Improvements in Boot Protectors.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1893-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boot Protectors.
I, FREDRICK DAVEY of 97, Priory Street Colchester in the County of Essex,
Boot and Shoe Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in boot protectors, and whilst in accordance
therewith such protectors may be made of metal, leather, or other suitable material
or substance, and 'may readily be attached to any part desired of the heel or sole of
the boot by means of pins or pegs either cast with or upon the protector or other-
wise suitably screwed or fixed thereto. I further so construct such protectors, in a
particular manner to be described hereafter, that they shall be more readily adapted
to the boot than the protectors of ordinary construction; and when affixed to the
boot they shall afford a sufficient wearing surface without the inconvenience and
clumsiness experienced with the protectors hitherto in use.
Heretofore when a portion of the heel of a boot has become slightly woru and a
protector has been affixed to prevent further wear, the protector from its shape and
general construction forms a projection from the plane of the sole or heel surface
which is a frequent cause of danger and annoyance to the wearer. From its
slippery nature it causes many falls and a minor evil attendant upon same is its
liability to be kicked off when walking upon an uneven surface.
In accordance with this invention I construct the protectors of plates of metal,
or strips of leather or other substance or material suitable for the
which
purpose
may be of any desired size thickness and shape to accommodate themselves to various
parts of the sole or heel of the boot and to any size boot,-men's, women's, or
children's.
These plates or strips are formed upon the under sides with pins or pegs for
attachment to the boot, and in order that they may adapt themselves conveniently
and comfortably to the part of the sole or heel to which they are attached and
further so as to provide an even surface across the sole or heel of the boot and the
protector when attached thereto I form the protector with its outside edge of any
desired thickness and taper each of its sides from the outside edge to the inside
edge.
Hence it is if a part of the sole or heel be slightly worn a protector plate or
strip being affixed thereupon will neatly and comfortably fill the worn away part
without forming any obstructive, unsightly, and inconvenient projection.
Dated this 16th day of February 1893.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
.COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boot Protectors.
I, FREDRICK DAVEY of 97, Priory Street, Colchester in the. County of Essex,
Boot and Shoe 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in boot protectors, and whilst in accordance
therewith such protectors may be made of metal, leather, or other suitable material
or substance, and may readily be attached to any part desired of the heel or sole of

page_text: the boot by means of pins or pegs either cast with or upon the protector, or other-
wise suitably screwed or fixed thereto, I further so construct such protectors in the
particular manner described hereinafter that they shall be more readily adapted to
the boot than the protectors of ordinary construction, and when affixed to the boot
they shall afford a sufficient wearing surface without the inconvenience and
clumsiness experienced with the protectors hitherto in use.
Heretofore when a portion of the heel or sole of a boot has become slightly worn
and a protector has been affixed to prevent further wear, the protector from its
shape and general construction forms projection from the plane of the sole or
heel surface which is a frequent cause of danger and annoyance to the wearer.
From its slippery nature it causes many falls and a minor evil attendant upon same
is its liability to be kicked off when walking upon an uneven surface.
Now, in accordance with this invention I construct the protectors of plates of
metal, or strips of leather or other suitable substance or material suitable for the
purpose which may be of any desired size, thickness, and shape, to accommodate
themselves to various parts of the sole or heel of the boot, and to any size of
boot men's, women's, or children's.
These plates or strips are formed upon their under sides with pins or pegs for
attachment to the boot, and in order that they may adapt themselves conveniently
and comfortably to the part of the sole or heel to which they are attached, and
further so as to provide an even surface across the sole or heel of the boot and the
protector when attached thereto I form the protector with its outside edge of any
desired thickness, and taper each of its sides from the outside edge to the inside
edge.
Hence if a part of the sole or heel be slightly worn a protector plate or strip
being affixed thereupon will neatly and comfortably fill the worn away part without
forming any obstructive, unsightly, and inconvenient, projection.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and be readily
carried into effect I have appended hereto a sheet of drawings, illustrative of the
same.
Figure 1 shews a heel plate constructed in accordance with this invention,
Figure 2 a toe piece, and Figure 3 sole pieces.
Figures 4, 5, and 6, are respectively sections through the pieces shewn in
Figures 1, 2, and 3, and in which the taper of the sides is more particularly
observable.
The outer edge a of the protector is formed as aforesaid of any desired thickness.
The upper and lower sides b and c respectively are formed taper towards the inner
edge d and the lower side c carries the affixing pins or pegs e.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Boot protectors of the construction hereinbefore described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated the 15th day of Jul 1893
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.