IM- PROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
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Office," Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES."- A communication from abroad
by Johann Wolfgan Fisher, of Albany, New York, United States
of America.
Sealed the 9th May 1871, and dated the 24th November 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Haseltino at
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the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, or
the 24th November 1870.
I, GEORGE HASELTINE, of the “International Patent Office," South-
ampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES,” a communication, to be
as follows:
The nature of my Invention consists in the construction of a boot or
shoe in such a manner that it can be used as a lace shoes or as a gaiter or
button shoe at the option of the wearer.
The front part of my improved shoe is made in the usual manner, or
other way desired. The upper of the said shoe is provided with.
in any

page_text: a flap which extends as high up on the leg as may be desired, covering
the front part of the leg. Along the rear edges of the flap are a series
of button holes which will thus come along the sides of the leg.
The back or heel part is also made to extend a suitable height upward.
to correspond with the front flap and covers the rear part of the leg.
Along the front edges of the back are flaps which reach around the
front of the leg, and have holes in their front edges for lacing. These
flaps are cut with and form part of the back.
When it is desired to wear the shoe as a lace shoe the flap is laid close
to and around the front of the leg, and the flaps are folded on the out-
side around the same and laced up. To wear the shoe as a button boot
or shoe I fold the back flaps around the front of the leg, and the flap on
the outside around the same when the flap may be secured on the buttons
placed along the sides of the leg at or near the point where the flaps.
project from the back.
Buttons may be placed on the front flap and button holes made in
the edges of the flaps, so that the shoe may be buttoned in front as
well as on the sides. When this shoe is used as a button shoe it may,
especially in the case of a gentleman's shoe, be fastened by a hook at the
upper edges, both sides of the shoe being open.
In the modification whereby this Invention is applied to slippers, the
upper is provided with the flap, which in this case only extends far
enough up to cover the front of the ankle; the back is of corresponding
height with the back flaps. In this manner the slipper may be worn as
a lace shoe or as a button shoe by lacing or buttoning across the front.
When worn as a slipper the back flaps are turned under the upper
flaps.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Haseltine in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd May 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton Build-
ings, London; send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of November, in

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the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the
thirty-fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said George Haseltine, Her special
licence, that I, the said George Haseltine, my exccutors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Haseltine, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES," a communication to me from abroad by Johann
Wolfgan Fisher, of Albany, New York, United States of America, upon
the condition (amongst others). that I, the said George Haseltine, mỹ.
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
forming a part of this Specification.
The nature of my Invention consists in the construction of a boot or
shoe in such a manner that it can be used as a lace shoe or as a gaiter or
button shoe at the option of the wearer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

page_text: provided with a flap B, which extends as high up on the leg as may be
desired, covering the front part of the leg. Along the rear edges of the
flap B I place a series of button holes a which will thus come along
the sides of the leg. The back or heel part C is also made to extend
a suitable height upward to correspond with the front flap B, and covers
the rear part of the leg. Along the front edges of the back C are flaps
D, which reach around the front of the leg and have holes in their
front edges for lacing. These flaps D are cut with and form part of the
back C.
When it is desired to
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wear the shoe as a lace shoe, the flap B. is laid
close to and around the front of the leg, and the flaps D folded on the
outside around the same and laced up. To wear the shoe as a button
boot or shoe I fold the back flaps D around the front of the leg,.
and the flap B on the outside around the same, when the flap B may
be secured on the buttons b, placed along the sides of the leg, at or near
the point where the flaps D project from the back C.
Buttons may be placed on the front flap B and button holes made in
the edges of the flaps D, so that the shoe may be buttoned in front as
well as on the sides. When this shoe is used as a button shoe it may,
especially in the case of a gentleman's shoe be fastened by a hook at the
upper edges, both sides of the shoe being open. I do not confine myself
to the particular form or shape of the flaps B and D, as they may be cut
to suit the wearer in any desired manner.
In Figure 4 I have represented a modification whereby this Invention
is applied to slippers; A is the upper provided with the flap B, which
in this case only extends far enough up to cover the front of the ankle;
C is the back of corresponding height with flaps D. In this manner
the slipper may be worn as a lace shoe or as a button shoe by lacing or
buttoning across the front. When worn as a slipper the flaps D are
turned under the flap B.
Figure 5 represents a boot opened at the side and buttoned, the object
being both to support the ankle and add to the case and facility of
putting the boot on. It also accommodates itself to any sized leg above
the top button; Figure 6 represents a half boot or high shoe. Thẻ
method of cutting the hind quarter and vamp is the same as that above-
described.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to
me aby my foreign correspondent, I claim, a shoe made with the

page_text: extended flaps B, D, formed substantially in the manner shown, so that
the shoe may be converted at pleasure into a buttoned or laced gaiter
or shoe.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-
one.
Witness,
E. C. JACKSON.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)