AN IMPROVED PORTABLE FOLDING BOOT AND SHOE STAND AND DRIER
Year: 1886

page_text: I, JAMES PLATT, 77 & 78 St Martins Lane, and 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Cranbourne
St, Westminster, London, Woollen Merchant & General Warehouseman, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED PORTABLE FOLDING BOOT
AND SHOE STAND AND DRIER to be as follows:-
This invention is designed for the purpose of providing a means or apparatus for
holding. Boots and Shoes in a convenient manner so that they may be dried before
a fire and afterwards without displacement of Boots and Shoes the Stand can be
placed in a room or cupboard without nailing or affixing in any way..
The apparatus may be constructed of eight pieces of wood or other material
fastened together at suitable distances so that when the heels of Boots and shoes
are held in position on the stand by means of a serrated or plain edged piece of
metal or other material. which may be attached in various ways. The soles of the
Boots and Shoes rest against a wooden rod or other material or for the purpose of
drying the position of the Boots and Shoes may be reversed the open part of Boots
and Shoes resting upon the serrated part so that the water may run out.
The Stand is formed of two side pieces of wood or other material. These side
pieces are screwed into two straight pieces of wood or other material acting as feet
these straight pieces or feet being raised from the ground by means of two wooden
nuts screwed into the underneath part.
+
Into the sides so formed a wooden rod is attached by means of thumb screws,
above which at a suitable distance a piece of wood containing two serrated
pieces of metal one on either side This is attached to sides of stand by means of
small iron pins which fit into holes made into wooden sides to receive the same..>
Side pieces can be made to receive two or more such serrated parts with corre-
sponding wooden rods At top of side pieces handles are arranged of leather brass
or other material.
When the stand is taken to pieces for the purpose of packing, holes are made
in the straight pieces or feet to receive the serrated parts and rods the latter being
secured by the before mentioned thumb screws.
:
When so arranged the apparatus or stand will occupy a space equal only to the
width of feet and length of sides.
It will thus be seen that this apparatus or stand can be used as a Boot and
Shoe Rack and be placed before a fire to dry Boots and Shoes and other articles.
Fahrer 92nd 188R

page_text: 1
An Improved Portable Folding Boot and Shoe Stand and Drier.
JAMES PLATT, 77 St Martins Lane, Westminster, Middlesex, London, W C.
Woollen Merchant and General Warehouseman.. I do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for An IMPROVED PORTABLE FOLDING BOOT AND SHOE STAND AND
DRIER and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement-
This invention is designed for the purpose of providing a means or apparatus
which can be used without nails or other attachments, on which heeled boots and
shoes can be conveniently suspended. It can also be used as a Drier in which case
the boots and, shoes can be placed near the fire to dry, and when dry the Stand or
apparatus can be put away with the boots or shoes upon it. The boots and shoes
can be suspended by the waist so that the water, must run out from the inside, or
they can be placed, some with the uppers and some with the soles to the fire, at the
same time.
'
***
The Stand or apparatus may be constructed of eight pieces of wood or other
material fastened together by screws or otherwise. The sides are formed of two
flat pieces screwed or otherwise into wooden feet, each foot resting upon two
round wooden nuts. The cross pieces are formed of square pieces of wood or other
material, having on each side a serrated or plain edged piece of metal, from which
the heels of boots or shoes are suspended. These cross pieces are fastened to sides
of stand by means of four metal pins, entering into holes provided for them.
لی
The soles of boots and shoes rest upon round rods of wood or other material—
these are fastened into sides of stand by means of screws which pass through sides
into centre of rod Upon the top of each side piece will be found metal or other
handles for the convenient removal of stand without displacement of boots
or shoes.
3.
For portability the stand or apparatus can be taken to pieces and packed into a
space equal only to its length of sides and width of feet. When taken to pieces
for packing holes will be found in feet of stand or apparatus corresponding to pins
at ends of serrated parts, when these, parts are put into the feet, which then form
the sides. Wooden rods are screwed in the same manner as when in use, thereby
holding the whole apparatus together.
J
This invention will be best understood by reference to accompanying drawings.
>>Figure 1 represents a front view of the stand or apparatus put together for uso.
A and A1 are the two side pieces of wood or other material. B B are the féet
into which the sides are fastened. C. C. are nuts upon which the feet rest.
which
D. D. are the serrated or plain edged pieces of metal or other material on w
the heels of boots or shoes are suspended. E. E are the two rods against which
the soles of boots and shoes rest. F shews a shoe in position suspended by the
heel. G. shews a shoe in position suspended by the waist, for the purpose of
drying. H H. are the handles of metal or other material for convenient removal
of stand. I I are the screws which fasten rods to sides and hold the stand together.
} ▸

page_text: J.J. are small pieces of metal for the more secure holding of apparatus when packed
for travelling.
Figure 2 represents the apparatus or stand packed for travelling.
Figure 3 represents side piece fastened into foot. K. K. are the holes through
which screws pass into rods holding stand together. L L are the holes which
receive the pins which hold serrated parts.
Figure 4 represents the serrated parts from which boots and shoes are sus-
pended. M. M. are the pins which hold the serrated parts when fastened
into sides.
Figure 5 represents the rod of wood or other material against which soles of
boots and shoes rest. N. is screw which fastens rod into sides of stand. O. is
receptacle or female screw to receive male screw N.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The improvements hereinbefore mentioned and described