Dated this 14th day of September 1898.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.

page_text: I, WALTER HENRY MARGETTS, of 63, Brunswick Street, Reading, Builder, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in racks for carrying boots and shoes
and other like articles the object being to provide a rack which will enable boots
or articles to be rigidly supported readily dried, and to be openly displayed when
in position.
My invention is particularly applicable to racks for carrying boots in hotels,
schools, mansions, houses, and institutions, and establishments where a number of
boots are to be supported dried or stored and also for use in shops, boot manu-
factories and warehouses for displaying the goods.
In the accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings
Figure 1 is a front elevation, and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of my improved boot rack.
Figures 3 and 4 are side elevations of my improved rack arranged with its own
independent standards.
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In carrying my invention into effect I make my rack preferably in the form of
a frame having ends A of metal or other suitable material and provided with pro-
jecting arms or brackets B, C, D), into which I place rods E, F, and my specially
formed gripping bar G. The gripping bar or heel carrier G, I arrange as the upper
support and the top surface of the same I make serrated or formed with a number
of teeth g over the roughened surface for providing a better gripping surface for
the heel to rest upon. This bar I prefer to make in a curved form and of a shape
that it may be preferably rolled and cut off to any desired length suitably for the
size of the frame that is to be constructed for any particular purpose. The other
supporting members of the frame I make preferably of metal or other rods tubular
or of rectangular form as may be desired for any special purpose; these bars being
arranged in such a position as to afford support for the soles of the boots when
the same are suspended from the upper or heel bar. The boots being thus sus-
pended the air circulates more readily round them, thereby ensuring a more
efficient drying than would be possible with the ordinary methods of drying damp
boots by standing them upon their soles.
I modify the form of my side brackets A and the shape and arrangements of the
supporting heel bar G and the other bars E, F, carried upon the frame to suit
the size of the frame which is to be constructed and also to suit the nature of the
materials to be employed providing sometimes intermediate supports between the
end brackets or end members of the frame when long racks are being constructed.
In short bars or short racks I may make my rack and bars with the side supporting
brackets or frames in one piece or casting. When constructing my improved rack
for standing upon its own supporting base or feet as shown in Figures 3 and 4 I
arrange the side members or carriers A1 A2 upon one or both sides of a vertical
standard or column H having feet K of any desired shape for standing independ
ently or for attaching or screwing on to the floor or ground surface. The
racks A A may be cast or formed in one piece with the standard Has shown in
Figure 3 or may be secured thereto as shown in Figure 4 by clips, screws L, or
other adjustable or permanent ordinary fastenings to suit the particular position
in which the rack is to be placed, the central stem II in Figure 4 may be a tube
or rod and may be made to screw into or attach to the flange N of the foot K for

page_text: standing from the floor or it may be provided with a hook ring or loop O for sus-
pending when such becomes more convenient as in shop windows and for other
like purposes of display or storing. I may employ rubber or other suitable
material for covering the bars and rods when so desired, and I sometimes arrange
my frame with a single broad or other sole or lower bar instead of two as herein-
before described and as illustrated.
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 improved rack or carrier for supporting boots and other like articles con--
structed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. A boot or shoe carrier or supporting rack having end frames or members for
standing upon suspending from or for attachment to any desired wall, floor or
other surface, and having an upper heel supporting bar with one or more sole
bearing rods or bars beneath, substantially as and for the purpose herein before
described.
Dated this 10th day of February 1899.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings,; London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.