Improvements in Boots for Athletic Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 7th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th July, 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots for Athletic Purposes.
I HENRY STANDLEY, of Belle Vue Cottage, Kettering, in the county of Northampton,
Boot and Manufacture do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in boots used for athletic purposes, the
object of the invention being to provide such boots with improved ankle protectors.
For this purpose I cut the counters of the boots with a tab at each side in such a
position that such tabs will come over the ankle bones of the wearer-these tabs are
stitched around a padding of leather or other suitable material so as to form improved
protectors for the ankles.
My improved protectors being placed quite outside the quarter of the boot will
prevent chafing of the ankles of the wearer.
I am aware that it has been before proposed to provide boots with ankle pads, but
such pads have not been constructed or applied as above named.
Dated the 16th day of September 1886.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY STANDLEY, of Belle Vue Cottage, Kettering, in the county of
Northampton, 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 improvements in boots used for athletic purposes, the
object of the invention being to provide such boots with improved ankle protectors.
For this purpose I cut the counters of the boots with a tab at each side in such a
position that such tabs will come over the ankle bones of the wearer-these tabs are
stitched around a padding of leather or other suitable material so as to form improved
protectors for the ankles.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how the
same can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings in
which figures 1 and 2 represent the right and left hand sides respectively of a boot
(for the left foot) for athletic purposes, having my improvements applied thereto.
Figure 3 represents a section taken on the line A B of figure 1. Similar reference
letters indicate similar parts throughout the drawing.
a, is the counter of the boot and b, b, are the tabs formed thereon at each side in
such a position that they cover and protect from injury the ankles of the wearer; c, c,
are the paddings of leather or other suitable material which are placed underneath the
tabs b, b. The said tabs are then stitched around so as to secure the paddings c, c, to
the outside d, of the boot, as shewn, the shape required to fit the ankle, as shewn in
figure 3, being given by means of a suitable machine.
My improved protectors being placed quite outside the quarter of the boot will
prevent chafing of the ankles of the wearer.
I am aware that it has been before proposed to provide boots with ankle pads, but
such pads have not been constructed or applied as above described.
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 :-
1. The construction and application to boots for athletic purposes of ankle
protectors in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
2. A boot for athletic purposes formed with protectors as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 7th dovre of Tuna 1007
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.