Improvements in or appertaining to Goloshes and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Goloshes and the like.
I, HEINRICH MAURER of Alexanderplatz, Berlin in the Empire of Germany,
Director, 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 has for its object an improved means for stiffening the back
applicable to indiarubber shoes, because the indiarubber shoes or goloshes hitherto
nade have to a greater or lesser extent the drawback that by reason of their softness
they can only be put on with the help of the hands. In order then to impart to
the heel piece of an indiarubber shoe or golosh sufficient rigidity to allow of its
being drawn onto the foot without using the hands, the means hereinbefore
mentioned are employed. These consist essentially in stiffening the indiarubber
heel piece by means of a simple arrangement consisting of a rigid metallic
device which fits on the upper edge of the heel piece in such a way that when the
golosh or overshoe is to be put on, not only one small part, but also the whole of
the back of the heel piece becomes quite rigid by reason of the grip of this curved
or semi-circular-shaped piece of metal. As the pressure of a boot heel entering
the golosh comes in almost a vertical direction, it then bears on the whole rear
part of the golosh, which is held together in the manner hereiubefore described,
and therefore has a continuous rigid curved surface, and thus a stronger power of
resistance is imparted to the heel piece of the golosh against the vertical pressure
of the boot heel.
By this combination of the indiarubber material of the golosh with the metal,
the further advantage is obtained that the boot heel slides more easily over
the rear part of the golosh when covered with a perfectly smooth or polished
curved metal surface. The adhesion of the golosh to the boot heel is not
injured by this, because the upper edge of the heel piece does not assist in the
adhesion, whilst the lower part of the golosh clings in the usual manner firmly to
the boot heel.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a view of this improved metallic heel piece stiffener from above.
Figure 2 the same from below,
Figure 3 the same in side view.
Figure 4 shows an elevation of a golosh with the heel piece stiffener applied.
The arrangement is applied in the following way.
A curved segment shaped or semi-circular metal piece a of grooved, equal or
unequal-sided section is placed over the upper edge of the heel of the golosh b, and
is so firmly attached thereto by bending in the side edges and more particularly the
corners of the said metallic piece or in other suitable manner, that it is impossible
either for the metal covering to fall off, or for the leather boot to be damaged in
any way by it.
The curved piece a, may be lacquered, nickel-plated or the like for the purposes
of ornamentation and made of any suitable material, and of any suitable shape
having equal sides, or the inner or the outer side longer than the other, to suit the
actual requirements in each case.

page_text: 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-
A means for stiffening the heel piece, more particularly of indiarubber over-
shoes or goloshes, consisting of a curved segment shaped, or semi-circular metal
piece (a) of grooved equal-sided, or unequal-sided section, which is fitted on the
upper edge of the heel part of the shoe (b) and attached to the same by the
corners or edges of the sides being bent down, or in any other suitable manner,
so that the pressure of a boot heel entering the overshoe or golosh (b) is opposed
by a resistance equally distributed over a large surface by the continuously rigid
heel piece of the golosh; substantially as herein before described and shown on the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of August 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.