Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1897-Accepted, 27th Nov., 1897
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
I, JOHN FRANKLIN WARNER of 133 Pearl Street, Boston, County of Suffolk and
State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Merchant, do declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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Reference being had to the drawings, in which :-
Figure 1, shows in vertical section a heel made in accordance with my
invention.
Figure 2, shows in plan, that part of a heel that is next to the outer sole and
is intended to illustrate the manner of forming and placing the cushion.
The object of my invention is to produce a boot or shoe that will be much easier
for the wearer than those in use and consists in making that part of the interior
that supports the heel of the foot, and receives the impact and pressure of the
same, comparatively soft and yielding.
The body part of the heel may be of leather, rubber, wood or of any suitable
material. In the drawing, Fig. 1, I have shown a section of a heel and also parts
of the outer and inner soles. The body part of the heel can be made of firm
unyielding and very durable material. as that part which supports the heel of
the foot, is not exposed to wear and may be of a material totally different from
that of which the body part of the heel of the shoe is made.
The boot or shoe is made in the usual manner except that the outer sole A has
The shape of
a hole or recess cut nearly or entirely through it as at B B' Fig. 1.
this opening or recess in the outer sole, is about the same as that in the first lift
of the heel, as at C C C Fig. 2. The heel when made of leather as is indicated
in Fig. 1, has a number of lifts as D E F G H. The last or "top lift" H may be
whole; that is without a hole as shown, or it may be perforated the same as the
lifts G and F are. The boot or shoe is to be provided with an innersole as usual.
The pad or cushion P is made of any suitable yielding resilient material like
rubber, and made substantially in the shape shown. The pad is placed so that its
edges are supported by the lift E and enclosed by the lift D, that is, in case the heel
is made of a series of lifts. In case the heel is made solid, then a recess as
indicated in the drawings may be moulded in it of the shape required to receive
the pad P.
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The outer sole A is cut away as shown in Fig. 1, so that the upper side of the
pad will lie immediately under the inner sole, so that the heel of the foot is practi-
cally supported by the pad P and has all the advantages afforded by the yielding
pad. The inner sole being so pliable as not to offer any resistance to the heel of
the foot.
It will be noticed that the interior of my shoe has precisely the same construc-
tion and appearance as an ordinary shoe has, and there is nothing to get out of
place or irritate the foot of the wearer.
If the heel is made of rubber or other elastic material, then the pad P may Le
made as an integral part of it.
In all cases, the outer sole is cut away so that the heel of the person is supported

page_text: by the elastic pad; the inner sole being so thin and pliable as not to interfere in
any way with the cushioning effect of the pad.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
In a boot or shoe a cushion pad to support and take the impact of the heel of
the user; consisting of an elastic member, as P, occupying a position immediately
under a flexible inner sole and attached to or forming a part of the heel of the boot
or shoe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.