Fasteners for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1884

page_text: Fasteners for Boots and Shoes.
I, WILLIAM BEVERLEY, of 83 Wales Street, in the City and County of Aberdeen,
North Britain, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLE AND HEEL PROTECTORS, AND IN LACES AND FASTENERS
FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, to be as follows:-
This Invention, which relates to Improvements in sole and heel protectors and in
laces and fasteners for boots and shoes, has for its object in the first place to provide
the bearing surface of the leather soles and heels of boots and shoes, with additional
or clamp soles and heels composed of India rubber, gutta percha, or other equivalent
material, either alone, or in combination with metal, in order to protect and preserve
the said leather soles, and heels, from wearing, and in the second place to facilitate
the lacing of such boots or shoes.
In constructing a sole protector according to this Invention, the said protector is
composed practically of three parts, these parts being united by a thin or reduced
portion of the material of which they are composed. These three parts consist of
that which is employed for protecting. the toe of the boot, and the two further
parts for protecting the two sides of the sole. The toe portion is rounded off at
the front part in order to prevent it from catching when being walked upon, or
when being otherwise employed. The outer edges of the sole protector are square,
while the inner edges between which considerable space is left, are bevilled, so as
to prevent to a great extent soil or snow or other matters adhering to the leather
sole exposed between. The sole protectors are secured to the leather soles of boots
and shoes by means of brass or iron nails, the heads of which fit into recesses
formed in the said protectors, in such a manner as to present a level surface at the
outer or bearing surface. Toe protectors are constructed independently of the side
sole portions, so that upon the premature wearing out of one such toe portion, a
further unworn one may be readily substituted. These toe protectors may be
provided with a metal tip, which, with the material of the protector is secured to
the leather sole of the boot by means of metal nails passing through the said metal
tip, their heads passing in flush with the bearing surface thereof.
The heel protectors constructed according to this Invention consist of a metal
framework filled with India rubber, gutta percha, or other equivalent material.—

page_text: This framework may consist of one piece shaped to the contour of the heel or it
may consist of two parts one of circular form secured at its centre to the heel of
the boot or shoe, the second part being at the front and protecting the forward
Bquare corners of the heel.-With this latter construction of heel protector, the
circular frame may be turned round upon its axis, in order to present a fresh
unworn part at the rear of the heel, for a part that may have become worn.
other portions of the frames are secured to the heels of boots by screws or in other
convenient manner.
The
In carrying the second part of this Invention into practice there are provided
metal discs secured at the ends of short metal tubes. Upon these tubes there are
provided flat metal rings at the back of which are cemented flat rings of India
rubber or other equivalent material. These two rings are capable of moving longi-
tudinally upon the short metal tubes, and the edges of the metal discs and those of
the metal rings are bevilled inwards towards their centre. To secure the improved
fasteners to boots or shoes the short metal tubes are passed through and secured in
the uppers thereof in the ordinary manner, that is to say, by being turned over on
to the leather. The laces used in connection with the fasteners hereinbefore
described may be of the ordinary kind or they may be composed of thin wires
twisted into a strand or cord, the ends under any form preferably being provided
with beads, metal balls, or tassels or their equivalent. It will be seen that upon a
lace being drawn into a fastener constructed as hereinbefore described, that such
lace is held in position therein, by means of the elasticity of the ring of India
rubber or other material and that no tying of the lace is necessary.
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON, 2
Petitioner's Agents,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.

page_text: Improvements in Sole and Heel Protectors and in Laces and
Fasteners for Boots and Shoes.
I, WILLIAM BEVERLEY of 83 Wales Street in the City and County of Aberdeen,
North Britain, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES TO BE ATTACHED TO SOLES AND HEELS OF BOOTS
AND SHOES AND LACES OR FASTENERS FOR SAME and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
My Invention, which relates to improvements in sole and heel protectors and in
laces and fasteners for boots and shoes, has for its object in the first place to
provide the bearing surface of the leather soles and heels of boots and shoes, with
additional or clamp soles and heels composed of India-rubber, gutta percha, or
other equivalent material, either alone, or in combination with metal, in order to
protect and preserve the said leather soles, and heels, from wearing, and in the
second place to facilitate the lacing of such boots or shoes.
In constructing a sole protector according to my Invention, the said protector is
composed practically of three parts, these parts being united by a thin or reduced
portion of the material of which they are composed. These three parts consist of
that which is employed for protecting the toe of the boot, and the two further parts
for protecting the two sides of the sole. The toe portion is rounded off at the
front part in order to prevent it from catching when being walked upon, or when
being otherwise employed. The outer edges of the sole protector are square, while
the inner edges between which a space is left, are bevilled, so as to prevent, to a
great extent, soil or snow or other matters adhering to the leather sole exposed
between the said inner edges. The sole protectors are secured to the leather soles
of boots and shoes by means of brass or iron nails, the heads of which fit into
recesses formed in the said protectors, in such a manner as to present a level
surface at the outer or bearing surface. Toe protectors are constructed indepen-
dently of the side sole portions, so that upon the premature wearing out of one
such toe portion, a further unworn one may be readily substituted. These toe
protectors may be provided with a metal tip, which, with the material of the
protector, is secured to the leather sole of the boot by means of metal nails passing
through the said metal tip, their heads passing in flush with the bearing surface
thereof.
The heel protectors constructed according to this invention consist of a metal
frame-work whose spaces are filled with India-rubber, gutta percha, or other
equivalent material. This frame-work may consist of one piece shaped to the
contour of the heel or it may consist of two parts one of circular form secured at
its centre to the heel of the boot or shoe, the second part being at the front and
protecting the forward square corners of the heel. With this latter construction of
heel protector, the circular frame may be turned round upon its axis, in order to
present a fresh unworn part at the rear of the heel, for a part that may have
become worn. The other portions of the frames are secured to the heels of boots
by screws or in other convenient manner.

page_text: In carrying the second part of my Invention into practice I provide metal discs
secured at the ends of short metal tubes. Upon these tubes there are provided
flat metal rings at the back of which are cemented flat rings of India-rubber or
other equivalent material. These two rings are capable of moving longitudinally
upon the short metal tubes, and the edges of the metal discs and those of the metal
rings are bevilled inwards towards their centre. To secure the improved fastenters
to boots or shoes the short metal tubes are passed through and secured in the
uppers thereof in the ordinary manner, that is to say, by being turned over on to
the leather. The laces used in connection with the fasteners hereinbefore described
may be of the ordinary kind or they may be composed of thin wires twisted into a
strand or cord, the ends under any form preferably being provided with beads,
metal balls, or tassels or their equivalent. When a lace is drawn into a fastener
constructed as herein before described, such lace is held in position therein, by
ineans of the elasticity of the ring of India-rubber or other material and therefore
no tying of the lace is necessary.
In order that my said Invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1, is a plan of the underside of a sole protector as constructed in
accordance with my said improvements.
Figure 2, is a transverse section of the same.
Figure 3, is a plan of the underside of a toe protector as constructed in accordance
with my said improvements.
Figure 4, is a plan of the underside of one form of heel protector constructed
according to my said improvements.
Figures 5, and 6, are similar views of further forms of the same.
Figure 7, is a section through a heel with one of my improved heel protectors
attached thereto.
Figure 8, is a plan, Figure 9 a side elevation and Figure 10, a transverse section,
all drawn to an enlarged scale, of a boot and shoe lace securing attachment con-
structed in accordance with the second part of my said improvements.
Figure 11, is a view of a boot or shoe lace as employed under my said
improvements.
Figure 12, is an elevation of a portion of a boot or shoe with my improved lace
securing attachments secured thereto.
In constructing a sole protector according to my present improvements and as
represented at Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings, I form the said protector
practically of the three parts a, b, and c, these parts being united by the thin or
reduced portion d, (Figure 1) of the material of which they are composed. The
toe-protecting part a, is rounded off as represented at e, in order to prevent it from
catching when being walked upon, or when being otherwise employed. The outer
edges of each of the parts b, and c, that is to say, the sole-protecting parts are
square, while the inner edges thereof, between which space is left, are bevilled as
indicated more particularly at Figure 2, so as to prevent, to a great extent, soil or
snow or other matters adhering to the leather sole exposed between. The parts b,
and c, of the sole protectors in place of having spaces left between them as shewn,
may be joined together by thin layers of India-rubber or other material of which
the protectors are made. The bereinlast described sole protectors are secured to
the leather soles of boots and shoes by means of brass or iron nails f, the heads of
which fit into the recesses g, in such a manner as to present a level surface at the
outer or bearing surface as represented more particularly at Figure 2. The toe-
protecting portions a, are constructed independently of the side sole portions b,
and c, so that upon the premature wearing out of one such toe portion, a new
unworn one may be readily substituted. In like manner either of the sole-
protecting portions b, and c, when worn may be replaced by an unworn one.
toe protectors a, may be provided with a metal tip, such as that represented at h,
Figure 3, which tip, with the material of the protector itself, is secured to the boot
The

page_text: or shoe by means of the metal nails i, which pass through the said metal tip h,
their heads passing in flush with the bearing surface thereof. The said tip h, is or
may be further secured by being cemented to the India-rubber or equivalent
protector a, which is secured by nails in the recesses g, in the manner hereinbefore
described.
The heel protectors constructed according to my present Invention, consist of a
metal frame-work filled with India-rubber, gutta percha or other equivalent
material. This metal frame-work may consist of one piece as represented at c,
Figures 5 and 6 of the annexed drawings, shaped to the contour of the heel and
secured thereto by screws or their equivalents passing through the holes y; or, as
shewn at Figures 4 and 7, it may consist of the two parts k, and l, the part k, of
which is of circular form and secured by a screw m, (Figure 7) at its centre, to the
heel n, of the boot or shoe and the part 1, of which is secured by screws or their
equivalents passing through the countersunk holes o, at the front, and protects the
forward square corners of the heel n. With this latter construction (Figures 4
and 7) of the heel protector, the circular frame k, and its contained India-rubber or
its equivalent p, when the screw m, (Figure 7) is loosened, are turned round about
the said screw, in order to substitute a fresh unworn part at the rear of the beel
for a part that may have become worn. The edges of the circular frame k, may,
if desired and as shewn at Figure 7, be bevilled and the parts 1, may be corre-
spondingly bevilled to admit the said edges between the parts l, and the heel n.
In carrying out the second part of my said improvements, I secure the metal
discs p¹, (Figures 8, 9 and 10) to the ends of short metal tubes q. Upon these
tubes q, I arrange the flat metal rings r, to the back of which are cemented the
rings or, washers 8, of India-rubber or other equivalent elastic. material. These
two rings r, and 8, so united, are capable of moving longitudinally upon the metal
tubes and the edges of the discs p₁, and of the metal rings r, are bevilled as
shewn at Figures 9 and 10. To secure these improved lace fasteners to boots or
shoes, the metal tubes q, are passed through the uppers, a portion of which is
represented at t, Figures 9 and 10, and are secured therein in the ordinary manner,
that is to say, by being turned over on to the inner or underside of the leather as
shewn at Figure 10. The laces used in connection with the improved fasteners
hereinlast described may be of the ordinary kind, or they may, as shewn at u,
Figures 11 and 12, be composed of thin wires twisted into a strand or cord, the
ends under any form being preferably provided with beads v, or metal balls, tassels
or their equivalents which may be secured in the manner indicated at Figure 11,
that is to say, by the doubling over of the said lace inside the bead or its
equivalent.
As represented at Figure 12, a boot or shoe may be provided with the ordinary
hooks w, and a pair of the improved fasteners, and it will be seen that upon the
lace u, being drawn in between the discs or rings of the said fasteners, such lace is
held in position therein, by virtue of the elasticity of the India-rubber or
equivalent rings or washers 8, and that no tying of such boot or shoe lace is
rendered necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. Boot and shoe-sole protectors composed of India-rubber or equivalent
material of practically three parts a, b, and c, united together by a thin piece d, of
the same material so that new unworn parts may be readily substituted for old
worn parts thereof, all substantially as and secured in the manner hereinbefore set
forth with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings.
Second. Protectors for the toe or forward portions of the soles of boots and
shoes, constructed partly of iron or its equivalent and partly of India-rubber or
its equivalent all substantially as herein before set forth with reference to Figure 3
of the annexed drawings.

page_text: Third. Protectors for the heels of boots and shoes consisting of a metal frame-
work shaped to the contour of the heels and filled with India-rubber, gutta-percha
or their equivalents all substantially as hereinbefore set forth with reference to:
Figures 5 and 6 of the annexed drawings.
Fourth. Protectors for the heels of boots and shoes consisting of two parts of
metal frame-work which parts are together shaped to the contour of the heels and
are filled with India-rubber, gutta-percha or their equivalents all substantially as
and for the purposes herein before set forth with reference to Figures 4. and 7 of the
annexed drawings.
Fifth. For the securing of boot and shoe laces the metal discs. p¹, the tubes q,
the metal rings r, with the India-rubber or equivalent washers 8, cemented to
their back, the edges of the discs p', and rings r, being bevilled all substantially as
and operating in the manner herein before set forth with reference to Figures 8
to 12 inclusive of the annexed drawings.