Improvements in Nonslipping Boot and Shoe Protectors.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1899-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
Improvements in Nonslipping Boot and Shoe Protectors.
JAMES EDWIN WATWOOD, 27, Ann Street, Ipswich, Boot and Shoe Operator,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of an improved nonslipping boot and shoe protector
constructed of iron, steel, brass or other suitable material such protector to be
attached to the boot or shoe by nail or screw.
I construct my invention in the form of a circular stud about ¼ of an inch
in diameter up to 5ths of an inch in diameter.
I make these metal protectors with a hole in the centre through which a screw
or nail passes so as to attach the protector to the boot or shoe, vertically on the
sides of the protector I make grooves, notches, or plain. In some cases I make
the sides flat, in some cases square, but generally round.
On the inner side of the protector I fix short fangs or projections 2 or more.
These protectors may be used for boots and shoes used for golfing, tennis,
cricket, shooting and running or other ordinary purposes.
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Improvements in Nonslipping Boot and Shoe Protectors.
I, JAMES EDWIN WATWOOD, of 27, Ann Street, Ipswich, Boot and Shoe Operator,
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:.
This invention relates to an improved non-slipping boot and shoe protector.
According to the invention I construct the boot protector of a stud of iron,
steel, brass or other suitable material and of suitable shape, such as hemi-
spherical or square or in the form of a disc, the said stud having either a plain
surface or being grooved or notched. A taper or countersunk hole is formed
through the centre of the protector to receive a screw or nail for attaching it
to the boot or shoe, and the inner flat face of the stud, that is to say, the face
which bears against the boot leather is provided with a number, preferably two,
of fangs which are driven into the sole or heel of the boot or shoe.
The protectors are adapted to be applied to boots and shoes worn for golfing,
tennis, cricket, shooting, running or for other ordinary purposes.

page_text: To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hemispherical protector made according to
the invention:
Figure 2 is a plan thereof; and
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation showing the application of the protector to
a portion of the sole or heel of a boot or shoe:
Figures 4 and 5 are an elevation and an underside view respectively of a
grooved protector; and
Figures 6 and 7; 8 and 9 and 10 and 11 are elevations and plans respectively
of other forms of protector made according to the invention:
Figure 12 is an elevation of a further form of protector.
All the figures are drawn to an exaggerated scale.
Referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3 a is the hemispherical stud forming
the boot protector proper; b is the taper (or countersunk) hole which is made
through the centre thereof to receive the nail (or screw) c, and d, d are the fangs
which are formed on the inner flat face of the stud a, the said fangs being driven
into the sole or heel of the boot or shoe, as shewn in Figure 3.
In the construction illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 the hemispherical stud is
formed with grooves e, e upon its surface.
In Figures 6 and 7 I have illustrated a form of protector wherein two oppo-
site sides of the stud or protector proper a are formed with flats f, f.
Figures 8 and 9 shew a form of protector wherein the stud a is made square.
The modification illustrated in Figures 10 and 11 is designed to be applied
to cricket shoes and the like. In this arrangement the stud a is in the form of
a flat disc and it is provided on its bottom face with the usual spikes g, g.
Figure 12 shews a form of protector very similar to that illustrated in
Figures 4 and 5.
It will be understood that the forms of boot protector above described and
illustrated are examples only of protectors made according to the invention as
it will be clear that the shape and configuration of the stud can be varied in
many ways.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A boot and shoe protector constructed of a stud of suitable material, such
as iron, steel or brass, and of hemispherical, square or other suitable shape,
the said stud being either grooved, notched or plain and having fangs upon its
inner face and a central hole for receiving a screw or nail, substantially as, and
for the purpose, herein before described.
2. The improved boot and shoe protectors constructed substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated respectively in Figures 1, 2 and 3; 4 and 5;
6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 and 12 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated thin 12+1
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.