IMPROVE- MENTS IN PROTECTORS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1885

page_text: I ERNST MORRIS BRATT of The Beaconsfield Club London, SW Iron and
Steel Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PROTECTORS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES (a communication from Mauritz
Ohlsson of Gothenburg Sweden) to be as follows:
"
The object of this Invention is to produce a metallic protection for the sole and
heel which shall be easily removable and shall not produce much noise in walking
or be liable to slip.
The invention consists of a number of thin strips or plates preferably of iron
steel or brass (which may be galvanized or otherwise protected against rust if
desired) screwed or otherwise conveniently secured to the sole and heel of the boot
or shoe.
These strips being fastened only by their ends possess a certain amount of
elasticity (which may be increased or diminished according to the material of which
they are made) which appears to prevent the noise usually produced when a metal
plate is used upon the sole or heel-These strips stand up from the sole and save
it from bearing the tread; the usual heel and toe tips may also be used if desired
to complete the protection to the sole and heel.
The strips may be made of a variety of shapes; they may with advantage be
made thicker at the ends than in the central portion.

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I ERNST MORRIS BRATT of The Beaconsfield Club, London, S.W. Iron and
Steel Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
from Mauritz Ohlsson of Gothenburg, Sweden,) and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention is to produce a metallic protection for the sole and
heel which shall be easily removable and shall not produce much noise in walking
or be liable to slip.
The invention consists of a number of thin strips or plates preferably of iron,
steel or brass (which may be galvanized or otherwise protected against rust if
desired) screwed or otherwise conveniently secured to the sole and heel of the boot
or shoe.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan of a boot the sole and
heel of which are provided with the protection strips. Figure 2 represents different
modifications in the form of the strips in plan and side elevation. These strips
can be of uniform width throughout, see a, k, and Figure 2 or they may be wider
at the outer ends see b, c, d, e f, g, h, i, m, the thickness of the strips may also be
either uniform throughout as in a, b, k, or the strips may be thicker at the end
than in the middle as in c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, or they can be thicker on one end
than the other. The other modifications explain themselves. The strips can_be
fastened to the sole and heel by screws or points see k or pegs see land' m.
the heel the strips must be rounded off more at the corners see n and o.
For
The strips A. A being fastened only by their ends possess a certain amount of
elasticity (which may be increased or diminished according to the material of which
they are made) which appears to prevent the noise usually produced when a metal
plate is used upon the sole or heel. These strips stand up from the sole and save
it from bearing the tread; the usual heel and toe tips may also be used if desired
to complete the protection to the sole and heel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is
1st. An armature or protection for the soles and heels of boots and shoes con-
sisting of strips or plates of metal fixed crosswise on the soles and heels of the
boots and shoes by screws, points or pegs either fixed to the strips or the strips
being provided with suitable holes for the reception of the screws, pins or pegs,
substantially as specified..
2nd. An armature or protection for the soles or heels of boots or shoes consisting
of a strip or plate of metal secured by the ends only substantially as specified.
Dated this 1st day of June 1986