AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1884

page_text: INVY IDIONA
I, JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FASTENING BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS to be as
follows:-
:-
The said invention consists of a number of what I call catches made of any
suitable hard material with or without small rollers fixed to them and with or
without a flexible material as laces, chains & attached to make the running of the
clasps thereon continuous.
These catches I intend to be fastened in any practicable manner to each side
of the openings in the boot glove & intended to be closed Another portion of the
invention consists of a number of what I call clasps made of any suitable hard
material and attached by any practicable means to a piece of leather or other
material shaped for the purpose the whole of which I intend to call a clutch and
made so as to be drawn up or down or along the catches beforementioned causing
the sides of the opening in the boot glove & to be drawn closely together.
The top and bottom clasps on the clutch being made so as to prevent it from
being altogether drawn off the catches, a stud or other stop being placed on the
boot, glove & for that purpose. The clutch is to be fastened to the boot,
glove & when the opening is closed-in any suitable manner to keep it in
position.
Figs 1, 2, 3, & 4 represent different kinds of catches which I propose to use in
my invention for an improved method of fastening boots, shoes, gloves and other
articles of dress.
Fig 5 represents the small roller which may be attached to the catches as
Figs 6 & 7.
Fig 8 represents several of one kind of catch with the lace or chain (shewn
by dotted lines) put through them to make the running of the clasps thereon
continuous.
Fig 9 represents one end of the clasp Fig 10 the back & Fig 11 the front
of same

page_text: Fig 12 represents the piece of shaped leather or other material with several
clasps attached called the clutch. The top and bottom clasps having catches
to prevent the clutch from being altogether drawn off the catches on the boot
glove &º.
Fig 13 represents the clutch being drawn on the catches which are supposed to 5
be fixed on a boot or glove.
Fig 14 represents the opening of the boot or glove closed.
The small dots in Figs 13 & 14 represent the heads of the rivets by which the
clasps may be attached to the piece of shaped leather &° and the large dots
represent two buttons by which the clutch may be kept in position when the 10
opening in the boot or glove is closed.

page_text: I JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FASTENING, BOOTS, SHOES GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
I cause boots, shoes, gloves & to be fastened by means of catches and clasps
the latter running on the former, which method will be more rea lily understood
by reference to the accompanying drawings Figs 1, 2, 3, & 4 represent some kinds
of catches I intend to use. These are made of metal or other hard material and
are fastened in any practicable manner to (or near to) the edges of the openings
in the boot glove or other article intended to be closed Small rollers or pulleys
(Figs 5, 6, &7) may be attached to the shanks of the catches to facilitate the
running of the clasps upon them. These rollers or pulleys may also be employed
in the inside of the clasps for the like purpose (see Fig 9) and a flexible material
such as laces, chains, wire or thin strips of metal may be attached to the catches to
make the running of the clasps continuous thereon one method of which is repre-
sented by Fig 8 and the upper part of Fig 13 the laces & being shown by dotted
lines between the catches.
Figs 9, 10, & 11 represent the end, back, and front views of the clasps which
are also made of metal or other hard material. A number of these I attach by any
practicable means (preferably by rivets as shown by the small dots in Fig 14 and
the lower part of Fig 13) to a piece of leather or other suitable material shaped for
the purpose (see Fig 12) the whole of which I intend to call a slide (not clutch as
stated in provisional specification). These slides are made so as to be drawn
up, down, or along the catches beforementioned Fig 13 representing & slide
being drawn up the catches on a boot so as to fasten the same and by turning
the drawing up side down the operation of fastening a glove is shown in the
same figure. To unfasten the boot or glove, the operation is reversed. The top
and botton clasps have catches or stops upon them (see Fig 12) to prevent the
slide from being drawn entirely off the catches on the boot or glove &. The
upper part of the slide above the clasps is used for pulling the slide up a
boot or down a glove and the lower part below the clasps is for reversing
these operations. The holes in the upper part are intended to be fastened to the
buttons (shown by the larger dote in Figs 13 & 14) on the boot or glove & when
the slide is fully drawn up-to keep it in position but I do not confine myself to
this method of fastening the slides nor to the sizes of the different articles shown
in the drawings.
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page_text: 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 method of fastening boots, shoes, gloves and other articles of dress by means
of catches and clasps substantially as set forth herein.