Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., .1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted. 9th Nov., 1888
GEORGE RANDALL of 300 Kennington Park Road in the County of Surrey,
Boot Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
The object of my invention is to save labor, as well to combine lightness of
construction with absolute security, in fixing heel plates to boots and shoes.
According to my invention, I mould or cast the heel plate which is of segmental
form, with one or more prongs projecting from the inner edge which may or may
not be provided with downwardly turned tangs or points, which, in applying the
heel plate to the heel, are driven into, and become embedded in, the top lift, and
serve to hold said heel plate firmly in position, after which the top piece is applied
and fixed by nails, screws, or rivets, as usual.
The heel plate may be further secured by one or more metal plugs or screws
inserted in a countersunk hole or holes made in said plate.
Datal thin and day of Conv 1000
G. RANDALL.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London]
Patent Agents.

page_text: I, GEORGE RANDALL, of 300, Kennington Park Road, in the County of Surrey,
Boot Maker, 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 that class of 'heel plates for boots and shoes which consist
of metal plates ordinarily of segmental form having one or more prongs or
projections which are received and held between the thicknesses of the leather;
and the object of my invention is to facilitate the attachment of such plates to the
boot or shoe and to avoid liability of their becoming detached or working loose.
1 will describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing forming
part of this specification, in which figure I represents a part sectional elevation of a
boot heel with the heel plate applied, the section being taken on line 1-1 figure 2
which is an underside plan of the heel plate embedded in the top lift before the top
piece or filling is fixed thereon by nails, screws, or rivets, as in figure 3 which is an
underside plan of the finished heel. Figure 4 is a plan, and figure 5 a cross-section,
of the heel plate alone. Figure 6 is a plan of a heel plate having a single prong or
projection provided with tangs or points. The same letters of reference serve for
like parts in all the figures.
According to my invention, the heel plate A is moulded or cast with one or more
prongs a a projecting from its inner edge, as shewn, having tangs or points bb
which, in applying the heel plate to the heel, are driven into the top lift of the heel
so as to hold it firmly in position (as in figure 2) B is the top piece of leather which
covers the said prong or prongs and is secured by nails, screws, or rivets, in the
usual manner, as shewn in figure 3. One or more metal plugs or screws c may be
inserted in a countersunk hole or holes in the heel plate B to assist in securing the
same to the heel. The tangs or points bb may either be at the extremities of the
prongs or projections a a or at any intermediate point of their length, as shewn at
figures 5 and 6.
It is obvious that the plate will be held more firmly by the tangs or points bb
being driven into the top lift, than it would be were the points or tangs turned in the
opposite direction and driven into the top piece. It will moreover remain attached
to the boot even after the top piece is entirely worn away.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
A heel plate for boots and shoes of the kind described provided with one or more
prongs or projections having downwardly turned points or tangs adapted to be driven
into the top lift of the heel, as specified.