Improvements in Foot-ball Boots.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot-ball Boots.
I, JOHN JOHNSON of Hibernia Shoe Works, Northall Street, Kettering in the
County of Northampton, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the force of a kick, or
a blow from the foot, received during football play, may be reduced, and thus the
risk of cutting or abrading the skin of players obviated.
The invention consists in applying to the boot, between the upper and the sole, a
pad which is so arranged as to project some distance beyond the sole, so that the
impact will fall on the pad, and not on the edge of the sole.
In carrying out my invention, I take a welt of, say, at least double the ordinary
width, and I fold it round a core of rubber or other suitable material, and secure
the edges in the usual way to the upper and insole, or between the upper and the
sole, in such a manner that the pad thus formed shall project some distance beyond
the sole and the upper, say, a quarter of an inch or more.
In this way the pad will come first into contact with the body of the player, the
impact be lessened, and the cutting or abrasion of the skin obviated.
It will be obvious that the projecting pad, which is the essential feature of the
invention, may be otherwise produced, and I therefore do not confine myself to the
arrangement described.
Dated this 7th day of November 1893.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot-ball Boots.
I, JOHN JOHNSON of Hibernia Shoe Works Kettering in the County of
Northampton Shoe Manufacturer 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 invention relates to improvements in the construction of boots and more
especially to boots employed in the game of football and my invention has for its
object to enable the wearer to kick a ball with more force and better aim; also to
lessen the risk of injury to any person he might accidentally kick in the course of
the game.
Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings shows side view of boot with my
invention, and Figure 2 a section of same.
After boots are lasted but before outer soles are attached I place a runner or
welt (marked A. on drawings Figure 2) doubled over a core (marked B. on
drawings) of rubber, leather or other suitable material so as to form a round rim
placed in such a way that when the outer sole (marked C. on drawings) is put on,
this rim will project beyond edge of sole. The outer sole is then attached in the
ordinary way the sewing or other fastenings of the outer sole passing through and
fixing the edges of the runner.

page_text: This rim does not go completely round the boot but only round the forepart
(marked D on drawings Figure 1) or a portion of the forepart of the boot as
desired.
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 :-
Constructing boots with a round rim projecting beyond edge of sole as described
and shown in accompanying drawings.
JOHN JOHNSON.