Improvements in Boot Attachments for Preventing Slipping.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1896
Comolete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boot Attachments for Preventing Slipping.
We, THOMAS WOODBRIDGE, of 5 Dudley Street, Luton, Boot Maker, and
BENJAMIN JOHN HALE, of 55 North Street, Luton Manufacturer, both in the
County of Bedford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved method of attaching plugs or studs to the
soles and heels of boots for preventing slipping, such invention being particularly
useful for football, cricket and boots used in connection with sport.
In carrying our invention into effect we make a socket or holder for carrying
our studs or plugs, the holder admitting of different material plugs being carried to
suit the conditions of ground which is being played upon, so that it would be a
simple matter for the player to introduce into the socket a stud or projecting spike
or pin made of rubber, fibre, cloth, leather, wood, papier maché, metal or other
suitable material, and to introduce studs having different bearing surfaces.
We make our socket in one convenient form with a flange or base which we
place beneath the sole or outer surface of the leather while the projecting portion
from the base we make to bed within the material forming the sole or heel and we
form a thread within the interior portion of this boss like projection so that a
collar or ring holder may be screwed therein to secure the stud in position within
the socket.
We make our ring holder with an outer upper flange preferably serrated or
formed with holes or notches for the introduction of a key or manipulating screw
driver for fastening and unfastening the screw.
The central portion of the collar we bore away or shape to enable the plug or
stud to pass through. We make the stud with a projecting head or shoulder at its
base so that when it is in position within the socket and the cap or holding ring
screwed down, the bottom edge of the ring holder presses upon the upper edge of
the base collar of the stud, and thus secures it in position.
We modify the form of the socket and the shape of the gland or tightening cap,
together with the shape of the studs spikes, pins or rib pieces which are to be
attached to the boot, to suit the particular requirements of the wearer and the
game which is to be played.
We also employ our spike and studs for preventing slipping on frozen or like
surfaces.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
Improvements in Boot Attachments for Preventing Slipping.
We, THOMAS WOODBRIDGE, of 5 Dudley Street, Luton, Boot Maker, and
BENJAMIN JOHN HALE, of 55 North Street, Luton, Manufacturer, both in the
County of Bedford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to an improved method of attaching plugs or studs to the
soles and heels of boots for preventing slipping, such invention being particularly
useful for football, cricket, and boots used in connection with sport.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boot, with part in section, fitted with our
attachments.
Figure 2 is a plan of the boot showing the attachments on the sole and heel.
Figures 3, 4, and 5, are detail views of our boot attachment to a larger scale.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying our invention into effect we make a socket or holder for carrying
our studs or plugs, the holder admitting of different material plugs being carried to
suit the conditions of ground which is being played upon, so that it would be a
simple matter for the player to introduce into the socket a stud or projecting
spike or pin of rubber, fibre, cloth, leather, wood, papier maché, or other suitable
material, and to introduce studs having different bearing surfaces.
We make our socket A in one convenient form with a flange or base, as shown
in the drawings, which we place beneath the sole or outer surface of the leather
while the projecting portion from the base we make to bed within the material
forming the sole or heel, and we form a thread within the interior portion of this
boss like projection so that a collar or ring holder B may be screwed therein to
secure the stud C in position within the socket.
We make our ring holder B with an outer upper flauge preferably serrated or
formed with holes or notches such as b for the introduction of a key or manipulating
screw driver for fastening and unfastening the screw.
The central portion of the collar we bore away or shape to enable the plug or
stud C to pass through. We make the stud with a projecting head or shoulder at
its base so that when it is in position within the socket and the cap or holding ring
screwed down, the bottom edge of the ring holder presses upon the upper edge of
the base collar of the stud as shown at Figure 3 and thus secures it in position.
We modify the form of the socket and the shape of the gland or tightening cap,
together with the shape of the studs, spikes, pins, or rib pieces which are to be
attached to the boot, to suit the particular requirements of the wearer and the
game which is to be played.
We also employ our spike and studs for preventing slipping on frozen or like
surfaces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is;-
(1.) The improved method of attaching plugs or studs to the soles and heels of
boots substantially as and for the purposes described.
(2.) In bout attachments the combination of a socket such as A with a stud as C
and holder B substantially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated in
the drawings.
Dated this 14th day of October 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.