US177656A - Improvement in water-proof boots and shoes - Google Patents

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H. n. otsoon. QW'ATER PROOF BOOTS AND SHOES. No 177,656. f v Patented May 23,1876.

N-FETW PHOTOQLITHOGRAFHEH. WASHINGTON, DMQ

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN D. OSGOOD, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD HIS RIGHT TO JAMES M. OSGOOD, OF SAME PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT lN WATER-PROOF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177-656, dated May 23, 1876; application filed April 19, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN D. Oseoon, of Somerville, in the county of Middlescx and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Making Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to render boots and shoes entirely water-tight. Of course, it is well known that the principal place at which water finds entrance is just over the sole, between it and the upper. I have, therefore, to obviate this diffieulty, placed a sandal-shaped and very thin rubber piece, made Whole, without seam, into the shoe during the process of manufacture. Its position in the shoe is hetween'the outer and inner sole, and extending up for a short distance between the lining and upper. The shape of my device, allowing it to extend up around the sides, heel, and toe of the shoe, prevents the entrance of the water between the sole and upper, and renders it greatly superior to an ordinary rubber sole.

In the accompanying illustration, Figure 1 represents a portion of a shoe, with a piece broken out to show the position of the waterproof protector. Fig. 2 is a view of my waterproof device or protector detached from a shoe. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of a shoe provided .with the device. I

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

a represents the shoe-upper; b, the lining, while extending up between them is the water-proof protector c. This is well shown in the broken line 0 the outer sole, while the black line 0 is the rubber protector.

This protector may he slipped over the last while the shoe is in process of making, and

the upper lasted over it with perfect case.

If that part next to the sole d need any protection, a piece of cotton or other material may be pasted on the under side.

Any water-proof material maybe used in place of rubber. lower than shown in the drawing, as deemed most practicable.

It will be readily seen that by means of this device the boot or shoe to which it is applied will be rendered perfectly tight, not only at the sole, but at the sides and between the sole and upper, where the water is most likely to ooze in.

The sides and toe of the rubber protector may be covered with cloth, if desired, in order to protect the rubber from wear in case of breakage in the leather.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is

In the manufacture of water-proof boots and shoes, the combination of the intermediate seamless upper and sole, of water-proof material, with the shoeupper, lining, and soles, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

HERMAN D. OSGOOD.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, E. R. WILLIAMS.

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