An Improvement in Laced Boots.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th May. 1891-Accepted, 13th June,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Laced Boots.
1, SAMUEL TOPP of 1, Railway Place, Lower Weston, Bath, in the County of
Somerset, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to laced boots and consists in so making the uppers of such
boots as to dispense with the "joint seams by which in laced boots as hitherto
made the front of the upper is joined to the back or quarter.
Under one method comprised in this invention the upper is made in one piece the
ends of which are united in a seam which is situated at one side of the boot and
extends from the instep to the "waist."
Under another method the boot is made with a side seam as above set forth and
a seam at the heel.
By making laced boots in accordance with this invention, economy in labour and
material is effected, greater strength is imparted to the boots and the discomfort -
attendant on the use of "joint" seams is obviated.
Dated this 7th day of August. 1890.
NICHOLAS WATTS,.
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Laced Boots.
I, SAMUEL TOPP, of 1 Railway Place, Lower Weston, Bath, in the County of
Somerset, 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:-
This invention relates to laced boots and consists in an improvement in the uppers
thereof which, according to this invention, are so cut as to dispense with the "joint'
seams by which, in laced boots as hitherto made, the front of the upper is joined to
the back or quarter.
According to one method comprised in this invention the upper is so cut out in
one piece that when the piece is folded the front and quarter are enabled to be
connected together by one seam situated at one side and extending approximately
from the instep to the "waist."
Under a modification the upper is cut out in two pieces which are united by a
side seam as above described and by a seam at the heel.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1 represents the pattern of the upper of a laced boot of the kind known as a
Balmoral boot. The upper is cut in accordance with this invention, that is to say,
in one piece, and shaped as shown. It is slit from ato b. After the piece has been
thus shaped and slit the vamp is folded along the line a, b, c and the back part or
quarter is then folded on the vamp along the line d, e.
The ends are then united by a seam extending from to g, Fig. 2, that is to say,
from about the instep to about the waist. In uppers cut in accordance with this
invention the usual joint" seam across the ball of the foot is dispensed with, and
economy in material and labour are effected.
At Fig. 3 is illustrated a pattern of an upper cut, in accordance with this inven-
tion, for a "Derby" boot. This pattern which is applicable also to that class of boots
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navvy tights" differs from that shewn at Figs. 1 and 2 only in that to

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provide for the tongue of the vamp a crescent-shaped slit is made as from h to i
extending equally on either side from the slit cut from a to b. At Fig. 4 the
Derby" upper is shown folded and it will be seen that the quarter and ramp are,
like those of the Balmoral boot above described, united by one side seam extending
from f to g.
To make the latchet in the usual form a facing is laid on at each side and
overlapping that part of the vamp known as the tongue and indicated at Fig. 4
by the letter k.
Under a modification which enables the back to be curved so as to conform
approximately to the shape of the foot at that part the upper is severed thereat
and united by a second seam extending from top to bottom at the extreme back.
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. In the manufacture of laced boots, an improved method of shaping and cutting
the uppers therefor in one piece so that the ends when the upper is folded overlap
at the side and are connected together in one seam extending approximately from
the instep to the "waist," substantially as herein before described with reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. The modification hereinbefore described under which the upper of a laced boot,
in addition to being shaped and united at the side, as set forth in the preceding
claim, is severed at the back or heel and united also thereat by a second seam.
Dated this 5th day of May 1891.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.