A New or Improved Clip for Securing Boot, Shoe, and other Laces..
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1824
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Clip for Securing Boot, Shoe, and other Laces..
I WILLIAM HENRY THRIFT of 53 Grove Road Mile End Middlesex Ships'
Composition Manufacturer 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 :-
My object is to provide a means for securing the ends of boot, shoe, or other
laces, with or without tying and to render them secure and unable to come.
unfastened.
I make use of a catch formed of brass or other suitable material which I secure
to the tongue of the boot or shoe, and I provide the catch with two sharp teeth for
use when the lace ends are not tied, or with a roughed surface for use when the
lace ends are tied, and upon the catch I secure a small lid or cover, hinged at one
side and arranged to clip firmly at the other. This cover is pressed down and
clipped over the lace ends, after being tightened up and secured over the teeth, or
tied as the case may be, and forms a shield for the whole.
The illustrations which accompany this Specification will make my invention.
clear. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout.
Figure 1 is a plan and
Figures 2 and 3 are end and side views while
Figure 4 is similar to Figure 2 but with the cover open.
Figure
5 shews a laced up boot with the clip attached to the tongue, and
Figure 6 shews a side view of the clip with roughed surfaces.
The main part of the clip or catch is represented by the letter A and it is:
fastened to the tongue of the boot or shoes by stitches or otherwise in the position
shewn in Figure 5-and I form upon and out of A the teeth or hooks C, or the
roughened surface D Figure 6 as the case may be. Upon A I hinge the cover B
at B¹ so arranged that it shall catch securely at B2, and when it is to be used as in
Figure 6 the lace being first tied I roughen the inside surface as shown at D¹.
When the clip is used the lace is tightened up in the usual manner and the ends
are either caught over the teeth C, or may be tied (the knot coming over the
roughened surface D) the lid B is then pressed down, the whole is thus secured and
covered in, and the tongue of the boot or shoes is held and cannot slip out of its.
proper place.
A modified form of the clip may be employed for stay and other laces.
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:
1. The clip formed with hooks by means of which the ends of the lace are
caught, and provided with a lid or cover substantially as described and shown.
2. The clip and cover formed with roughened surfaces between which the knot
formed by tying the lace ends are secured and covered as set forth.
3. The clip secured to the tongue of the boot or shoe thus preventing the tongue-
from slipping out of its proper position substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of Sentember 1894
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 :
1. The clip formed with hooks by means of which the ends of the lace are.
caught, and provided with a lid or cover substantially as described and shown.
2. The clip and cover formed with roughened surfaces between which the knot
formed by tying the lace ends are secured and covered as set forth.
3. The clip secured to the tongue of the boot or shoe thus preventing the tongue-
from slipping out of its proper position substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of Sentember 1894
A. H REED,
Agent for Applicant.