Improvements in Boots or Shoes, more especially intended for Cycling, or like purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots or Shoes, more especially intended for
Cycling, or like purposes.
I, HARRY MANFIELD, of the Firm of Manfield & Sons, of Monk's Park, North-
ampton, in the County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to boots or shoes more especially intended for cycling but
applicable also for other purposes, and has for its object to provide boots or shoes,
the soles of which possess great flexibility and give a very efficient bite, or grip,
upon the pedals of cycles. According to my invention I apply to the sole, bars, or
strips, of india rubber, or equivalent resilient substance, the said bars, or strips,
extending lengthwise of the sole from, or near, the waist, to, or near, the toe.
I use any suitable number of these bars, or strips, but usually three will be suitable.
They may project any suitable distance beyond the level of the sole but usually a
projection of about one-eighth of an inch will be sufficient. They are conveniently
secured by being provided with a flange, which preferably is common to all the
bars, or strips, the sole, or outer layer, or layers, of the sole, being provided with
openings through which the bars, or strips, extend, the flange being situated
inside the sole, or the outer layer, or layers, thereof, and securing the bars, or strips,
firmly in place.
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JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Boots or Shoes, more especially intended for
Cycling, or like purposes.
I, HARRY MANFIELD, of the Firm of Manfield and Sons, of Monk's Park, North-
ampton, in the County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
:-
My invention relates to boots or shoes, more especially intended for cycling, but
applicable also for other purposes, and has for its object to provide boots or shoes,
the soles of which possess great flexibility and give a very efficient bite, or grip,
upon the pedals of cycles. According to my invention I apply to the soles of the
boots, or shoes, bars, or strips, of india rubber, or equivalent resilient substance, the

page_text: said bars, or strips, extending lengthwise of the sole, from, or from near to,
the waist, and to, or near to, the toe. I use any suitable number of these bars, or
strips, but usually three will be suitable. They may project any suitable distance
beyond the level of the sole, but usually a projection of about one eighth of an inch
will be sufficient.
They are conveniently applied as illustrated in the accompanying drawing which
shews a plan of underside in Figure 1 and a transverse section in Figure 2 of part of
a sole with bars, or strips, a, applied thereto according to my invention. The said bars,
or strips, a, are shewn as being formed on a piece A constituting a flange common
to all the bars, or strips, the sole or outer layer, or layers, of the sole B being pro-
vided with longitudinal openings 6 through which the bars, or strips, a, extend and
project, the flange A being situated inside the sole, or the outer layer, or layers
thereof, and securing the bars, or strips a firmly in place.
b
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:
1. In boots or shoes, the combination with the soles, of bars, or strips, of india
rubber, or equivalent resilient substance, extending lengthwise of the sole, from the
waist, or from near the waist, to, or near to, the toe, substantially as hereinbefore
explained.
2. In boots or shoes, a sole slotted longitudinally, and a piece of india rubber,
or equivalent resilient substance, provided with bars, or strips, of the same materia!,
which pass through, and project from, the longitudinal slots in the sole, substan-
tially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 5th day of November 1897.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.