IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Piddington, of Gracechurch Street, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES."-A communication from abroad by
George Barnes Windle, of 56, Maiden. Lane, in the City of New York,
in the United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Piddington at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
January.1866.
I, JOHN PIDDINGTON, of Gracechurch Street, in the City of London, do
héreby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," a communication from abroad by George
Barnes Windle, of 56, Maiden Lane, in the City of New York, in the United
States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of boots
and shoes whereby the parts of which the same are composed are advan-
tageously combined and fastened together. The outer sole and heel are made
of wood, the same being connected by a waist piece of leather, the inner sole
being also of leather, and extending the whole length of the boot or shoe.
The outer sole is secured to the inner sole, and the upper of the boot or shoe
by pins or nails which are riveted on the inside; the outer sole, waist piece,

page_text: and inner sole are secured together by another set of pins or nails; the waist
piece, inner sole, and upper being secured together in like manner by pins or
nails, whilst the heel is secured to the upper and waist piece by pins or nails,
all such pins or nails being riveted on the inside or at the upper ends thereof.
Another method of fastening the upper to the sole is to connect the two by
means of a band of iron, the same being secured together by pins or nails.
The waist of the boot or shoe may be stiffened by the insertion of additional
pieces of leather between the waist piece and the inner sole..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Piddington in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th July 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
PIDDINGTON, of Gracechurch Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Piddington, Her special licence that I,, the said John Piddington,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Piddington, my 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," a communication from abroad
by George Barnes Windle, of 56, Maiden Lane, in the City of New York,
in the United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said John Piddington, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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 John Piddington, do bereby 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 statement,

page_text: reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures
and letters marked thereon (that is to say) :-
My said Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of
boots and shoes whereby the parts of which the same are composed are
advantageously combined and fastened together. The outer sole and heel are
made of wood, the same being connected by a shank or waist piece of leather,
the inner sole being also of leather, and extending the whole length of the
boot or shoe. The outer sole is secured to the inner sole, and the upper of
the boot or shoe by pins or nails, which are riveted on the inside; the outer
sole, shank, or waist piece, and inner sole are secured together by another set
of pins or nails, the shank or waist piece, inner sole, and upper being secured
together in like manner by pins or nails, whilst the heel is secured to the
upper and shank or waist piece by pins or nails, all such pins or nails being
riveted on the inside or at the upper ends thereof.
Another method of fastening the upper to the sole which I sometimes adopt
is to connect the two by means of a band of iron, the same being secured
together by pins or nails.
The waist of the boot or shoe may be stiffened by the insertion of additional
pieces of leather between the shank or waist piece and the inner sole.
My said Invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the
accompanying Drawings.
Figure 1 is a plan of a boot constructed in accordance with my said
Invention; Figure 2 is an elevation of the same; and Figure 3 is a longitudinal
section through the line A, B, in Figure 1. The same letters of reference
denote corresponding parts in each of the said Figures.
upper E by
The pins or
inner sole A
A represents the inner sole; B, the outer sole made of wood; C, the heel,
also made of wood; D, the shank or waist piece made of leather; E, the
upper. The outer sole B is secured to the inner sole A and
means of the pins or nails a, which are riveted on the inside.
nails secure the outer sole B, shank or waist piece D, and
together; the pins or nails 6¹ secure the shank or waist piece D, inner sole A,
and upper E together, and the pins or nails c secure the heel C to the upper E
and shank or waist piece D; the said shank or waist piece connecting the
heel C and the outer sole B together. G are filling pieces of leather for
stiffening the waist D.
Figure 4 represents a partial plan view of another method of fastening the
upper to the sole. B is the wooden sole; E, the upper; F, a band of iron
which secures the upper E by means of the pins or nails a¹ to the wooden
sole B. Figure 5 is an elevation of the same.

page_text: Having thus fully declared and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which it is to be performed, I would observe in conclusion
that what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as constituting the
Invention secured to me by the said herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent are, the methods of constructing boots and shoes, and combining and
fastening the several parts thereof, substantially herein-before set forth and
described, or any mere modifications thereof..
In witness whereof, I, the said John Piddington, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
JOHN PIDDINGTON. (L.S.)