IMPROVEMENTS IN GOLOSHES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry May, of the Firm of Knight and May,
Eagle Factory, Tewkesbury, in the County. of Gloucester, Shoe Manu-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by. the said Henry May at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
October 1861.
I, HENRY MAY, of the Firm of Knight and May, Eagle Factory, Tewkes-
bury, in the County of Gloucester, Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GOLOSHES," to be as
follows:-
My improvements in goloshes consist in making the back part to rise up at
the back part of the heel and ankle to a point, say, above the ankle, and to be
fastened around' the ankle by a strap secured by buttons or suitable fastening,
instead of being secured round the instep as usual. Goloshes fastened round
the ankle are more comfortable to wear than when fastened across the instep;
besides, the piece rising up at the back protects the back part of the boots, and
especially from wear by the contact of steel hoops of crinolines, as also from
the mud, such back part of the goloshes embracing the back part of the leg
and ankle:

page_text: The goloshes in the fore part and sides are made somewhat in the ordinary
form of leather goloshes. This upward extension of the back part also offers
convenient hold for pulling them on.
According to my Invention, I further sometimes make the part that
embraces the ankle not merely a strap, but of considerable depth, & so as to
form a legging & enclose a greater or lesser length of the ankle and leg,
which, being buttoned or otherwise secured in position, offers a convenient and
easy fastening for the golosh, while it also protects the boots and stockings or
trowsers from the mud.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the. Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry May in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
April 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
MAY, of the Firm of Knight and May, Eagle Factory, Tewkesbury, in the
County of Gloucester, Shoe Manufacturer, send greeting...
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of October, in. the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry May, Her special licence that I, the said Henry May,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry May, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN GOLOSHES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Henry May, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately, after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry May, do, hereby, declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is, to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon (that is to
say):-
My improvements in goloshes consist in making the back part to rise up at
the back of the heel and ankle to a point, say, two, three, or more inches
above the ankle, and to be fastened around the ankle by a strap or suitable
fastening instead of being secured round the instep as usual. Goloshes
fastened round the ankle are more comfortable wear than when fastened across
the instep; besides, the piece rising up at the back protects the back part of
the boots especially from wear by contact of the steel hoops of crinoline, as
also from the mud, such back part of the golosh embracing the back part of
the leg and ankle.
The goloshes in the fore part and sides are made somewhat of the ordinary
form of leather goloshes. This upward extension of the back part also offers
convenient hold for pulling them on.
According to my Invention, I further sometimes make the part that
embraces the ankle not merely a strap, but of considerable depth, so as to
form a legging and enclose a greater or lesser length of the ankle and leg,
which, being buttoned or otherwise secured in position, offers a convenient and
easy fastening for the golosb, while it also protects the boots and stockings or

page_text: siderable depth, in the form of a short legging f, as seen, which encloses the
lower part of the leg above the boot, or it may be the trousers; if for
gentlemen's wear, and so protect the one or the other from mud.
The legging is secured to the leg by buttons 9, 9, as seen; the golosh will
thereby be better retained in its position on the boots, and will be-much easier
to wear than when fastened over the instep.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I wish it to be understood that what I claim as new, and
desire to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is
the manufacture of goloshes having raised hinder parts, as and for the
purposes described, and securing them by straps round the ankle, as described.
I also claim constructing goloshes with deep belts, or parts to envelop and
protect the ankle and leg, as represented in Figure 2:
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry May, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
HENKY MAY.
(L.S.).