AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: We JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke upon Trent in the County of Stafford
Agent and FRANCIS LANGFORD of 150 George Street Brookfields Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES AND OTHER
ARTICLES to be as follows:-
1st Narrow pieces of steel or other suitable substance, called guides (which may
be flat, grooved, or otherwise formed) are attached to or near to the sides of the
openings intended to be closed in the boot, glove, or other article by any suitable
means but preferably by being joined together by small lengths of steel or other
wire the ends of which are put through the leather or other substance of the boot
glove or other article and fastened underneath the same by metallic or other
washers 2nd To a strip of leather, metal or other suitable substance or to pieces
thereof joined together, or to lengths composed of chain or wire are attached (in a
similar manner to 'that first described) a number of metallic or other loops or
catches (preferably of steel) The said loops or catches being formed so as to run
easily over the guides before named. This is called the slide Provision is made to
prevent the slide from being entirely drawn off the boot or glove &* and also for .
keeping it in position when fully drawn thereon.
The process of attachment may be reversed the guides may be placed on the
slide and the loops or catches on the boot or glove &°.
It is readily seen by the above description that by pulling the slide up or down
(the loops or catches sliding along the guides) the boot glove or other article is
thereby fastened or unfastened as the case may be.
JAMES SMITH.
FRANCIS LANGFORD.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Fastening Boots, Shoes, Gloves, and
other Articles.
We JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford
Agent and FRANCIS LANGFORD of 150 George Street Brookfields Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING, BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES AND OTHER
ARTICLES 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 our invention is to fasten the articles named by means 1st of a
number of guides made of narrow pieces of steel or other suitable substance (with
small holes pierced, one at each end) which may be flat grooved or otherwise
formed, with plates of metal at the back thereof (also pierced with small holes one
at each end) for keeping them in position and to protect the leather from being
worn or cut by the loops or catches hereinafter mentioned. These guides are
fastened to the leather or other material or substance preferably by being joined
together by small lengths or pieces of steel or other wire the ends of which are put
through the holes in the guides and the plates then through the leather or other
material or substance and finally through the holes in metallic or other washers
the sides of which (after the wire ends have been bent over) are then pinched
together to hold the wire more firmly; but they (the guides) may be fastened to
the leather & by any other suitable means; and 2nd of a number of metallic or
other slotted loops or catches (preferably made of steel & also pierced with small
holes at the bottom, one at each end) which are fastened to the leather or other
material in a similar manner to the guides. The said loops or catches being made
so as to move easily over the guides or the latter to move in like manner through
the loops or catches as the case may be. Either the guides or the loops or catches
(whichever may be found most suitable in practise) are attached to a strip of
leather, metal, or other suitable material or substance or to pieces thereof joined
together or to lengths of chain or wire. This is called a slide. If the guides are
placed on the slide the loops or catches are fixed on each side of the opening
intended to be closed of the boot glove or other article or if the loops or catches are
attached to the slide the guides are placed on the boot &, but the, first named
method is preferred and is more particularly referred to in the accompanying
drawings and the following description.
Fig. 1 represents the slide, a. a. being a leather covering part of which is
removed to show the slide; b. the studs for fastening the cover to the slide; c. the
strip of leather or metal & to which are attached the guides L. L.; da metallic loop
for pulling down the slide with a button-hook; e. e. catches for fastening the slide
on the stops g. at the top of the boot &o; i. i. stops for preventing the slide from
being drawn entirely off at the bottom of the opening in the boot &°; f, a loop of
leather or other material for pulling up the slide; 1. 1. the guides attached to the
strip of leather or metal &* c.

page_text: Fig. 2. represents a cross or sectional view of the slide showing the guides o. o
thereon working in the loops or catches m. m. the former moving or sliding inside
the latter.
Fig. 3. represents a guide, n. being the side and o. the end view thereof.
Fig. 4. represents the guides l. 1. joined together by the steel or other wire, with
the plate (Fig. 5) at the back thereof.
Fig. 5. represents the plate for keeping the guides in position and preventing the
loops or catches from wearing or cutting the leather &°.
Fig. 6. represents the loops or catches h. h. as fixed on the leather or other
material; g. being one of the stops for the catches e. e. (Fig. 1) at the top of the
slide.
Fig. 7. represents an enlarged view of the same with the method k. k. of fastening
them to the leather &°.
Fig. 8 represents a loop or catch; h. is a top view showing the holes for joining
them together with the pieces of wire & m. is the end view of the same.
Fig. 9 represents a washer for fastening the ends of the wire as at k. k. (Fig. 7),
in an open and closed state.
It will be readily seen by this description and the drawings that by pulling the
slide up or down (the guides moving or sliding inside the loops or catches or the
latter over the guides accordingly as they are placed) the boot glove or other article
is thereby fastened or unfastened as the case may be.
We do not intend to confine ourselves to the exact forms or sizes as shown in the
drawings or to adhere to such parts described for which no claim is made.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same. is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st the employment or use of guides l. l. (Fig. 4) and loops or catches h. h. (Fig. 6)
for the purpose of fastening boots shoes gloves and other articles substantially as
set forth.
2nd the method of attaching the same to the articles named and also to the
slides (Fig. 1) by means of steel or other wire and washers as at k. k. (Fig. 7)
substantially as set forth.
3rd the combination of the guides l. l. (Fig. 4) the loops and catches h. h.
(Fig. 6) and the method of attaching or fastening the same as at k. k. (Fig. 7) to
the leather or other material or substance of boots gloves and other articles and
also to the slides (Fig. 1), substantially for the purpose herein set forth and
described and as shown in the drawings.