Improvements in Military and other Boots.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1898-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Military and other Boots.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCINELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, Regent Street, London, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, and accompany-
ing drawing, that is to say:-
Our present invention relates to modifications in the invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to John Pullman, dated November 6th, A.D. 1896, and num-
bered 24,893, for Improvements in Gaiters, or coverings for the Legs."
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our present invention, Figure 1
being a front view and Figure 2 a back view of a boot and its fastening.
Our invention is applicable more especially to boots, such as riding boots, the
upper part of which extends up to, or more or less up to, the knee of the wearer.
We make such upper part a in one piece with, or permanently attached to, the
foot of the boot, its front being open from top to bottom and of such a size round
that when worn one edge at a' can overlap more or less the other edge. To the
lower edge of such overlapping part we attach, by stitching or otherwise, at b',
a strap 6 of leather or other suitable flexible material, which (when the boot is on)
is wound helically round the leg and is tightened and finally attached to a buckle
at c upon the strap, or upon the upper edge of the inner flap.
The upper part a of the boot may be shaped to fit the leg, and it is adjustable
to the size of the leg, the amount of overlap of the edge at a being greater or less
accordingly.
The upper edge of the part a of the boot may be provided with a strap and
buckle, as well as the separate buckle for the end of the strap b as shewn.
The details of manufacture, material, and arrangement may be varied and modified
more or less as may be found desirable, our invention consisting essentially of a boot
the upper part of which is attached to or forms part of the lower part or foot, and
extends up to, or more or less up to, the knee of the wearer, and is open in front
so that one edge can overlap the other, a band or strap being fixed at the lower
end of the overlapping edge and, after having been wound round the leg, being
tightened by a buckle upon the strap or upon the upper edge of the inner flap.
Instead of being in front, the open part may be at the back or side.
Loops or hooks d may be attached to the boot to support the band or strap b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
In a boot, the upper part of which extends up to, or more or less up to, the knee
of the wearer, a vertical opening in such upper part, one edge of the opening over-

page_text: lapping the other edge, in combination with a strap winding helically round the
boot and tightened and fixed at its upper end, substantially as described and illus-
trated
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EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.