THE MANUFACTURE OF ADJUSTABLE SPIKES FOR ATTACHING TO SHOES OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Chadwick Yates, of Strangeways, in the
City of Manchester, Cricket Bat and Stump Maker, for the Invention
of "THE MANUFACTURE OF ADJUSTABLE SPIKES FOR ATTACHING TO SHOES OR
OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET"
Sealed the 7th December 1860, and dated the 12th June 1860:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Chadwick Yates
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,. with his Petition, on
the 12th June 1860.
I, THOMAS CHADWICK YATES, of Strangeways, in the City of Manchester,
Cricket Bat and Stump Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF ADJUSTABLE SPIKES. FOR ATTACHING TO
SHOES OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET," to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in attaching spikes to adjustable
frames of metal or other material, which are connected by a strap or straps of
vulcanized india-rubber or other suitable elastic material, the frame under the
sole being jointed to adjust itself to the size of the foot. These frames are
furnished with hooks, which catch on to the sole and heel of the shoe or boot,
the elastic material serving to hold the frames on to the boot or shoe. A
strap passing under and over the foot may also be applied.
5 SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Chadwick Yates in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 12th December 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
CHADWICK YATES, of Strangeways, in the City of Manchester, Cricket Bat
20 and Stump Maker, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
lid, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Chadwick Yates, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Chadwick Yates, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Thomas Chadwick Yates, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,, an
Invention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF ADJUSTABLE SPIKES FOR ATTACHING TO
SHOES OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Chadwick Yates, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Chadwick Yates, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
Instead of screwing spikes into the soles and heels of boots or shoes as
cricketers usually do, I make a light framework of metal and vulcanized
india-rubber or other springs to clip the soles and heels of the boot or shoe or
other coverings for the feet, and to this framework I rivet or otherwise attach
the spikes. By means of the elastic material the said spiked frame will adjust
itself to different lengths and breadths of boots or shoes, so that three or four
sizes will only be required. The frame is turned up a little at the heel, toe,
and sides, so as to catch and attach itself firmly to the sole and heel of the
boot or shoe, and by an additional strap buckled over the instep becomes
firmly attached to the foot.
The manner in which my Invention is to be performed will be clearly
understood by referring to the figures and letters on the accompanying Sheet
of Drawings, in which Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are top, side, and bottom views of
my adjustable spiked frames for attaching to shoes or other coverings for the
féet.
The frames consist of a sole frame a, connected by
a strap or band b of

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vulcanized india-rubber or other suitable material to a heel frame c. The
frames are turned or hooked up, as at d, in order to catch hold of the sides
of the sole and heel of the shoe or other covering to the foot, and the sole
frame is jointed as at e, so that by stretching the strap 6 transversely it can
be adjusted to different breadths of feet, and by stretching the strap longi-
tudinally the frames are also adapted to the different lengths of the feet.
To the heel frame c is attached an ordinary strap and buckle f, for fastening
the frames firmly to the shoe or covering for the feet. The spikes (four in
number) are shewn at g; they are rivetted to the frames, but they may be
fastened in any suitable manner, and any other number of spikes may be
employed. These spiked frames are principally intended for cricketers, to
give them a sure footing, but they may be employed in all cases where from
the slippery nature of the surface an additional purchase or power will be of
advantage to the wearer. Instead of the vulcanized india-rubber strap or
band b a flat metal spring may be employed, and the leather strap under the
india-rubber or spring may extend from the heel to the sole frame, so as to
cover the india-rubber or spring, and prevent its abrasion.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly understood
that I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my knowledge and
belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, the manufacture of
adjustable spiked frames to be attached to shoes or other coverings for the
feet, as such are herein described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet
of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Chadwick Yates, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
THOMAS CHADWICK YATES. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Thomas Chadwick Yates, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.