A Boot Heel and Removable Top Piece.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1890-Accepted. 30th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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A Boot Heel and Removable Top Piece.
WILLIAM SMITH Turner Street Northampton Book-binder. I do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This boot heel consists of two parts, the heel (proper) is made of a light iron frame,
which is hollow and will be permanently fixed to the boot, by screws, or nails. The
top piece, can be taken from the lower part of the heel, at pleasure or secured to it by
means of a spring or catch-thus if the top piece of the right foot is worn at the back
part or side it can at once be taken off and placed on the left foot, and thus the boots
can be kept even.-The top picce can be made of iron, or leather, or of other
material.
The heel can be made of any shape or height.
WILLIAM SMITH,
Turner Street, Northampton.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Boot Heel and Removable Top Piece.
I, WILLIAM SMITH, of Turner Street Northampton, in the County of Northampton,
Book-binder, 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 a boot heel and removable top piece, which consists of two
parts, the heel and the top piece or its equivalent. The heel (proper), is made of a
light iron frame, which is hollow and will be permanently fixed to the boot by screws
or nails.
The top piece can be taken from the lower part of the heel at pleasure or secured to
it by means of a spring or catch. If the top piece of the right foot is worn at the
back part or side it can at once be taken off and placed on the left foot, and thus
the boots can be kept even. The top piece can be made of iron, leather, or of any other
material.
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The heel can be made of any shape or height.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a checkered metallic top piece a, fixed to
the heel b.
Figure 2 denotes a section of the top plate a constructed with spikes d and a leather
top piece a rigidly fixed to each other. This figure is broken off at each end.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the heel b with a solid metallic top piece a
fixed to the heel.
Figure 4 represents an end elevation of figure 3. The dotted lines indicate the out-
line of the spring h.
Figure 5 denotes a plan of the heel on line ; of figure 3.
Figure 6 is a plan of the heel on line k of figure 4, that is with the top piece removed
from the heel.
The beel is constructed of inetal, preferably of cast malleable iron with projecting
pieces i, i, i, to which I fix the sole by screwing the said sole to the heel after the
projecting pieces i, i, i, have been drilled and tapped. At the back part of the metal
heel I form a stop piece e in order to receive the catch fon the top piece a.
At the front of the heel in the inside I rivet a steel spring with a projecting
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page_text: button c attached, for the purpose of pressing the spring inwards when it is required
to release the catch on the top piece, to remove or change the top piece as herein-
before described.
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To operate with this invention it is necessary to press inwards the button c so as to
release the catch g from the spring h, and force the front of the top pieco outwards
when the catch is easily removed from the stop piece e; or the top piece may be
replaced by passing the catch under the stop piece e and pressing the front of the
top piece down into the heel, when the catch 9 will lock itself by the elasticity of the
spring h.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only, and
that the shapes, materials, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in many
ways-within the scope of my invention.
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 :-
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1. The combination of the heel b with the top piece a, and the catches f and g, 'with
the stop e and the spring operated by the button c, and the projecting pieces i, i, i,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the top piece a with spikes d and the leather a¹, substantially
as herein described and according to figure 2.
3. The top piece can be worn evenly by being interchanged from one heel to the
other, substantially as herein described.
4. I claim to construct the heel and top piece of any shape, or of any suitable
material, substantially as herein described.
Dated 24th day of July 1890.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.