US487226A

US487226A - Leggin

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Publication number: US487226A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1909-11-29

Description

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M. J. MGGUIGAN.

LEGGIN.

No. 487,226. Patented NOV 29, 1892.

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MICHAEL J. MOGUIGAN, OF ASHLAND, IVISCONSIN.

LEGGIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,226, dated November 29, 1892. Application filed September 15, 1891. Serial No. 405,756. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. MCGUIGAN, of Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lumbermens Leggins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanymg drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices designed to be used in connection with the heavy woolen socks and rubber shoes or moccasins worn by lumbermen and others engaged in outdoor employments during the winter season.

Its main objects are to protect and preserve the socks and rubbers, particularly around the ankle, where they are subjected to the greatest Wear and most liable to be punctured or torn by knots, twigs, or other sharp projections.

It consists of certain peculiarities in the form and construction of the leggin hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims, and the combination of such a leggin with the socks and shoes or moccasins commonly worn by lumbermen.

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of myimproved device, together With a sock and rubber shoe in connection with which it is designed to be used, and Fig. 2 is a partial side and bottom view of a portion of the leggin.

A represents one of the socks commonly known as lumbermens socks and ordinarily made of heavy fulled knit woolen fabric, and B represents a rubber shoe such as is commonly used by lumbermen in connection with socks of the kind named.

0 represents my improved leggin designed for use in connection with such socks and shoes or moccasins and constructed approximately in the form of a laced boot without the toe portion. It is preferably made of leather or some other similar tough durable material which will aiford the desired protection to the sock and shoe or moccasin from sharp sticks, knots, or the like and will exclude snow from the opening around the upper edge of the shoe or moccasin. It is preferably constructed of two sections joined by a seam at the back and left open in front from the lower, end, which passes over the instep to the upper end, the edges being provided with eyelets and a lace c, as shown, or other suitable fastenings. It is formed at the rear portion of the lower end with a heel D, fitted approximately to the heel of the shoe with which it is to be worn and adapted to protect the same and to assist in holding theleggin O in place.

In front of the heel D the leggin is formed with an opening 0, through which the foot passesin placing the leggin thereon. Around this opening a reinforcing-strip c of leather or other suitable material, is stitched or otherwise attached to the body of the leggi-n,and over the instep one end of this strip is extended in a strap, 0 and the other end is provided with a buckle c", which constitute a fastening by which the device is adjusted to and secured around the instep. The leggin is fitted to the ankle by cutting tapering sections from each side and joining the edges of the openings thus produced in seams, which are reinforced by strips 0 The leggin is provided on the inside adjacent to the longitudinal front opening with a tongue strip or flap E, which is attached to one of the side sections and projects under the adjacent edge of the other section, thereby effectually closing the opening between them. The upper edge of the leggin and the edges of the sections in which the eyelets are formed on each side of the longitudinal opening in front are preferably strengthened by reinforcing-strips stitched or otherwise attach ed inside, as indicated by dotted lines.

I claim- 1. A lumbermans leggin constructed with a heel-seat adapted to receive and hold the heel of the shoe, an opening in front of the heel-seat for the passage of the foot, a strap passing over the instep and provided wit-h an adjustable fastening for varying the size of said opening to snugly fit around the foot, a longitudinal slit extending from a point at or near said opening to the top of the leg portion, and fastenings for securing and holding the opposite edges of said slit together, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A lumbermans leggin constructed of two sections of leather or other suitable material and having at the rear portion of the lower end a heel-seat which is adapted to receive and protect the heel of the shoe, and an opening in front of said heel-seat for the passage of the foot, the edge of said opening being provided with a reinforcing-strip adapted to completely encircle the instep and provided with a fastening, said sections being permanently joined at the back and provided in front with suitable fastenings for securing and holding the edges together, one section being provided with a flap which extends underneath the adjacent section so as to close the opening between them, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A lumbermans sock and shoe protector composed of two sections of leather permanently joined together in a vertical seam at the back and provided in front with suitable fastenings by which their adjacent edges are secured and held together, a flap attached to the inside of one section in front and projectes'a'aze ing underneath the adjacent edge of the opposite section so as to close the opening between them, said leggin being formed at the lower end with a heel-seat which is adapted to receive and protect the heel of the shoe and to assistin holding the leggin in place, and an opening for the passage of the foot in front of the heel, the edge of said opening being reinforced by a strap extending over the instep and completely encircling the foot and provided with a fastening by which it is adjusted to and secured upon the foot, gores being cut from the sides of the leggin adjacent to the ankle, and the edges of the openings thus formed being drawn together andjoined, thus contracting the leggin about theankle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. MOGUIGAN. Witnessesv EDWARD BENTON, PETER LAMAL.