An Interlocking Fastening for Boots, Leggings, and Gaiters.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893 1
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Interlocking Fastening for Boots, Leggings, and Gaiters.
I WILLIAM BROWN, of Church Street, Canterbury, in the Colony of Victoria,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention consists of an interlocking fastening for more expeditiously and
effectively securing together the meeting parts of boots, leggings, gaiters, and other
articles of wearing apparel.
The fastening is constructed by securing a row of hooks on each outside surface
of the two parts that are to be held together or fastened, adjacent to the joint
thereof. Said hooks have parallel mouths or slots, the row at each side projecting
past the joint and into the clear space between the row on other side of joint so
that the hooks at one side alternate those at other side. To secure the two parts
together when the hooks are arranged as aforesaid a strap of leather or other stiff
and pliable material of the proper width and thickness is introduced from the upper
end into the mouths or slots of the hooks, said strap in fact forming a key to
secure or interlock the hooks and it together. It will thus be understood that the
two parts of articles of wearing apparel such as boots, leggings, or gaiters when
furnished with my fastening are secured upon the wearer by simply pushing the
leather key into the spaces between the hooks and again to open the joint the
leather key has simply to be withdrawn.
Dated thin 7th dow of Ontahan 1002
W. Lloyd Wise,
DRUN.
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Interlocking Fastening for Boots, Leggings, and Gaiters.
I WILLIAM BROWN, of Church Street, Canterbury, in the Colony of Victoria,
Clerk, 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 :-
This invention consists of an interlocking fastening for more expeditiously and
effectively securing together the meeting parts of boots, leggings, gaiters, and other
articles of wearing apparel, the fastening also allows the meeting parts to be quickly
opened apart.
The fastening is constructed by securing a row of hooks on the outside surface
of the two parts that are to be held together or fastened and unfastened adjacent to
the joint thereof. Said hooks have open ended parallel mouths or slots, the row of
hooks on one side of joint being arranged to pass into the clear spaces between the
row on cther side of joint so that the hooks at one side alternate those at other
side. To secure the two parts together when the hooks are arranged, as aforesaid,
a strap of leather or other suitable pliable material of the proper width and thick-
ness is introduced into the mouths or slots of the hooks, said strap in fact forming
a key to secure or interlock the hooks and it together.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side view of a boot the joint of which is furnished with my fastening,
and
Fig. 2 a partial view of same shewing the joint partially open and the leather
key or strap removed from most of the upper hooks.

page_text: Fig. 3 is also a side view of a boot the joint of which is placed immediately at its
front and consequently a side view of the hooks is obtained the leather key being
shewn by dotted lines.
Figs. 4 and 4 are sectional details of the fastening drawn to a larger scale, the
former shewing the joint open and the latter shewing it closed.
A is the key or strap, B the row of hooks at one side and B¹ the row at other
side of joint, said hooks being secured to the boot upper C by eyelet fastenings or
in any other suitable manner. The joint may be formed either at the front or side
of the boot and when it is at or near the front I sometimes insert a piece of elastic
cloth composition C₁at the side to allow the boot to adjust itself to the wearer.
It will thus be understood that the two parts of articles of wearing apparel such
as boots, leggings, or gaiters, when furnished with my fastening are secured upon
the wearer by simply interlacing or placing the key or strap of leather or other
material A alternately in the mouth of hooks B, and B' starting from the bottom hook
and working upward in a zig-zag manner, and again to open the joint the leather
key has simply to be withdrawn by pulling it upwards out from the hooks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
The interlocking fastening for boots leggings and gaiters consisting of the
combination of the leather key or strap of leather A with the two rows of
hooks B and B arranged substantially as herein described and as illustrated in my
drawing.
Dated this 18th day of April 1893
WILLIAM BROWN,
By L. W., per F. B.