An Improvement in Insoles
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1897---Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Insoles
I, JAMES YATE JOHNSON, of 115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Chartered Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (being a communication from
abroad by the Ideal Innersole Coy. of St. Louis) 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 an improvement in the class of insoles for welted shoes ;
the object being to dispense with the requirement for an insole of the expensive
sole-leather hitherto more commonly used for the purpose, and at the same time
provide a construction of insole having the "lip upon it for holding the stitches,
which, though inade of a much cheaper quality of thin leather, shall possess in a
high degree the important attributes of flexibility, strength and lightness.
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To this end the present invention consists of an improved insole formed and
constructed as hereinafter more specifically set forth and claimed.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a top plan view of an insole constructed in accordance with the
improvement; and Fig. 2 is a section taken at the line 2 in Fig. 1, viewed in the
direction of the arrow and enlarged.
A is a blank for the improved insole, formed in the desired shape of comparatively
cheap, thin and flexible leather.
B is the lip, formed thereon by cutting inward to a desired depth about the edges
of the blank in advance of the heel portion and turning up to or approximately to a
right angle the material cut away, thus affording the "feather" about the outer side of
the lip. Upon the lipped surface of the blank is applied a reinforcing-covering C, of
the desired insole shape, of thin leather, canvas, or the like, which is cemented in
place by the use of a suitable cement, such as, rubber cement, and a portion of this
material is molded or indented about the lip B to conform to the latter and cover it
snugly, thereby reinforcing it.
The reinforcing-covering C is secured to the central portion of the bottom of the
blank A and terminates upon and is secured to the bottom of the feather *.
The insole thus provided is cheap, to manufacture, desirably flexible, light and
strong, and the reinforcement afforded to the otherwise inadequately strong lip
renders it as strong as need be for holding the stitches without so stiffening it as to
preclude turning it inward and flattening it down against the surface of the insole
to obviate the discomfort which the lip would cause to the foot of the wearer.
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 :-
As an improved article of manufacture, an insole comprising a body of leather, a
lip and feather formed by splitting the outer edge of the body in the usual manner,
and a continuous reinforcing-covering secured to the central portion of the bottom of

page_text: the sole, indented over the lip and terminating upon and secured to the bottom of
the feather upon opposite sides of the sole, substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of July 1897.
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JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.