A New or Improved Device to be Attached to Boots, Shoes, and the like to Prevent Slipping.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device to be Attached to Boots, Shoes, and the
like to Prevent Slipping.
I, CHARLES MUDD of The Birches Thurlow Road Torquay, Devonshire
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described. The spikes
or studs which prevent slipping I fasten to a sole or sandal of leather or other
suitable material which when in use, is strapped or laced to the boot or shoe of the
wearer, and which may readily and easily be removed when not needed. This sole
or sandal I make in two layers, and I place between the layers the thin metal
plate or disc which forms part of each stud or spike. The spike or stud I make of
steel or other metal of suitable hardness and durability and of this form :-A spike
pierces a thin plate of metal so as to have part of the spike on either side of the
plate to which it is firmly fastened; so that when the plate or disc is placed between
the two layers of the moveable sole each layer is pierced by one part of the spike.
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The object of the invention is to provide for walkers a
preventative to slipping which when not needed may be carried in the pocket or
similar place & which may be readily and firmly fixed to the boot, shoe or the like
when there is need for it. The form of the spikes or studs gives when the device is
in use a perfectly firm resistance to any slipping and the combination of the stud or
spike and the moveable sole admits of the ready replacing of a stud should one
become broken.
Dated this 10th day of December 1891
or
CHARLES MUDD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device to be Attached to Boots, Shoes, and the
like to Prevent Slipping.
I, CHARLES MUDD, of The Birches, Thurlow Road, Torquay, in the County of
Devonshire, Coal Merchant, 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 a new or improvod device to be attached to boots, shoes
and the like to prevent slipping.
I attain this object by the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, in which-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device attached to the front part of a boot; the
portion of the boot is described by dotted lines.
Fig. 2, is the plan of the sole with the projecting spikes; the plates to which the
spikes are fixed are shown in dotted lines.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section of the spike and plate.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described:-The spikes or
studs e and g which prevent slipping I fasten to a sole or sandal of leather or
other suitable material which when in use is strapped or fastened by a lace u
through eyelets 6 in the upper-leather c to the boot or shoe d of the wearer and
which may readily and easily be removed when not needed. This device I make
in two layers; the sole and the upper-leather c, and I place between the layers
the thin metal plate which forms part of each stud or spike e and g.
The spike or stud I make of steel or other metal of suitable hardness and
durability and of this form :-A spike y pierces a thin plate of metal so as to

page_text: have that part of the spike o projecting from the bottom of the plate h and the
stud e being uppermost on the top side of the plate h to which it is firmly fastened;
this said plate h is placed between the sole fand the upper-leather c, each is pierced
by one part of the spike as in Fig. 1.
The object of the invention is to provide for the walker a roughing or preventative
to slipping which when not needed may be carried in the pocket or similar place
and which may be readily and firmly fixed to the boot, shoe or the like when there
is need for it. The form of the spikes or studs give when the device is in use a
perfectly firm resistance to any slipping and the combination of the stud or spike
and the moveable sole admits of the ready replacing of a stud should one become
broken.
The sole and the upper-leather c is sewed together in Fig. 2, but any other
mode of fastening may be used such as rivets or the like.
iron.
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If preferable the spikes e and g, and the plates / may be constructed in malleable
One or more plates may be adopted with any suitable number of spikes.
This sandal is constructed for both the right and left boots or shoes, and of
various sizes, and will be found useful to persons playing cricket, lawn tennis, foot
ball, and other like games.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a device to be attached to boots shoes and the like to prevent slipping, the
combination of the spikes e and g with plates h between the sole fand the upper-
leather c, and the eyelets band lace a, substantially as herein described and
according to Figs. 1, and 2, of the accompanying drawing.
2. In a device to be attached to boots shoes and the like to prevent slipping, the
combination of the various parts to be constructed of any size and with any number
of spikes or plates, for a left or right boot or shoe, substantially as herein
described.
Dated this 11th day of February 1899
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.