Improvements in Boots, to be Worn with or without Gaiters.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Appl.cation, 9th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots, to be Worn with or without Gaiters.
WALTER NORMAN 2 Hammet Street Taunton Somersetshire Boot and Shoe
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to provide a boot wherein the fastenings thereof
will be entirely hidden from view & by so doing, giving it the appearance of a
riding boot (wlien worn with a gaiter) -The front of the bout is to cover the
whole of the fastenings of the quarters which is most essential in a boot that is to
be worn as a riding boot with gaiters, or it may be used as an ordinary walking or
waterproof boot. And it is constructed as follows-The front is cut in one piece
of material, which is joined to the back forming the counter, that forming part of
the quarter & fastens in front & then the front of the boot is brought outside of
all & fastened at the top, to the quarters, by the same means as the quarters
thereby covering all the aforesaid fastenings.
Dated this 8th day of August 1894
WALTER NORMAN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots, to be worn with or without Gaiters.
WALTER NORMAN 2 Hammet Street Taunton Somerset Cordwainer 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:-
The object of my invention is to supply a boot wherein all the fastenings thereof
are entirely hidden from view & by so doing it has (when worn with a gaiter) the
appearance of a riding boot-because the front part of my boot is made to cover
the whole of the fastenings of the quarters which is most necessary in a boot, that
is to be worn as a riding boot (when worn with gaiters), or it may be worn as an
ordinary walking or waterproof boot.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a frout view of boot unfastened A being front of boot, B tongue of
boot, C fastenings of boot.
Fig. 2 is a front view of boot fastened up to use as a walking boot.
Fig. 3 is a side view of boot showing A as front, E counter, D quarters & F the
seam where the front A is joined to the counter E.
Fig. 4 is a boot complete, fitted with gaiter G, spur rest H & ordinary hunting
spurs, being the way I intend the boot to be worn as a riding boot.
In carrying out my invention I make the front A in one or more pieces of
leather or other material, the said piece or pieces being joined at F to the back
forming the counter E, that forming part of the quarters D, which are fastened at
front or side by means of laces, buckles, hooks & the like and then the front A is
brought up outside of all & fastened (by any of the aforesaid means) underneath
at the front or side to the quarters D & thereby covering all the fastenings as in
D

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I also provide a tongue B. to be fastened to the inside of the quarters, to
protect the foot against being rubbed by the fastenings.
Having now described the nature of my invention for improvements in boots to
be worn with or without gaiters,―I claim
1st. The improved manufacture of boots for walking, as herein shewn & described
for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The improved manufacture of boots for riding, as herein shewn & described
for the purpose set forth.
3rd. The combination of boot, gaiter, spur-rest, & spurs as shewn & described
for the purpose set forth.
Doted this and dow of Mo 1905
WALTER NORMAN.