IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDS OR ŠPIKES FOR THE SOLES OF BOOTS FOR "FOOTBALL" AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JAMES CLAYDON of Green Villas Handsworth Woodhouse in the County
of York Bootmaker do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDS OR ŠPIKES FOR THE SOLES OF BOOTS FOR "FOOTBALL"
AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the construction of studs or spikes to be fixed upon the
soles of boots or shoes to adapt them for the use of players at the gaines of Football
Lawn Tennis and other similar games where it is necessary that the players feet
should not slip on the ground.
In carrying out my invention, I make the studs or spikes of a Conical shape but
do not carry the cone to a point, and I use as the material any suitable substance
such as leather, wood, rubber or pressed horn, by leather by preference, either
solid or built up in layers. The base of the cone stands upon a flat disc of
considerably larger diameter, so that the weight or pressure of the studs is spread
over a larger surface of the sole. These discs may be either attached to the coned
stud or spike, or be detached and separate-and of any suitable material, thus the
cone may be of leather and the disc of brass.
Two or more nails or spikes are passed through the apex of the cone and project
a suitable distance through the disc, so that they inay be readily driven into the
sole of the boot. If preferred a screw may be used instead of the nails or spikes
abovementioned. Studs or spikes made according to my invention may thus be
attached to the soles of ordinary boots without the aid of skilled labour, and will
be found very convenient to football players and others.
The shape of the cone may be varied, thus instead of being a smooth taper, it
may consist of a series of discs of decreasing diameter, forming a stepped cone.
ROBT F. DRURY, Agent,
George St., Sheffield.

page_text: I JAMES CLAYDON of Green Villas, Handsworth Woodhouse in the County of
York Bootmaker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN STUDS OR SPIKES FOR THE SOLES OF BOOTS FOR FOOTBALL AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is
to say :-
My invention relates to the construction of Studs or spikes to be attached to the
soles of boots or shoes, to adapt them for Football; Lawn Tennis, and other similar
games, to prevent the players feet slipping, and it consists in making conical studs,
not carried to a point but having the apex cut away-from leather, wood, pressed
horn, or rubber, but Leather by preference, either in one solid piece, or built up in
layers.
I annex thereto a sheet of drawings in order that my invention may be
understood and to which I shall refer.
Fig 1. represents a stud in combination with a base of larger diameter, the
base B, is a disc, preferably of leather and it serves to prevent the pressure upon
the stud, being felt so much by the foot as it would be if of small diameter.
Fig. 2 is a stud without a base, and shows the screw C. for securing it to the sole.
Fig 3 & 4, represent studs made with a series of discs of decreasing diameter
Fig 5, represents the studs attached to a sole by means of a screw C or by nails D.
The discs B, may be made of any suitable material, thus, the studs may be leather
and the discs of brass.
Studs or spikes made according to my invention may be attached to the soles of
ordinary boots or shoes before engaging in football, and after the game, they may
be detached, which will be found a great convenience to many players.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same it to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The manufacture and use of studs or spikes made of leather, wood, rubber, or
pressed horn, or similar materials, either solid or built up, and with or without the
base B, for the purpose, and as described and illustrated.
Jandahan 100 A.