An Improved Rubber Overshoe.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rubber Overshoe.
I, JOHN FRANCIS O'BRIEN, of No 96 Famille Street in the City of Montreal,
in the District of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada.
Inventor, de hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Up to the present time rubber overshoes have been made with their fronts
covering either partially or wholly, the uppers of the boots or shoes to which they
are applied. This construction has rendered the use of rubber overshoes very
trying to persons having tender feet, as they are apt to "draw" them and make
it difficult and even painful to walk.
I make my rubber overshoes with a heel counter portion nearly as usual but
from this counter portion the rest of the foot has nothing more than a sole with a
rim along its edges sufficient to clasp the sole of the boot and prevent water
entering the crease between the same and the upper.
This rim is in most cases sufficient to hold the overshoe in place but if not a band
can be connected to the sides of same so as to pass under the boot and when this
is inserted be pressed down and so draw the sides inward to increase the hold.
Dated this 1st day of December 1890.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rubber Overshoe.
I, JOHN FRANCIS O'BRIEN, of No. 96 Famille Street in the City of Montreal,
in the District of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, Inventor,
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:
Up to the present time rubber overshoes have been made with their fronts
covering, either partially or wholly, the uppers of the boots or shoes to which they
are applied.
This construction has rendered the use of rubber overshoes very trying to persons
having tender feet, as they are apt to draw the feet and make it difficult and even
painful to walk.
I make my rubber overshoe with a counter portion extending a little beyond
the face of the heel, forward of which the sides of the overshoe are only high
enough to clasp or overlap the edges of the soles, a re-inforced rim in this latter
case lying between the upper and the sole so as to prevent the entry of water
along that line. By my construction the overshoe is practically rendered invisible
while the sole is perfectly protected.
To further secure the overshoe on the foot I connect the sides usually at or
near the front of the counter portion by a band passing under the foot, which,
when pressed down by the entrance of the same, draws the sides together causing
them to clip the boot and secure the overshoe in place.
For full comprehension of the invention, reference must be had to the annexed
drawings forming part of this Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my rubber overshoe in place;
Figure 2 a side view and Figure 3 a plan view of the same detached.
Like symbols denote the same parts :-
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page_text: A is the counter portion of the desired height, brought forward approximately
to the point shown. B is the rubber rim the edge of which can be turned in
and lie on the top of the sole, fitting in between it and the upper. C is a band
connecting the sides of the overshoe and serving to hold them in contact with
the boot.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I.
claim is --
1st. A rubber overshoe having a heel counter portion of the desired height, and
a rim adapted to clasp the sole of the boot.
2nd. In a rubber overshoe, the combination of a heel counter portion, a rim
adapted to clasp the sole of the boot, and a band connecting the sides of overshoe
under the boot, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of August 1891
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents.