Improvements in Inside Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: being date of rst Foreign Application (in
United States of A vorice),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 21st Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 21st Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct.,
1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Inside Shoes.
I, JOHN HENRY Foss, residing at No. 19 Dayton Avenue, in Passaic, in the
County of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My improved shoe is adapted to be used inside of larger boots or shoes of
ordinary construction as an extra protection in cases where the feet are to be
exposed to very great cold with little exercise, as horse car drivers and lumbermen.
The shoe gives a double covering for the toes with unusual facility for yielding to
match different shapes of feet and to accommodate the motions. In its most
complete form I provide a loose flap, which may be arranged to lie under or over
the toes as the severity of the weather may require. When this flap is raised it
makes a triple extra protection for the toes of the wearer,--two thicknesses of the
shoe proper, and one thickness of the flap.
I make this shoe of thin material, having high non-conducting properties,
preferably gut, limbered and perforated.
The accompanying drawings form a part of this Specification and represent what
I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view.
Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section, and
Fig. 3 a transverse section.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where
they appear.
A is an inner sole and B an outer sole, each very thin but of an ordinary form.
D', D, are the two parts of the "upper," joined together by a seam extending up
and down at the heel. The peculiarities in the construction are at the front. The
two portions D', D³, are separate and distinct, and lie one over the other at the toe.
Except at the rear these parts D', D2, are not joined together. I will designate the
overlapping portion of each part as D³. Each is joined to the sole around the whole
front of the shoe.
E is a loose flap attached to the sole within the shoe, so arranged that it may lie
either on the surface of the in-sole with the toes over it, or may lie along the under
side of the over-lapped part D³, with the toes under it. Its length is sufficient to
reach on the instep, covering the foot farther than the parts D¹, D³.
My shoe may be used either inside or outside of the stocking, the choice
depending somewhat on the relation of the size to the foot. In either position it
adds but little to the thickness of the foot-covering, but contributes greatly to the
warmth. If the weather is very severe, the flap E is raised and the foot inserted
under it. If the weather is more moderate, the flap E is depressed, and laid on the

page_text: in-sole, and the foot placed over it.
Under either condition there is the double
covering of the toes due to the overlapping of the parts D', D2, over the whole
surface D³.
The preferable material for all the parts of my shoe is gut or bladder, limbered
by rolling or suitable mechanical treatment. The front portion of the shoe,
especially where the material is double, should be perforated, as indicated by d, to
allow the escape of perspiration. I propose to join the parts to the sole by cement,
but owing to the peculiar nature of the material 1 prefer with all cements with
which I have experimented, to employ also at each junction, a line of stitching.
The shoe may serve with some success as an ordinary slipper for in-door use.
Modifications may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing
the advantages of the invention. I can extend or restrict the parts so that the
over-lap D will be wider or narrower. Parts of the invention may be used without
the whole. I can omit the flap E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1st. In a shoe of thin material adapted for use inside of an ordinary shoe or boot,
the two parts of the upper held separate and distinct at the front and attached
each independently to the sole, with a portion at the toe overlapped, as herein
specified.
2nd. An inside shoe of gut, flexed and perforated and formed with the two sides
of the upper extended independently to the front and overlapping each other, as
herein specified.
Darcie DEAD BODE
JOHN HENRY FOSS.
Witnesses:
H. A. JOHNSTONE.
M. F. BOYLE.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.