Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1900
We, MERTON DAWBARN and MELVERN DAWBARN, both of 56 and 57,
Bermondsey Street, London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows: –
This invention has reference to improvements relating to boot laces and my
invention consists in attaching a label to a bootlace in the course of manufacture
and substantially as hereinafter described the said label-having suitable matter
printed thereon-forming a guarantee from the manufacturer to the purchaser of
the quality or brand of boot lace to which said label is attached.
It is well known that porpoise hide laces command a high price and also that
many close imitations as to appearance have been put on the market at a
cheaper rate, the result being that inferior laces are frequently sold as genuine
porpoise hide laces, and the object of my invention is to prevent or minimise
such mistakes or frauds and to enable the public readily to distinguish the
genuine from the imitations.
In carrying our invention into practice we employ a label bearing the guarantee
or other suitable matter. Said label is preferably formed of oval shape with a
comparatively narrow and pointed tongue or extension which tongue or exten-
sion we fix to the boot lace by wire of which the usual spirally wound wire tag
is made so that said wire not only forms the "tag" as hitherto but also forms
the means whereby the label is attached to the lace.
"
The said wire preferably passes through the tongue and said label is made of
strong paper or other material not easily torn but adapted to be torn off when
the lace is to be used and a further advantage appertaining to my invention is
that should a purchaser desire say to make a complaint with reference to the
lace after he has used it then the small tongue or extension will indicate that the
lace referred to is one of those which bore the guarantee label.
If desired the label may be formed without the tongue, when in which event
the wire forming the spiral tag is passed through said label.

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invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to improvements relating to boot laces and my
invention consists in attaching a label to a boot lace in the course of manufacture
and substantially as hereinafter described the said label-having suitable matter
printed thereon-forming a guarantee from the manufacturer to the purchaser of
the quality or brand of boot lace to which said label is attached.
It is well known that porpoise hide laces command a high price and also that
many close imitations as to appearance have been put on the market at a cheaper
rate, the result being that inferior laces are frequently sold as genuine porpoise
hide laces, and the object of our invention is to prevent or minimise such mistake
or frauds and to enable the public readily to distinguish the genuine from the
imitations.
"
In the drawing is shown a boot lace illustrating our invention applied thereto.
In carrying our invention into practice we employ a label a bearing the
guarantee or other suitable matter. Said label a is preferably formed of oval
shape with a comparatively narrow and pointed tongue or extension b which
tongue or extension we fix to the boot lace by wire c of which the usual spirally
wound wire
"tag" is made so that said wire not only forms the " tag 88
hitherto but also forms the means whereby the label is attached to the lace c.
The said wire c preferably passes through the tongue as at d and said label a
is made of strong paper or other material not easily torn but adapted to be torn
off when the lace is to be used, and a further advantage appertaining to my
invention is that should a purchaser desire say to make a complaint with
reference to the lace after he has used it then the small tongue or extension will
indicate that the lace referred to is one of those which bore guarantee label.
If desired the label may be formed without the tongue when in which event
the wire forming the spiral tag is passed through said label.
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:-
A boot lace having a label attached to it by means of its wire tag in the
manner and for the purposes substantially as described and set forth.
Tand thin 1742 1
1000
MERTON DAWBARN.
MELVERN DAWBARN.
By their Agents, Horn, Son & Co.,
151, Strand (next to Somerset House) London.