US113149A - Improvement in shoes and over-gaiters - Google Patents

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THOMAS R. EVANS, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

, Letters Patent No. 113,149, dated March 28,1871.

' IMPROVEMEN'II `IN SHOES AND OVER-GAITERS.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, THOMAS R. EVANS, of Philadelphia, county of' Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Combined Shoe and Over-Gaiter, of which the following is a specification.

Nettie/re and Object of the I invention.

General Description'.

The buttoned gaiter described in my aforesaid patent of May 17, 1870, was made after the style of a brogan, and consisted of a front piece furnished with a tongue and secured to the sole, and of two side pieces stitched to the front piece, to the sole, and to each other at the back; One of these side pieces was furnished with abutton-hole ap, which could be drawn over and attached to buttons on the other sidepiece.

The shoe which forms the subject of my present invention resembles the above in some particulars.

It consists of a front piece, A, stitched or4 otherwise secured to the sole B, and furnished with a tongue, a, and oi'side pieces O and C', stitched to the rear edges of the front piece, and to each other at the back, and having a button-flap, D.

The side pieces, however, instead of being attached to the sole, are stitched at their lower edges to strips of leather F, which are, in turn, stitched to the sole The strips F are inclined upward toward the heel, on a slightly-curved line, l1, so as to give the lower edges ofthe side pieces C and C' the same inclination as the corresponding partof an ordinary loose overgaiter.

The side pieces arel also extended forward toward the front of `the shoe to a point beyond the stitching x, which connects said side pieces and strips F to the front piece A, and the button-hole dap D is also considerably enlarged and carried forward so as to be of the saine shape as the correspondingpart of an overgaiter.

The shoe, when made as above described, has exact-ly the appearance of an'ordinary shoe over which is fitted a loose over-gaiter.; but the-side pieces and button-hole Hap or gaiter-portiou of the shoe are secured to and form the rear portion ofthe latter.

The side pieces and flaps maybe made of cloth bound on the edges with leather, or any other material suitable for over-gaiters.

It will be seen that the lower edge of the iiap D is not secured to the front of the piece A, so that, in

putting on or taking ofi" the shoe, the side pieces and flap may befolded back, as shown in g. 2, and the shoe has all the advantages possessed by my aforesaid patented gaiter, both as regards economy of construction and comfort to the wearer.

Another advantage from leaving the flap D loose at its lower edge is, that it will slide freely ou the front piece A when the foot is bent, and, owing to the absence of stitches, will more closely resemble the usual over-gaiter. y

rIhe usual vertical side seam employed in brogans for connecting the front and side pieces, and also shown in my aforesaid patent, is very liable to rip, owing to the great strain upon it after a short period of wear, and especially in putting on or taking oli the shoe. This objection AI have overcome by using a horizontal as well as a vertical seam, or crossing the stitching in the manner shown at :t in the drawing.

Claim.

The combination with the shoe, constructed substantially as described, of the side pieces C C and loose flap D, the whole being arranged as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOS; It. EVANS.

Witnesses:y

WM. A. STEEL, ERANKLIN B. RICHARDS.

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