AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING BOOTS GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke upon Trent in the County of Stafford,
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FASTENING BOOTS GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS to be as follows:-
For boots I leave an opening on one or both sides similar to those usually left
for attaching elastics and to the front portion of the "uppers" on one or both sides
I stitch a flap or flaps to reach to the back portion of the "uppers" or entirely to
the back thereof and fasten the same by one or more buttons or other fastenings.
The flaps may be cut out with the front portion of the "
stitching them as before described.
uppers" instead of
The above system may be reversed by attaching the flap or flaps to the back
portion of the "uppers" and fastening them to the front but I prefer the first
mentioned process.
In the case of gloves the flaps are attached to each side of the usual openings
and the glove is fastened by their being buttoned together.
The flaps may be strengthened by metal or other frames.
By toy system fewer buttons or other fastenings will be required so that the
fastening of boots gloves and other articles will be more easily and quickly
accomplished than by the present methods of buttoning and lacing.
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JAMES SMITH.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Fastening Boots, Gloves, and other
Articles of Dress.
I JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford,
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FASTENING BOOTS, GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS 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 more particularly to fastening the articles named above by
means of flaps of leather or other material, having suitable fastenings such as
buttons, laces buckles &c. The said flaps may be strengthened by metallic or other
frames. By this system fewer buttons or other means of fastening are required
and the boots and other articles are more easily and quickly fastened than by the
present methods of buttoning or lacing.
For boots I leave an opening on one or both sides of the leg of the uppers
similar to those usually left for attaching elastics or springs and to the front
portion thereof on one or both sides I stitch or otherwise fasten a flap or flaps to
reach to the back portion of the leg of the uppers or entirely to the back thereof
and these (when on the foot) are fastened to the back portion thereof or to one
another as may be found most convenient. The flap or flaps can be cut out with
the front portion of the leg of the uppers instead of stitching or otherwise fastening
them as before described.
The above system may be reversed and the flap or flaps be attached to the back
portion of the leg of the uppers and fastened to the front but the first mentioned
method is preferred.
In the case of gloves the flaps are attached to each side of the front part thereof
below the hand portion and the glove is fastened on the hand by buttoning or
otherwise fastening the flaps together.
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
The use of Baps of leather or other material which may be strengthened if
necessary by metallic or other frames, for the purpose of fastening boots, gloves and
other articles of dress substantially as herein described.
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