OR IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING FROM RAPID WEAR THE EXTERIOR UNDER SURFACES OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM GUEST of 21 Clifton Road New Cross, London, S.E. in the County
of Surrey, Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for New
OR IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING FROM RAPID WEAR THE EXTERIOR UNDER
SURFACES OF BOOTS AND SHOES, to be as follows a
The object of my said invention is the protection of the exterior under surfaces
of boots and shoes, such as the soles and heels, from rapid wear. My invention at
the same time contributing to the elasticity of the tread of the foot of the wearer
and preserving the entire boot or shoe in a very great measure from the injurious
action of the wet, and thereby maintaining the warmth of the foot.
My invention consists in providing studs or pieces for attachment to the soles or
heels of boots or shoes. These studs or attachment pieces which I shall herein
after term studs, may be of circular, rectangular, or of polyonal or many sided
shape, as I do not confine myself to their particular shape. I prefer to make these
studs of leather, cut, punched, or stamped out to the shape or shapes required; but
I may, instead, make them of hard, vulcanised caoutchouc, vulcanised vegetable
fibre or like material, cut out, punched or stamped as aforesaid. When I use
leather, I first treat it in such manner as to make it thoroughly waterproof.
I apply the studs before mentioned, to the whole or any portion of the under
exterior surface of the boot or shoe; and, resting on these projecting studs, the sole
of the boot or shoe will thereby be prevented from coming in contact with the
damp and mud, whilst the waterproof nature of the material employed for the studs
will prevent the wet from being soaked up or drawn upwards to the discomfort of
the wearer.
The hereinbefore mentioned studs I also provide each with a central pin or rivet
which may or may not be provided with a screwed thread, by which central pins
or rivets the said studs are attached to that part of the boot or shoe to which they
are applied. In some cases I may dispense with the central pins or rivets and
attach the studs by some suitable cement: or, I may use such cement in addition
to the said central pins or rivets.

page_text: I WILLIAM GUEST of 21, Clifton Road, New Cross, London, S.E., in the County
of Kent, Carpenter do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "NEW
OR IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING FROM RAPID WEAR, THE EXTERIOR, UNDER
SURFACES OF BOOTS AND SHOES," and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is chiefly the protection of the exterior under
surfaces of boots and shoes, such as the soles and heels, from rapid wear. My
invention at the same time contributes to the elasticity of the tread of the foot
of the wearer, and preserves the entire boot or shoe in a great measure from the
injurious action of wet or moisture; whilst also maintaining the warmth of
the foot.
My invention consists in providing separate pieces, of leather, by preference, for
attachment to the soles or heels of boots and shoes. The attachment being effected
in the manner hereinafter described. Said attachment pieces, which I shall
hereinafter term "Studs," may be of circular, rectangular, or polygonal shape; as,
I do not confine myself to the particular configuration of same. They may be cut,
stamped, or punched out to the shape or shapes required. When leather is the
material of which said "studs" are composed, I first treat it in such a manner as
to make it thoroughly waterproof. The process described in the Specification of
my invention No 3378 may be used with advantage for that purpose. Said
Studs" are provided with a central pin or rivet, which may or may not, be
provided with a screwed thread,-by means of which they are secured to the part
of the boot or shoe intended to be protected by their adaptation and attachment
thereto.
Instead of using leather,-waterproofed or otherwise, as the material for the
herein before mentioned "Studs," they may be of hard vulcanised caoutchouc, or of
vulcanised vegetable fibre or like material.
In some cases I may dispense with the central pins or rivets and attach the
"Studs" by some suitable cement; or, I may use the said cement in addition to
pins or rivets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what
I claim is
The use of the herein referred to "Studs," of leather, or other material sub-
stantially as herein described, and for the purposes herein set forth.
JAMES STEVENSON,
Agent for Applicant.