Improved Means for Holding or Securing Overshoes upon Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1897-Accepted, 9th Oct.,
1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Holding or Securing Overshoes upon Boots
and Shoes.
I, HENRY BRAZIER CRAMPTON, of 128 South Salina Street, Syracuse, New York,
United States of America, Salesman 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 invention relates to devices for holding or securing over-shoes upon boots or
shoes to prevent the heel from playing or slipping up and down, or the overshoe from
falling off or becoming loose.
My object is to produce an improved holder, suitable to be attached to any kind
or style of overshoe that is provided with a heel, which can be adjusted according to
the size of the heel of the boot or shoe, and can be readily disengaged for the removal of
the overshoe..
My holder is applied to the shank of the overshoe, adjacent to the heel-portion,
and comprises a suitable body, a spring finger adjustably mounted in or upon said
body, so as to vary its rearward projection according to the size of the shoe heel,
in order that it may be properly engaged with the front of said heel, suitable means
being provided to attach the device to the overshoe, either while in the process of
manufacture, or after the same is completed, as by a dealer or by a cobbler, or any
other person.
My invention consists in the several new and novel features of construction and
operation hereinafter described and which are specifically set forth in the claims
hereunto annexed.
It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,
in which
Fig. 1, is a vertical longitudinal section of a part of an overshoe and the holder
applied thereto, the dotted lines indicating part of a boot or shoe, with the heel in
engagement with the holder.
Fig. 2, is a top plan of the holder.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation thereof.
Fig. 4, is a front elevation thereof.
Fig. 5, is a transverse section thereof.
A is any style of over-shoe and B is the heel-portion of any style of boot
or shoe.
My holder comprises a piece of suitable sheet metal stamped out, creating a body 2
provided with a loop or guides 3, and suitable means, as the teeth or prongs 45 are
provided for attaching it to an overshoe.
In this loop a finger 6 is mounted, and is adjustable longitudinally by perforations 7
engaging with a lug 8 mounted upon the body 2, in order that the point of said
finger may properly engage with the heel of the boot or shoe, which, when inserted
into the overshoe, will spring said point down, and the reflex action thereof will hold
it close in contact or engagement therewith and thereby prevent the overshoe from
slipping up and down on said heel, or from coming off entirely.
As shown in the drawings the holder is applied to an overshoe by inserting the

page_text: prongs 4 into the front edge of the heel thereof, substantially as shown, then forcing
the prongs 5 through the shank and clinching them; or both sets of prongs can be
clinched or such other ordinary means may be adopted for securing it to the overshoe
either in the process of manufacture or after completion as may be deemed most
desirable and which will prevent any leakage. To remove the overshoe, downward
pressure on the lug 9 will release it."
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:-
1. An overshoe-holder, comprising a body adapted to be secured upon the shank
of an overshoe, a loop upon said body, and a finger adapted to be adjustably
projected rearwardly to bring its rear end in position to engage with the front of the
heel of a shoe within said overshoe.
2. An overshoe-holder comprising a body and means to secure it to the overshoe
in front of and adjacent to the heel portion thereof, in combination with a spring
finger mounted upon said body and adapted to be adjusted longitudinally according
to the sizes of the shoe heels, to engage with the front only of the heel of the shoe
in the overshoe and to be locked in the position at which it is set.
Dated the the dan
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 and 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.