Improvements in Boots and Gaiters.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1889.
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1890
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Gaiters.
I, FRIEDRICH WILHELM UNTERILP, Engineer, of Düsseldorf, Germany, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object, to prevent snow or rain from falling into the boots
or from entering between the flaps of the gaiters.
For this purpose I attach to the tubular part of the boot or gaiter an annular strip
of leather or other material which surrounds the boot or gaiter a short distance below
the upper edge or opening of the same, so as to form an annular space open at the
top and closed at the bottom. The lower ends of the trousers are introduced into the
said annular space, instead of introducing them into the upper ends of the boots.
If a gaiter is used in combination with such a boot, the gaiter may be provided
with an annular flap extending downward, so as to surround and cover the flap of the
boot.
To prevent snow from entering the gaiters near the vertical row of buttons, each
edge or end of the gaiter, namely that which carries the button holes, is provided
with an auxiliary flap being arranged so, as to cover the row of buttons from the right
and the left.
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FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Gaiters.
I, FRIEDRICH WILHELM UNTERILP, Engineer, of Düsseldorf, Germany, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention has for its object, to prevent snow or rain from falling into the boots
or from entering between the flaps of the gaiters.
For this purpose, I attach to the tubular part of the boot or gaiter an annular
strip a of leather or other material which surrounds the boot or gaiter a short distance
below the upper edge or opening of the same, so as to form an annular space open at
the top and closed at the bottom, as illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accom-
panying drawings.. The lower ends of the trousers are introduced into the said
annular space, instead of introducing them into the upper ends of the boots.
If snow falls into the annular space and fills the same, the water produced by the
snow will not enter the interior of the boot, but escape again over the edge of the
strip or flap a.
If a gaiter is used in combination with such a boot, as shown by Fig. 4, it may be
provided with an annular flap c extending downward, so as to surround and cover the
flap of the boot, see Fig. 4.
To prevent the snow or water from entering the gaiters near the vertical row of
buttons, each edge or end of the gaiter, is provided with an auxiliary flap 6 and d,
arranged so, as to cover the row of buttons from the right and the left, see Fig. 7.
In the modified form shown by Figs. 5 and 6, only one edge of the gaiter namely
that which contains the button holes is provided with a flap.

page_text: Having now particularly described the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare, that I claim
:-
1. A boot provided with an external strip or flap a, arranged so as to form an
annular space adapted to receive the end of the trousers or gaiters, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
2. The combination of a boot having an external strip or flap a, with a gaiter
having an external strip or flap c, substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
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3. A gaiter provided with a longitudinal protecting strip or flap b, or with two
strips b, d, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 17th day of January 1890.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.