IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS FOR HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING, AND OTHER UBES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Cooper, of the Firm of Messieurs
Moore and Cooper, of Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Boot Makers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS FOR HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING, AND OTHER
UBES."
Sealed the 18th September 1868, and dated the 20th March 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Cooper
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th March 1868.
I, JOHN HENRY COOPER, of the Firm of Messieurs Moore and Cooper,
of Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Boot Makers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS FOR HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING, AND OTHER USES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture
or construction of boots for shooting, hunting, fishing, or other use,
such as for riding boots, or for use in walking through wet ground.

page_text: I propose to cut out the leg and fore part of the boot in one piece of
leather united by one seam at the rear of the leg; a heel piece or
external upper leather is applied outside the heel to strengthen the
leather, and attached to this piece is a strap on one side and a buckle
on the other, by means of which the foot is firmly secured in its proper
place, the tightening of the strap across the instep compressing the
leather to the limb of the wearer.
For waterproof riding and fishing boots these improvements will be
found most serviceable, but for fishing and shooting boots which do not
reach above the knee I make use of a strap and buckle secured around
the boot nearly at the top, the strap passing through a loop or loops
attached to the outside of the boot, by which means the top of the boot
can be tightened securely to the calf of the leg. The shooting boot
is provided with an exterior golosh or double front extending from the
heel piece and protecting the sides and toe of the boot.
The peculiar cut of the leather and the absence of the ordinary seams
allow the boot to be perfectly smooth inside, and the boot can be made
large to go on easily, the friction and chafing of the fect is prevented
and the comfort of the wearer insured,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Henry Cooper, in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 19th September 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY COOPER, of the Firm of Messieurs Moore and Cooper, of Regent
Street, in the County of Middlesex, Boot Makers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Henry Cooper, Her special
licence, that I, the said John Henry Cooper, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Henry
Cooper, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times

page_text: thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS FOR HUNTING, SHOOTING,
FISHING, AND OTHER USES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said John Henry Cooper, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Cooper, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacturo or
construction of boots for shooting, hunting, fishing, or other use, such as
for riding boots, or for use in walking through wet ground.
I I propose to cut out the leg and fore part of the boot in one piece of
leather united by one seam at the rear of the leg; a heel piece or
external upper leather is applied outside the heel to strengthen the
leather, and attached to this piece is a strap on one side and buckle
on the other, by means of which the foot is firmly secured in its proper
place, the tightening of the strap across the instep compressing the
leather to the limbs of the wearer.
For waterproof riding and fishing boots these improvements will be
found most serviceable, but for fishing and shooting boots which do not
reach above the knee I make use of a strap and buckle secured around
the boot nearly at the top; the strap passing through a loop or loops
attached to the outside of the boot, by which means the top of the boot
can be tightened securely to the calf of the leg.
The fishing or shooting boot may be provided with an exterior golosh
or double front extending from the heel piece and protecting the sides
and toe of the boot.
The peculiar cut of the leather and the absence of the ordinary seams
allow the boot to be perfectly smooth inside, and the boot can be made

page_text: large to go on easily; the friction and chafing of the feet is prevented
and the comfort of the wearer ensured.
In order that my said Invention may be completely understood I
annex the accompanying Drawings in which Fig. 1 shews a fishing
boot made according to the foregoing principles.
a is the strap and buckle secured round the top of the boot; b, b, the
heel piece and golosh; and c, the strap for tightening the boot above
the instep, the seam of the boot being at the back.
Fig. 2 shews the shooting boot; Fig. 3, the riding boot, in which the
instep strap may be dispensed with, if desired; and Fig. 4 shews a long
fishing boot to cover the thighs. Similar letters denote corresponding
parts in each Figure.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would remark that I
do not limit myself to the precise details and configuration of parts
which I have expressed and shewn, as the same may be varied without
departing from the principles detailed; but what I claim and desire to
be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters Patent is, the
manufacture or construction of boots for fishing, riding, shooting, and
other uses with one seam at the back, and of one main piece of leather,
with the other additions of golosh, heel piece, and straps, substantially as
herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Cooper, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross.
JOHN HY. COOPER. (L.s.)