Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
I, JAMES HERBERT MACMAHON, of Etruria Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Ventriloquist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is to render the heels of boots and shoes capable of
being rotated from back to front or other position when worn down at one side.
In carrying out the invention the heels are constructed of leather, gutta-percha,
rubber, wood or a combination of these. Upon the outer sole after it has been
affixed to the boot one lift of the heel is fastened and pared or trimmed to shape
either round or oblong.
The remainder of the heel is then separately built up of the same shape as the
first lift but shaped roughly to be finished afterwards when in position.
The heel is attached to the boot by means of a nail, screw or bolt passing through
a hole in the centre of the heel from the inside of the boot.
The heel is then trimmed and finished to the same shape as the first lift, so that
it may in the case of an oblong heel, be rotated from back to front or in the
case of a circular one, any desired degree.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
I, JAMES HERBERT MACMAHON, of Etruria Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Ventriloquist, 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:-
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The object of this invention is to render the heels of boots and shoes capable
of being rotated from back to front or other suitable position when worn down at
one side.
It consists essentially in the combination with the sole of the boot to which
one lift of the heel is secured of the remainder of the heel secured thereto by one
two or more screws from the interior so that by slackening or removing the screws
the relative positions of the two parts of the heel can be altered.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Side elevation.

page_text: Fig. 3. Plan of heel and sole.
The boot A is constructed in any ordinary manner and upon the sole B the first
lift C of the heel is attached in the usual way though it is shaped to oval form.
The remaining portion of the heel D is made up of layers or lifts of leather d
or of gutta-percha rubber wood or other suitable material or a combination of these.
The heel is made of oval or similar shape being the same shape at the front
as at the back and both sides being of the same shape so that when turned from
back to front it will still coincide with the shape of the first lift C attached to
the sole.
The part D of the heel is preferably of leather built up of lifts d in the usual
way and may be roughly shaped first and then finished when in position or it may
be finished before being secured to the boot or shoe.
The lower part D of the heel is secured to the boot or shoe by a screw, bolt, nail
or rivet such as E passing through a hole preferably in the centre of the heel
from the inside of the boot upon which it can be rotated to bring the desired part
to the back. A second or third screw such as F being employed to maintain it
rigidly in position.
After being screwed on the heel is trimmed and finished to the same shape as
the first lift, so that it may in the case of an oval heel be rotated from back to
front or in the case of a circular one to any desired degree.
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 boot or shoe in which the heel made in two parts one part comprising the first
lift being secured to the sole and the other part of oval or circular shape being
secured to the first by a screw or screws inserted from the interior of the shoe
whereby the lower part of the heel may be rotated from back to front substantially
as described and shown.