Year: 1886

page_text: I JOHN MINTOSH, of 17, South Bridge, Edinburgh, in the county of Midlothian,
Boot and Shoe Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved pad or protector for
the ankles of persons when playing at such games as football or cricket or under
any other circumstances in which the ankles require to be padded or protected.
For this purpose I make the outer side or covering of the protector of any
suitable material such as leather, papier-mâché, india rubber, gutta percha, or
canvas and of a length to extend round the back of a person's boot or ankles, the
ends meeting in front at the instep; the inner side or lining is formed of soft
leather or similar suitable material; between the said outer side and lining at the
parts covering the ankles I sew or otherwise secure wool or similar yielding
inaterial so as to form a pair of pads connected by a strip of leather. The ends of
the protector are provided with eyelets or other convenient means for allowing the
samme to be laced or otherwise fastened, or they may be permanently fastened to
the leg of the boot.
When my improved pad or protector is intended to be applied to a boot I find
it advantageous to provide the back of the boot with a loop or eye to assist in
retaining the pad or protector in position over the ankles.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant,

page_text: I, JOHN MCINTOSH of 17. South Bridge, Edinburgh, in the County of Midlothian,
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 :—
This invention relates to the construction of an improved pad or protector for
the ankles of persons when playing at such games as football or, cricket or under
any other circumstances in which the ankles require to be padded or protected.
For this purpose I make the outer side or covering of the protector of any
suitable material such as leather, papier-mâché, india rubber, gutta percha or
canvas or any kind of felt or cloth and of a length to extend round the back of a
person's boot or ankle, the ends meeting in front at the instep; the inner side or
lining is formed of soft leather or similar suitable material; between the said outer
side and lining at the parts covering the ankle I sew or otherwise secure wool or
similar yielding material so as to form a pair of pads connected by a strip of
leather. The ends of the protector are provided with eyelets or other convenient
means for allowing the same to be laced or otherwise fastened, or they may be
permanently fastened to the leg of the boot.
When my improved pad or protector is intended to be applied to a boot I find it
advantageous to provide the back of the boot with a loop or eye, to assist in
retaining the pad or protector in position over the ankle.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I. will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 is a side elevation of
a boot having an ankle pad or protector constructed according to my invention
applied thereto; figure 2 is a horizontal section on line A B of figure 1 and
figure 3 is an elevation of the outer side of the protector shewing the same opened
out. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a, b, c, represent the outer side or covering of the protector which side is made
of any suitable material such as those bereinbefore referred to (but preferably of
leather) and of a length to extend round the back of a person's boot or ankle, the
protector being conveniently made of the shape shewn in figure 3 that is to say, it
consists of two circular pads a, a, connected by a narrow strip b; c, c, represent
the ends of the protector which meet in front at the instep when the protector is
applied to a boot as shewn in figures 1 and 2 (or to a person's ankle); d, e, f, repre-
sent the inner side or lining of the protector formed of soft leather or similar
suitable material of a like shape to the outer side a, b, c; g, g, figure represent
the wool or similar yielding material which I sew between the outer side and
lining at the parts a a, which cover each side of the ankle when the protector is in
use, so that the said parts a a form a pair of pads connected by a strip of leather b;
hh represent the stitches which connect the outer side a, b, c, of the protector to
the lining d, e, f; or the lining can be secured to the outer side by any other
suitable means; i, i, are the eyelets and j is the lace whereby the ends c, c, of the
protector are fastened together over the leg of the boot. Or they may be fastened

page_text: by straps and buckles, buttons or other suitable means. is the loop or eye with
which I find it advantageous to provide the back of the boot when the pad or
protector is to be applied to a boot, in which loop the connecting strip b is placed
thereby assisting in retaining the pad or protector in position over the ankle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of, my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The manufacture and use of ankle pads or protectors adapted to be applied
when required to a person's boot or to his ankle substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The improved ankle pad or protector hereinbefore described and represented
in the accompanying drawing.