IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Okey, of Stroud, in the County of
Gloucester, Bootmaker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
Scaled the 28th September 1875, and dated the 3rd April 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Okey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd April 1875.
I, JAMES OKEY, of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, Bootmaker,
do hereby declaro the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
of
This Invention relates to an improved mode of forming the uppers
boots and shoes, the object being to effect an economy in the cutting of
the material, and to avoid the necessity for side seams.
The upper is cut out in one piece and slit in the middle to form a
tongue. To the edge of the slits made in forming the tongue lappet

page_text: pieces are sewn of suitable shape to close over the tongue, and to icceive
cyclets for a lace or string fastening, or instead of such fastening
buttons and button holes may be used, or metal clasps or a strap and
buckle, or elastic, the lappets being suitably shaped for the purpose.
The upper is completed by a back scam, and it may have a toc piece {
if thought desirable. The upper thus made may be lined and attached
to an insole or to a welt as usual,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Okey in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd October 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
OKEY, of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, Bootmaker, sond
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Lettors Patent, bearing date the Third day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thnty-
cighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Okey, Her special licence that
I, the said James Okey, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said James Okey, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
'and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
James Okey, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.

page_text: shoes from one piece, as herein set forth, whereby the necessity of making
side seams is avoided.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Okey, havo hereunto set
hand and seal, the Thirtieth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
my
Signed, scaled, and delivered by the
above-named James Okey, in the
presence of
S. J. DUDBRIDGE,
Clerk to Mr. J. T. Fisher,
Sol³.,
JAMES OKEY. (L.S.)
Stroud.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that 1, the said James Okey, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say) :-
This Invention relates to an improved mode of forming the uppers of
boots and shoes, the object being to effect an economy in the cutting of
the material, and to avoid the necessity for side scams.
In the accompanying Drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view representing a
piece of leather or other material cut according to my improved plan to
form an upper for a shoe.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of an upper made up ready to be attached
to the insole.
It will be seen that the upper is cut out in one piece of leather or
other suitable material, and is slit at the middle part to form a tongue a,
Figure 1. At the side of the slits made in forming the tongue a lappet
pieces b, b, of suitable shape, as shown at Figure 1, are sewn so as to
close over the tongue a. In these lappet pieces cyclet holes are made to
receive a lace or string fastening, or instead of such fastening buttons
and button holes may be used or metal clasps, or a strap and buckle or
piece of elastic fabric may be employed if preferred, the lappets being
suitably shaped for the purpose.
The upper is completed by a back scam, aud it may have a toc pieco
if thought desirable. The upper thus made may be lined and attached
to an insole or to a welt as usual.
As a modification of the above I sometimes cut the upper in two
pieces which are joined down the front as well as the back, but the
tongue is formed and the separate pieces to form the lappets are attached
to the upper in precisely the same way as that above explained. In
this instance as in the former the side seams are dispensed with.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in the Manu-
facture of Boots and Shoes," and having explained the manner of
carying
the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by
Letters Patent as aforesaid, cutting and forming the uppers of boots and