Year: 1887

page_text: .Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 6th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 18th Nov., 1887
HORACE JAMES Ironmonger 103 Division Street Shemeji in the County or
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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Consists in making an Ice gripper or Creeper with a regulating arm having two
distinct angular plates. One of these plates is made so as to fix permanently to the
inside or step of the heel the arm extending round the side of the heel at right angles.
This I call the bottom plate. The top plate containing spikes or studs is made to fit
upon the flat surface of the heel, the arm of which extends over the arm of the bottom
plate at right angles and having an elongated slot for the purpose of admitting a
tightening screw or pin to pass through it into the bottom plate so as to secure the two
plates together either by tightening the screw or by a spring acting upon a pin. The
elongated slot in the top plate allows the same to be regulated to any heigth of
heel, it also allows itself to be turned back and upon the bottom plate so that the part
containing the spikes can come in contact with the bottom plate fixed in the
In order to still
step of the heel when the same is not required to be in use.
further secure the two plates together at either angle, either in use or out of use
I form teeth upon the extended arms of both plates so that the same engage with
each other when tightened together, but prefer in some cases to have a square
projection upon the under arm so that the elongated slot referred to above fits
over the same at either angle.

page_text: HORACE JAMES Ironmonger 103 Division Street Sheffield County of York
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.
I make my Ice grip with two separate plates, each plate having arms at their
extremity. One of these plates is intended to be fixed permanently to the inside
or step of the heel the arm of which (A) extends at right angles to the side of
the heel. This plate I call the bottom plate (B). The top plate (C) containing
spikes studs or any other suitable material for gripping purposes is intended to
lie flat upon the surface of the treading part of the heel, the arm of which (D)
extends over the arm of the bottom plate (A) (B). In the arm of the top plate (D)
form or make an elongated slot (E) in order to admit a tightening screw or pin
being employed for the purpose of securing the top plate to the bottom plate at
arms (A. D.) also for the purpose of allowing the top plate (C) to rise or fall in
accordance with the height of the heel, before it is secured in place, by the
tightning screw, when the grip is in use. The elongated slot (E) in arm (A)
further allows the top plate (C) to be turned over, so that the spikes or studs are
sheilded by the step of the heel and secured in that position by the tightning screw
when not required to be in use as shewn in (Figure 2).
To still further secure the two arms (A. D) together at either angle I form teeth or
indents in or upon the arms A. D. which engage each other when the same are brought
in contact with each other by the tightning screw. In some cases I form square or
round projections upon the arm of the bottom plate so that the elongated slot (E) fits
over the same at either angle. The top plate (1) also the bottom plate (B) is made
with either single or double arms A. D. that is either an arm at one end of each
plate (. B) or arms at both ends the top and bottom plates (C. B.). To further
explain the invention I annex two drawings Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. (B) is the bottom
plate. (C) is the top plate. (D) the arm of the top plate (A) the arin of the bottom
plate (E) the elongated slot.
Drawing Fig. 1 shews the grip in use and Drawing (Fig. 2) shews the grip out
of use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
The construction of Ice grips as herein set forth and explained and as also shewn and
set forth in the accompanying drawings.