Year: 1896

page_text: I. JAMES LONG of 35 Despencer Street Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan
Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A stand or elevator attached to each foot for the purpose of enabling persons
to see over others at Race meetings, football matches, agricultural and other shows,
and wherever many persons congregate to see a common object.
It consists of:
No. 1. Two front legs or supports with a cross bar connecting them at the top,
the whole of these being in one piece. In the cross bar is a female screw to
receive the male screw at one end of No. 3 below.
No. 2. One hind leg or support with a male screw at one end to go into the
female screw at one end of No. 3.
No. 3. A shank or piece connecting the two front legs with the hind leg. At
one end of this shank is a male screw to fit the female screw in the cross bar
mentioned in No. 1, and at the other end is a female screw to receive the male
screw mentioned in No. 2.
The elevator is made adjustible to any sized foot by making longer or shorter
the male screw of No .3.
It is also adjustible in height by halving each leg and making a male screw
of part of one half, and a female screw in part of the other half.
The elevator may be made of wood, iron, or tubing, and is attached to the foot
by means of two straps, one of them being attached to No. 1, and the other passing
underneath a heel plate on that end of No. 3 which contains the female screw.
To prevent the legs from penetrating the ground, thin pieces of iron sheeting or
wood may be attached by screws to each of the legs in the form of a triangle.
When made of iron, the ends of each leg have a screw and nut to fix into and
hold firm the shank and cross piece, immediately under the foot, and the triangular
piece connecting the three legs on the ground.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1896.
I JAMES LONG late of 35 Despencer Street Cardiff and now of Poplar Cottage
South Benwell Newcastle-on-Tyne Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this
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page_text: 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 is a stand or elevator to be attached to each foot for the purpose
of enabling persons to see over the heads of others at race meetings football
matches agricultural and other shows or wherever many persons congregate to
see a common object.
It consists of:
1. Two front legs with a cross bar connecting them at the top (the whole of
these being either in one or separate pieces) and numbered 1 in accompanying
drawings.
2. A back leg, numbered 2 in accompanying drawings.
3. A shank or piece connecting the front legs with the back leg and numbered 3
in accompanying drawings. This shank is fitted on to the cross bar of the front
legs by a screw and nut, if made of iron, or by being dovetailed into the top of the
cross bar if made of wood.
The elevator may be attached to the boot by straps string or the like.
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:
A means of elevating a person above his natural height in the manner described.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1897