Improvements in or relating to Means or Protectors for Preventing the Wearing of Boot and Shoe Uppers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Means or Protectors for Preventing
the Wearing of Boot and Shoe Uppers.
I, ARTHUR HARRISON, of the Victoria Works, Knifesmith Gate, Chesterfield,
in the County of Derby, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the means for preventing the "uppers
of boots and shoes wearing, breaking, or being cut at the seat of the heel, the
sides, or the toes.
Frequently in the heavy class of boots and shoes, such as are used by miners,
navvies, and the like, as well as those worn by children the uppers are very liable
through being constantly rubbed to wear or break at the points named.
Now according to this invention I provide a protector for the upper which may
be made of metal, leather; or other, suitable materiai, in one or more pieces. The
protector may be moulded or pressed into shape, and may or may not be provided
with a lip or projection to pass between the sole and the lasted part of the upper
for aiding in retaining the protector in position; or the protector may consist of
any desired number of tubular studs or rivets with solid heads inserted and
clenched in the upper (with the heads on the outside) at suitable distances apart.
The protector such as herein described may be fixed in position by any suitable
means such as sewing, nailing, rivetting, eyeletting, or by cement; or by two or
more of the said methods combined.
The said protector, as above described, may be arranged to extend any required
distance up or along the upper, and may be employed for protecting any one or
more desired portions thereof.
Dated the Thirteenth day of July 1892.
ARTHUR HAKKISON,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Means or Protectors for Preventing
the Wearing of Boot and Shoe Uppers.
1, ARTHUR HARRISON of the Victoria Works, Knifesmith Gate, Chesterfield
in the County of Derby, Boot and 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 :-
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This invention relates to improvements in the means for preventing the
uppers" of boots and shoes wearing, breaking or being cut at the seat of the
heel, the sides, or the toes.
Frequently in the heavy class of boots and shoes, such as are used by miners,
navvies and the like as well as those worn by children, the uppers are very liable
through being constantly rubbed, to wear or break at the points named.
In the drawings
Fig. 1, is a side elevation and Fig. 2, a back elevation with the protector
applied.
Fig. 3, is an elevation of protector.
In the drawings I have shown the invention applied to a boot of the Derby type,
but I distinctly wish it to be understood that it may be applied to any other class
or make of hoot and shoc

page_text: A is the upper, to the heel of which is applied the protector B, which may, as
shown, be made of metal, butt or other leather alone, or of leather and metal
combined in any suitable or convenient form, such as for instance the leather may
be "wire-quilted," or it may be "slugged" or
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plugs of wire or metal driven into and level, or nearly so, with the surface of the
protector, or when the protector is formed of metal its surface may be plugged with
leather.
The protector may be made in one or more pieces, and moulded into shape, so
that when applied, as shown in the drawings, it forms an outside counter for the
heel of the boot or shoe.
b
The protector B may or may not be provided with a lip or projection to pass
between the sole C and the lasted part of the upper A, or the edge & may be lasted
"with upper A for aiding in retaining the protector B in position. The protector
may when desired consist of any desired number of tubular studs or rivets with
-solid heads inserted and clenched in the upper (with the heads on the outside) at
suitable distances apart in the shape of and over the portion of the upper that is
covered by the protector B.
The protector, such as herein described, may be fixed in position by any suitable
'means such as for instance by sewing, nailing, rivetting, eyeletting, or by cement,
or by two or more of the said methods combined, in the drawings the protector is
shewn sewn to the upper at & and rivetted by tubular rivets D as well.
The said protector, as above described may be arranged to extend any required
-distance up or along the upper, and may be employed for protecting any one or
more desired portions thereof.
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 :-
1. An armature or protection for the uppers of boots and shoes consisting of a
piece or pieces of metal, leather, or metal and leather combined, fixed to the upper
near the sole and heel by the means, substantially as herein described.
2. The armature or protection for the uppers of boots and shoes, consisting of
tubular rivets inserted in the upper, substantially as herein set forth.
Dated the Twenty-eighth day of October 1892.
ARTHUR HARRISON,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.