US966774A - Waterproof boot. - Google Patents

Description

PatentedlAug. 9, 1910.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 19.11).

Application filed February 13, 1909. Serial No. 477,773.

To all w/Lcm it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC W. SAVAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granville, county' of lVashington, and State of- New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in lWaterproof Boots, ot' which the following is a specilieation.

My invention relates to waterproof boots shown in an application for Letters Patent filed by me May l, 1906, Serial No. 314,623, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in the saine consisting of an improved top for the same which will not only be waterproof, but will lit any sized leg, and may be buckled, laced or otherwise fas tened to be drawn snug to the leg ofthe' wearer, whereby access ot moisture at the top thereof will be prevented and the article retained in its adjusted position without sagging In the accompanying drawing :HFlgure l is a erspective view of a boot embodying one orm of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View embodying a modified construction.

Rubber boots heretofore when extended above the knee have had Said extensions made of thin rubber 'which is not only easily cracked or torn, but because yot their size and flexibility tend 'to gap open at the top and to sag down. This ditliculty I propose to remedy by providing the boot with what is known as' 'a bellows plait or tongue, located either in the front or back or in either side of the extension, and extending from any point above the boot proper to the top of the extension. By this construction ample room may be lett tor the insertion ot the foot oli' the wearer, and when the boot is adjusted in position on the leg said beh lows plait or tongue may be drawn to` ether at, its edges, by suitable lacing, Buckles, or lother fastening means, whereby a snug tit will be assured and any sagging prevented.

Referring now to the drawing, and particularly to Fig. l thereof, I have shown aI rubber boot l 'formed up to the knee like the ordinary knee boot, and extended from the knee to the hip or thigl'i atfQ, said upper leu iortion being provided in one side with a ellows7 plait or tongue 3 also formed of rubber or waterproof material, the edges of the slit formed in the upper leg portion to receive said plait or tongue being pro# vided with eyelets 4 to receive a lacing cord, or with buckles 5 of any desired construction, or with both. Said boot is manufactured. as follows: The several 4 arts constitoting the sole, foot portion an leg portion are assembled upon a last and cemented and pressed into shape in the usual manner,'tl1e' 'upper leg portion having been previously split, as shown, and having attached thereto by cementing and stitching the bellows plait or tongue 3. The article is then vulcanized as a whole, whereby the line of connection between said plait or tongue 3 and the upper leg portion 2 is made watertight, and with the eyelets 4, or buckles 5, or both, added, is ready for use.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a somewhat dif-i ferent construction wherein the boot 11 is provided with an upper le Y portion formed preferably' of waterproofel duck, and provided in its rear, with a bellows plait or tongue 12 extending from its top down to the top of the boot llproper. This article is mainiitactured as follows: The several parts of the boot 1l areassenibled upon the last and cemented vand pressed into shape read for vulcanization. The upper legportion, which has been split and had cemented and sewed thereto the plait or tongue 12, is then cemented to the upper edge of said boot 1l, and the article as a whole then vulcanized. The saine being finished by adding eyelets or buckles, or both, is dy for use.- E

It will be understood that I do not lanit myself to any particular length of lellows ll plait or tongue, as the same mayextend from the top of the leg portion d1' wn to any point above the boot proper, and i ay be located in either side or the front oriear of said boot.. So also, I may forni the n er leg portion oi" any suitable waterproof m terial, such as rubber or waterproofed tl ck, the latter being extremely durable, mich more so than rubber. I may also form fthe whole leg and foot portion of the bootl of waterprooit'ed duck and connect it to a. rnbber insole, to which an outer-sole ot leather or other suitable material is fastened,| as.

described in an application for Letters Pattension and extendin to 'the top of said ent led by me February 10, 1909,`Skerial No. extension, all of sai parts being united 477,131. v Waterproof. Y,

Having thus described my invention, what In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 5 I vclaim as new and desire to secure by Letmy hand in the presence oftwo subscribing 15 ters Patentis: Witnesses. A boot formedl of Waterproof material n FREDERIC W. SAVAGE. and provided with a flexible extension above Witnesses: the l 1iee,.and a bellows plait or gusset also PERCY B. I-IILLS,

l1.0 vof waterproof material located in said ex- EDWIN F. Fimv

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