IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Edward Baker, of Cheapside, in, the City of
London, Boot Maker, and James Landon, of Crosskey Square, Little
Britain, in the City of London, Boot Maker, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS
FOR THE FEET."
Sealed the 18th July 1868, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor,
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Edward Baker and
James Landon at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 1st January 1863.
We, JOHN EDWARD BAKER, of Cheapside, in the City of London, Boot
Maker, and JAMES LANDON, of Crosskey Square, Little Britain, in the City of
London, Boot Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS
FOR THE FEET," to be as follows :—
The object of this Invention is to secure a far greater amount of durability
in the wear of boot and shoe soles than has hitherto been attained, to ensure
a firm tread to the wearer by removing the liability to slip, and to prevent the
penetration of wet or damp to the feet. The Invention applies equally to
dress boots or ladies' boots as to strong clump sole boots.
In carrying out our Invention we first prepare a leather sole of the required
size, and then punch or cut circular or other shaped holes through the leather,

page_text: extending, say, from the fore part of the sole to the waist, for the purpose of
receiving vulcanized india-rubber, or other suitable elastic compound. The
india-rubber or other elastic material is fitted into the holes of the leather
sole, the inside edges of the holes being first coated with a prepared solution
or cement. The back of the sole is then covered with a prepared solution or
cement, over which sheet india-rubber or cloth is applied. If the sole thus
formed is to 'be used as a double or clump sole, the sole already attached to
the boot or shoe is coated with a prepared solution or cement, and the clump
sole is then applied. In adapting the Invention to a single sole boot or shoe,
the interior of the sole is covered with leather, to which has been applied a
coating of cement, and the other portion of the boot, shoe, or other covering
for the feet being similarly prepared, the one is applied to the other. For the
purpose of securing the sole in place we use either cement by itself, or with
the addition of stitching, screwing, or rivetting. We propose also to make
the heels of boots and shoes after the manner described for constructing.
waterproof soles.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said John Edward Baker
and James Landon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th July 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, JOHN
EDWARD BAKER, of Cheapside, in the City of London, Boot Maker, and JAMES
LANDON, of Crosskey Square, Little Britain, in the City of London, Boot
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said John Edward Baker and James Landon, Her special licence, that
we, the said John Edward Baker and James Landon, our executors, 'admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said John Edward Baker and
James Landon, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET," upon

page_text: the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Edward Baker and
James Landon, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under our, 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 on or before the Eighteenth day of July, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Edward Baker and James
Landon, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and. ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
The principal objects of our said Invention are to secure a greater amount
of durability in the wear of boot and shoe soles than has hitherto been
attained, to insure a firm tread to the wearer by removing the liability to slip,
and to prevent the penetration of wet or damp to the feet. The Invention
applies equally to dress boots and ladies' boots, and also to strong clump
soled boots.
In carrying out our Invention we first prepare a leather sole of the required
size, and then punch or cut circular or other shaped holes through the leather,
extending, for example, from the fore part of the sole to the waist, for the
purpose of receiving vulcanized india-rubber, or other elastic material. The
india-rubber or other elastic material is fitted into the holes of the leather sole
so formed as aforesaid, the inside edges of the holes being first coated with a
prepared solution or cement, such as is well known and used for similar
purposes. The back of the sole is then covered with such prepared solution
or cement as aforesaid, over which sheet india-rubber or cloth is applied. If
the sole thus formed is to be used as a double or clump sole, the sole already
attached to the boot or shoe is coated with the prepared solution or cement,
and the clump sole is then applied. In adapting the Invention to a single
sole boot or shoe, the interior of the sole is covered with leather, to which has
been applied a coating of cement, and the other portion of the boot, shoe, or
other covering for the feet being similarly prepared, the one is applied to the
other. For the purpose of securing the sole in place we use either cement
by itself, or with the addition of stitching, pegging, screwing, or rivetting.
The heels of boots and shoes may be also made in the manner herein-before
described for constructing waterproof soles.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which it is to be performed, we would observe, in
conclusion, that what we consider novel and original, and therefore claim as

page_text: our Invention is, the construction of boots and shoes and other coverings for
the feet, in the manner herein-before substantially set forth and described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Edward Baker and James
Landon, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighteenth day
of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three.
JOHN EDWARD BAKER. (L.S.)
JAMES LANDON.
(L.S.)
Witness,
E. P. H. VAUGHAN,
15, Southampton Buildings,
Agent for the Patentees.