Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1887
Complete Left, 7th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
We CHARLES LAIGHT of Clifton House Redditch in the County of Worcester
Manufacturer and WILLIAM UNITT of Beoley Road Redditch aforesaid Hotel Proprietor
do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in toecaps for Boots and Shoes which
are intended to supersede the present toe caps as they offer more complete protection
to the boot or shoe.
Toe caps are at present made to rest upon the face of the sole of the toe where they
are fastened by nails screws etc. Now I make a combination toe plate which is
composed of the said face or base plate but with an edge or face flange which fits
around the edge of the sole at the toe of the boot, and in some cases the plate may be
carried up and over the top a little way so as to prevent children rubbing the toes
through.
These plates may be made of malleable cast iron or wrought metal stamped into
shaped or from brass or other suitable metal.
Dated this 6th day of October 1887
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Toe Caps for Boots and Shoes.
We, CHARLES LAIGHT of Clifton House Redditch in the County of Worcester
Manufacturer and WILLIAM UNITT of Beoley Road Redditch aforesaid, Hotel
Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in toe caps for boots and shoes which
are intended to supersede the present toe caps as they offer more complete protection
to the boot or shoe.
Toe caps are at present made to rest upon the face of the sole of the toe where they
are fastened by nails screws, etc. Now we make a combination toe plate which is
composed of the said face or base plate but with an edge or face flange which fits
around the edge of the sole at the toe of the boot and in some cases the plate may
and over the top a little way so as to prevent children rubbing the toes
bo carried se plates may be made of malleable cast iron or wrought metal stamped
through.
into shape or from brass or other suitable metal or material.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into practice
we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which we have illustrated the
same by 6 figures in such a manner that any other modifications of shape to suit
various kinds of boots and shoes may be carried out without difficulty.
Figure 1 is a broken off inverted plan of part of the sole of a boot S showing the
under side of the cap A attached thereto.
Figure 2 is a broken off side elevation of the toe of a boot s upon the sole S and
showing the cap A attached thereto.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2 but the cap A is shown in section.
Figure 4 is a similar elevation of the toe s¹ and sole S to that of Figure 2 but the
cap B is of a different kind as will be hereafter explained.
Figure 5 is a similar elevation to Figure 4 but showing the cap B in section.
Figure 6 is a plan of the toe cap removed from the boot.
In Figures 1, 2, and 3 the cap A consists of the ordinary under side part or face a*
the front edge as which protects the toe part of the sole S and the upper part a²
which protects the front part of the toe s¹, the hollow a³ being formed between a²
and a so as to imitate the natural appearance of an ordinary boot or shoe. This
hollow a³ however may be left out and the parts a³ and a² joined together by a regular
line as per dotted lines a. These caps are affixed to the shoe by nails or screws through
the holes a¹. In the case of Figures 4, 5, and 6 the cap B does not extend above
the sole as seen in the previous figures but finishes with the parts 61 and 62 turned
over at the top of the sole S. The part 6 however may be dispensed with as b¹
alone is sufficient to protect the toe in the case of very cheap caps but we prefer
to have the part 62 as it helps to hold the cap in position when the under part b³
is worn nearly out. The external shape or configuration of the edges of these caps

page_text: may be made to any design and there may be marks around the edge thereof to
imitate stitching of any kind, and we do not of course confine ourselves to the
exact height of the cap a³ shown at figures 2 and 3 as it may be carried up higher
or finish lower down. These caps would generally be made from wrought metal
such for instance as steel or wrought iron stamped out but they may be made from
malleable cast iron or other material or substance such for instance as hard or compressed
leather but we prefer steel or wrought iron.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The improvements in toe caps for boots and shoes consisting of the under cap a in
combination with the edge protection a' and with or without the part a substantially
as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown upon the drawings by Figures 1, 2,
3, 4, 5 and 6.