Improved Heel Attachment for Boots or Shoes, designed as a Preventative against Slipping.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1893--Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Heel Attachment for Boots or Shoes, designed as a
Preventative against Slipping.
I, WILLIAM REID CANT, of 1 Balgay Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, N.B. Woodturner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to prevent the feet slipping, and is specially
applicable during the winter when the streets are frozen, and for wear by elderly
people, railway engine drivers, porters, and all those whose avocation increases the
liability to accident. by reason of the unsteadiness of the feet.
In the most approved method of carrying my invention into effect, I proceed as
follows:-
To the heel of each boot is permanently fastened a suitable plate forming a
socket into which the flange of the attachment is inserted when in use. The said
socket is situated on the flat vertical face of the heel of the boot immediately
underneath the instep, a position where there is little chance of its being worn or
damaged in any way.
The foundation plate of the attachment consists of a piece of sheet metal-
preferably of steel-shaped like the heel and with a flange bent at right angles,
such flange being intended for insertion into the aforesaid socket. To the under-
side of such foundation plate is riveted a steel spring which presses against the
foundation plate flange when the heel attachment is not in use.
Again, to the
underside of the foundation plate is riveted, or otherwise securely fixed a sheet of
rubber which serves as a base for the india-rubber or gutta-percha heel, which
prevents slipping.
The attachment consisting of the aforesaid combination, is quickly applied by
placing the flange of the foundation plate between the bridge of the socket and
the heel, the spring then pressing against its other side, keeping it securely in
position.
Dated this 1st day of October 1899
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Heel Attachment for Boots or Shoes, designed as a
Preventative against Slipping.
I, WILLIAM REID CANT, of 1 Balgay Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, N.B. Woodturner, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to prevent the feet slipping, and is specially
applicable during the winter when the streets are frozen, and for wear by elderly
people, railway engine drivers, porters, and all those whose avocation increases the
liability to accident, by reason of the unsteadiness of the feet.
The accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings illustrate the method of
carrying out my invention, according to one modification.
Figure 1. (Sheet 1.) represents a view of the attachment applied to the heel of
a shoe, and
.
Figures 2. to 6. (Sheet 2.) comprise views of details hereinafter described.

page_text: In these drawings the same reference letters and numerals are used to mark the
same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
In the most approved method of carrying my invention into effect, I proceed as
follows:-
The
To the heel 7. of each boot is permanently fastened a suitable plate 8. forming
a socket into which the flange 9. of the attachment is inserted when in use.
said socket is situated on the flat vertical face of the heel of the hoot immediately
underneath the instep, a position where there is little chance of its being worn or
damaged in any way.
The foundation plate 10. of the attachment consists of a piece of sheet metal-
preferably of steel-shaped preferably like the heel and with a flange 9. bent at
right angles, such flange being intended for insertion into the aforesaid socket.
To the underside U. S. of such foundation plate is riveted, or otherwise fastened, a
steel spring 11. which presses against the foundation plate flange 9. when the
heel attachment is not in use. Again, to the underside of the foundation plate is
riveted, or otherwise securely fixed a sheet of rubber which serves as a base for
the india-rubber or gutta-percha heel, which prevents slipping. Instead of con-
structing the attachment entirely in the manner aforesaid, a composition of india-
rubber and emery may be moulded around the foundation plate 10. and the steel
spring 11. as shewn in Figures 1. 5. and 6.
The attachment consisting of the aforesaid combination, is quickly applied by
placing the flange 9. of the foundation plate between the bridge of the socket and
the heel, the spring 11. then pressing against its other side, keeping it securely in
position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
In heel attachments for boots or shoes, designed as a preventative against
slipping
:-
(i) The general construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially
as and for the purposes herein set forth, and illustrated.
(2) The use of the spring catch or clip substantially as illustrated and
described.
Dated this 8th day of June 1893.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.