Year: 1887

page_text: I, EDWARD DUCKENFIELD, of 31, Gold Street, Northampton, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention of a new or improved safety heel pad has for its object to provide a
heel pad or covering to be worn outside the boot or other foot covering for use in
frosty weather or by tourists, mountaineers, slaughter men and other persons for the
prevention of slipping and which can readily be fixed on to the foot or removed
therefrom when required.
In carrying out my invention I provide a pad made preferably of leather for
wearing beneath, and of similar shape to, the heel of a boot. Inserted in the said
pad and projecting from the under side thereof are hardened steel studs or spikes (or
a single stud or spike may be used) of a number to suit the convenience and taste of
the wearer which spikes are preferably secured in the pad by being screwed therein
or by other suitable means so as to be readily removed therefrom and replaced by
others when worn. The said pad is secured in position on the foot of the wearer by
an upper part fixed to the said pad or formed therewith and shaped so as to pass
round the heel end of the boot and provided with one or more straps which can be
fastened over the instep by buckles, laces, or by buttons, or other means, or the said
upper part with its heel pad attached may be caused to clip the boot by steel springs
or by being formed of some elastic material.
The said improved pad may either be made of leather or of metal or composition or
other suitable substance.
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page_text: I, EDWARD DUCKENFIELD, of 31, Gold Street, Northampton, 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 invention of a new or improved safety heel pad has for its object to provide a
heel pad or covering to be worn outside the boot or other foot covering for use in
frosty weather or by tourists, mountaineers, slaughter men, and other persons for the
prevention of slipping and which can readily be fixed on to the foot or removed
therefrom when required.
In carrying out my invention I provide a pad made preferably of leather for
wearing beneath, and of similar shape to, the heel of a boot. Inserted in the said pad
and projecting from the under side thereof are hardened steel studs or spikes (or a
single stud or spike may be used) of a number to suit the convenience and taste of the
wearer which spikes are preferably secured in the pad by being screwed therein or by
other suitable means so as to be readily removed therefrom and replaced by others
when worn. The said pad is secured in position on the foot of the wearer by an
upper part fixed to the said pad or formed therewith and shaped so as to pass round
the heel end of the boot and provided with one or more straps which can be fastened
over the instep by buckles, laces, or by buttons, or other means, or the said upper
part with its lieel pad attached may be caused to clip the boot by steel springs or by
being formed of some elastic material.
The said improved pad may either be made of leather or of metal or composition or
other suitable substance.
Several different forms of the said heel pads are represented by the accompanying
drawings of which Fig. 1 represents one form of heel pad arranged to be secured by
a single strap; Fig. 1* represents another form of the same; Fig. 2 shews another
form of the same attached to a boot by a double strap; Fig. 3 represents another
form of safety heel pad attached to the boot by lacing; Fig. 4 shews a safety heel
pad provided with an upper part having elastic side pieces for securing it on the
boot Figs. 5 and 6 shew another form in which the upper part is carried up the leg
to serve as a legging and Fig. 7 represents in sectional elevation and in plan the heel
pad of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
a is the pad proper of similar shape to the heel of a boot and made of leather or
other material or materials as used for boot heels, and b, b, bare the spikes projecting
from the under side of the pad and secured thereto by their screwed shanks being
screwed therein. c is the upper part to which is secured the pad a in the same way
that the upper part of the boot or shoe is secured to the heel. This upper part is
shaped so as to fit outside the wearer's boot or shoe where it is secured by a strap d
and buckle e as in the heel pads represented by Figs. 1 and 1*, or by double

page_text: straps d', d and buckles e¹, e as shewn in Fig. 2 or by being laced as shewn by
Fig. 3, or by buttons arranged as in a buttoned boot or by other means such for
instance as by having elastic sides f¹, f¹ (see Fig. 4) which cause the upper c'to clip
the boot.
The upper part of the heel pads may be continued up the legs to serve as leggings
(see Figs. 5 and 6) and be secured thereto in any well known manner as employed
for leggings, such for instance as by straps, buttons or buckles (the buckles g shewn
on the drawings form no part of this invention) in addition to the straps d' and
buckles el securing the part over the instep.
The spikes which I use on the heel pad are of any ordinary form and they may be
fixed thereto in any convenient manner as neither the spikes themselves nor the
method of fixing them form any part of this invention. When the spikes are
dispensed with the underside of the heel pad proper a is formed of india-rubber or of
felt or cloth or other like material which will not readily slip on a slippery surface.
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 :
1st. The new or improved safety heel pad hereinbefore described and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings that is to say, an article for the purpose described
consisting of an upper part e fitting outside the heel and instep of a boot or shoe
as described and a pad a of similar shape to and fitting beneath the heel of the said
boot or shoe, the pad a having projecting spikes on its underside or being otherwise
formed as hereinbefore described so as to prevent slipping, the pad a and the upper c
being formed or secured together, and the upper part having means substantially as
herein before described for securing it and the pad outside the wearer's boot or shoe
for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2nd. The several forms of safety heel pads substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1887.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.