An Improvement in Football Boots.
Year: 1895

page_text: .Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1896-Accented, 11th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Football Boots.
I WILLIAM CRAVEN 114 Western Road Plaistow Essex Wire Coverer for
Electric Light do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
Fig. A. a rubber stud made to fit. Fig. B. a leather washer. As shown in
Fig. C. This stud is fixed on the boot by small rivets, & by this invention
I claim.
1st. That by its use the wearer will be prevented from slipping. And will not
damage the ground as leather studs do.
2nd. That they can be easily fastened on the boots and replaced at any time.
6th November 1895.
I, WILLIAM CRAVEN 114 Western Road Plaistow Essex, Wire Coverer for
Electric Light 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in football boots, and consists of a rubber
and leather attachment for the soles of same, and so arranged as to be easily
attached, and as easily detached when not required, or for the purpose of being
replaced by new, and has for it object when in use to guard the wearer against
possible slip in wet or greasy weather.
For the purposes of enabling my said invention to be more clearly understood,
reference is hereinafter made to the drawings which were appended to my Provisional
Specification, in which
Fig. A is a perspective view of the rubber stud and flange forming part of my
invention.
Fig. B is a plan of a leather or other washer used in combination with the said
stud and flange as hereinafter explained, while,
Fig. C is a perspective view of a combination of the said stud and leather
washer, as they would appear when connected together ready for fixation upon
a boot.
To carry my invention into effect, I construct of rubber, a circular stud, with
which is integrally formed a broad flange, as shown at Fig. A, the said stud being
preferably about half the diameter of the said flange, or thereabouts, and of any
desired height most suitable for the purpose, and resting upon the said flange, and
surrounding the said stud, I place a leather washer Fig. B, preferably of the same
diameter as that of the said flange, and half the height of the said stud or there-
abouts, and in this I provide any number of holes at any suitable distance apart,
these being for the reception of rivets, screws, or the like, by which the whole may
be attached in any desired numbers to the soles of the boots of football players,
the same being easily removed when worn and replaced by new.
n

page_text: 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 :-
The combination of a rubber stud and flange such as Fig. A, and a leather
washer such as Fig. B, the latter having any number of holes for the reception of
rivets or screws and the application of same to the soles of boots, substantially as,
and for the purposes herein described and shewn by the drawings which accompanied
my Provisional Specification.
Dated this 11th day of Mon 1906
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
Agent for Applicant.