Improvements in High Boots.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1895-Accepted, 15th Aug.. 1396
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in High Boots.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY, of 36 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by Paul
Schlesinger, of 37 Leipzigerstrasse, Frankfurt af Oder, Germany, Manufacturer,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The subject of the present invention is a foot covering for sporting purposes,
for example, for cycling, riding, hunting &c. This foot covering is particularly
distinguished by the resemblance of its outside to a top boot. It differs, however,
from the ordinary top boot by the foot part being as unyielding as is compatible
with the necessary movement of the foot. The uppers on the contrary are made
pliant, preferably by being made out of webbed texture and furnished with elastic
gussets or insertions running from top to bottom. A foot covering of this
description offers the advantage over the top boot with leather uppers, that the
foot is not hindered in its movement at the ankle joint. Furthermore a pliant
upper of this kind after being turned down as shown in Fig. 4 in the drawing,
allows the trousers to be laid round the leg in a single fold, and the upper can be
drawn back in its place thereover. A trouser leg folded in this manner can be
easily withdrawn from the upper without crumpling the same. In this manner the
wearer is placed in a position, in a short time and without particular trouble to put
the feet and legs when required in a state corresponding with the ordinary business
garment, as shewn in Fig. 6 without changing the covering from its condition
adapted to sporting purposes as in Fig. 5.
If elastic gaiters are taken into consideration, the sporting boot with elastic
uppers which forms the subject of this invention possesses a great advantage over
Buch gaiters, as unintentional shifting is entirely avoided, and at the same time a
dust proof connection is effected between the foot part of the boot and the upper.
It must be further observed that it is impossible with the ordinary top boot to
force the lower part of the trouser leg into the uppers without crumpling the same,
or to prevent the occurrence of an unintentional shifting of this lower part of the
trouser leg between the leg of the wearer and the upper of the boot.
This new kind of top boot differs from the ordinary jack boot by being drawn
nearer to the leg up to the knee, whilst the jack boot is too low and too little
extensible to allow a complete fixing of the under part of the trouser leg.
The clips or clasps used by cyclists to hold the under part of the trouser leg
round the ankle do not prevent the trouser legs from sliding up. Neither do they
give the trousers the slightest protection against mud splashes or oil smearing
direct on to the places which are laid against the leg. The clasps moreover do
not prevent the trousers from catching in parts of the machine, such the screws
of the pedals or the chain, whereby the trouser is not only torn, but the rider is in
danger of falling. The need of a practical foot covering which can be utilised
with a business suit and also adapted for sporting purposes without drawing off is
specially felt by cyclists, the foot coverings hitherto used being singularly wanting
in these respects. The failure of clasps and gaiters is described in detail above.
The wearing of low shoes, high stockings and knee breeches is no longer suitable
since the wheel has become the general means of locomotion, as it does not
correspond to the requirements of a business suit. Moreover when used for

page_text: sporting purposes this covering affords no protection against the penetration of
dust.
In the accompanying drawing a side view of a sporting boot made according to
this invention is shown in Fig. 1, in which the foot part a is fitted in a manner
with lace holes to give the impression that a laced shoe is really being worn. The
upper is on the contrary formed of dust proof woven parts b b between which
strips c of the elastic webbing are introduced. In Fig. 2 is represented a vertical
section of the sporting boot which differs from that shewn in Fig. 1 by having
four parts of elastic webbing c c introduced in the upper, and the foot part a being
of a different shape. Fig. 3 shows how under certain circumstances, for instance
when it is intended to draw the uppers tight up to the knee, as is particularly
necessary for riding, the top part of the upper can be fitted with buttons d and
button holes e. In this example two pairs of elastic strips of 'webbing c c are
introduced in the dust proof woven part 6 of the upper.
When the sporting boot is intended for hunting purposes the same must be
naturally dependent on its expansion alone, that is to say buttoning must be absent,
and on the contrary the woven parts c as well as the elastic strips employed must
be made watertight. An upper f can also be employed which consists in its entire
length of woven material, Fig. 7.
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 ;-
Sporting boots made with unyielding foot pieces and elastic tops with the object
of allowing the legs of long trousers to be laid in and withdrawn from the latter,
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.