Improved Sock for Protection of the Feet when Walking.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION...
Improved Sock for Protection of the Feet when Walking.
I, Sir WILLIAM BRERETON HUDSON, K.CI.E., of 54 De Parry's Avenue, Bedford,
in the County of Bedford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which
has been communicated to me from abroad by C. B. Randall, of Coney Island
Athletic Club, New York,) to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to provide a sock for affording protection to the
feet in long walks, or marches. This is effected by forming a sock of peculiar
construction of paper. The socks, cut and moulded to the required form, should
be worn within an ordinary cotton, or worsted, sock. After much experience it
has been found, on long marches, that by wearing a paper sock of this construction,
there is much less liability of the feet becoming chafed than when wearing socks
of any other material.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1895
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, Sir WILLIAM BRERETON HUDSON, K.C.I.E. of 54 De Parry's Avenue, Bedford
in the County of Bedford do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which
has been communicated to me from abroad by C. B. Randall of Coney Island
Athletic Club New York) 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 provide a sock for affording protection to the
feet in long walks, or marches. This is effected by forming a sock of peculiar
construction of paper. The socks cut and moulded to the required form should be
worn within an ordinary cotton, or worsted sock. After much experience it has
been found, on long marches, that by wearing a paper sock of this construction,
there is much less liability of the feet becoming chafed than when wearing socks
of any other material.
Socks in accordance with this invention are made right and left.
The annexed drawings refer to a sock for the right foot.
Figure 1 shows a sock on a foot as it is worn.
Figure 2 shows a piece of paper prepared to make a sock.
The sock consists of a tubular portion A adapted to envelope the fore part of the
foot but open in front leaving the toes free; and a strap B attached to the portion A
on the outer side and adapted to pass behind the heel of the wearer to the inner
side where the end of the strap is attached by gum or like cement to the front
portion of the sock.
It is preferred that the fore part A of the sock should be made in one piece
without join by known methods and that the strap B only should be attached by
cement.

page_text: A sock may however be made from a sheet of paper preferably stout and porous
brown paper cut in the form shewn in Figure 2 & then cemented together at
the line ab by a spirit cement which is not affected by the heat and moisture of
the foot.
The end of the strap, at c is gummed on its underside and by this means when
the sock is put on, it is fastened in its place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A paper sock substantially as described.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1896.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.