US370498A - Water-proof boot - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

L. SLESSINGER. WATER PROOF BOOT.

No. 370,498. Patented Sept. 27, 1887'.

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N. PETERS. Fhnlwljlhugmphar. Washington. D.C.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WATER-PROOF BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 37OA98, dated September 27, 1887.

Application filed April 5, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEwIs SLEssINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful lVater-Iroof Boot, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

Figure 1 is a view of my waterproof boot, with prepared canvas or rubber extension or top folded down upon the leg. In Fig. 2 is shown the parts composing the uppers. In Figs. 3 and i is shown the manner in which the uppers are joined. In Fig. 5 is shown the manner of joining the uppers to the soles. in Fig. 6 is shown the manner of joining the extension-top to the boot-leg. In Fig. 7 is exposed the seam of the extension.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The upper-leather of the boot is made of veal-calf or light kip, tanned with oak-bark, and finished without oil or blacking, and the fronts and backs are painted on the inner faces with parafline water-proof paint, or a waterproofing largely composed of paraffine, and lined with calf-skin front and back.

Intermediate between the two uppers, back and front, is placed alining of canvas or duck, A, also prepared or immersed in a waterproofing compound or paraffine-paint. The inside, front and back, is closed up with a welted seam, B, as well as the second upper. and back, 0, forming three thicknesses, and both upper and backs are brazed clear to the top of the boot with the seams D D through and through, making the seams of the two uppers waterproof seams.

it should here be observed, however, that the three thicknesses of the leg need only be extended to the ankle, or a little way above the ankle. After the upper and leg is finished, as above, it is treed and receives two coats of paraffine waterproof paint, applied to the outside. Before lasting, however, the insole E is also painted upon the lower side with the above waterproofing, and then covered with a sheet or sole of pure indiarubher, G, and the first inner upper drawn over these soles. The water-proof felt sole H is Serial No. 233,787. (No model.)

.then laid on and painted upon the outside with waterproofing or paraffine paint, and the outside upper drawn over the felt sole and covered with the water-proof canvas sole I. The outer sole, J, isthen painted with paraffine-paint upon the inner side and placed over all,with the outer upper underneath,and the sole of the boot is then standard-screwed or hand-pegged, making the uppers connection with the sole air and water tight.

In practice the first sole is hand-pegged to the upper and the second sole is pegged to the first sole, wooden pegs being preferable. It will thus be seen by this construction that the boot is entirely water-proof, and will not become damp on the inside, even if allowed to remain in water for a long period of time.

A practical test of this boot has been made by placing it in water for three consecutive months without the slightest showing of moisture upon the inside.

In order to provide an extension-top for use in deep water, a strip of canvas, leather, or india-rnbber is employed, and if canvas or leather is used it is prepared by dipping or painting, as before described, to make it water-proofr This extension-top should be of such length as to extend to the middle or crotch of the wearer. The seam K is formed by overlapping and folding, and these laps and folds are stitched through. and through by two rows of stitching, and then fastened by the addition of a series of rivets, if re quired, intermediate the rows of stitching. The manner of attaching this extension-top to the bootleg is shown in Fig. 6, which is accomplished by inserting the top of the boot-leg within the extension and folding it down and then stitching the edge to the top of the boot-leg by through-and'through stitches, in the same manner as in forming the side seam.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The water-proof boot herein described, having the leg and upper portion of three thicknesses of material, the inner and outer skin of leather suitably waterproofed on the inner faces, and the intermediate thickness of water-proof material, such as canvas or duck,

and the bottom or sole of five layers-that is to say, the insole of leather overlaid with a sheet or fillet of india-rubber with the first or inner and canvas upper drawn over these;

5 next a sole of waterproof-painted felt and covered With a Water-proof canvas sole, and then over all the outer sole painted with paraffine-paint upon the inside and pegged to the outer upper.

10 2. In awater-proof bootcomposed of leather,

the extension-top herein described of indiarubber or prepared water-proof canvas,united to the top of the boot-leg in the manner substantially as shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 15 have hereunto set my hand and seal.

LEWIS SLESSINGER. [n s.] Witnesses:

O. W. M. SMITH, CHAS. E. KELLY.

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