There were at least two manufacturers of metal tip shoe protectors (also
called "fenders" ... and it is asserted in the claims that these would be
useful for children's shoes) in 1877 when the patent infringement case of
The American Shoe Tip Company vs. The National Shoe-Toe Protector Company
was heard in the New Jersey District federal court. The invention claims &
full patent history is laid-out in the court's injunction, which can be read
here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=hMw9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA551&dq=%22american+shoe+tip+company%22&as_brr=1#PPA551,M1
Patent 26,329 to Newman Silverthorne on Nov 29, 1859 for "Boot and Shoe Tip"
:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=dGhjAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=26329
Re-issued to James M. Allen as RE1339 September 1862, see:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=dGhjAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=26329
Re-issued 4 August 1868 as RE3070, see:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=mf8dAAAAEBAJ&dq=RE3070
"Fender or Sheath for Boots and Shoes" Patent No. 34,461 to John Dillingham
February 18, 1862:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=mcxuAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=George+A.+Mitchell+1857
"Shoe Upper-Tip" Patent No. 19,040 to George A. Mitchell on January 5, 1858:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=MftYAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=George+A.+Mitchell+1858
"Machine for Swaging Boot and Shoe Tips" Patent No. 28,888 to George A.
Mitchell on June 26, 1860:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=nM5mAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=George+A.+Mitchell+1858#PPP1,M1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marsha King" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:13 AM
> Subject: Query re: steel-toed boots (child sized)
>
>
>> Fellow HISTARCHers,
>>
>> I have been asked to try to quickly (within the next 20 minutes) find a
>> date when steel-toed boots began to be manufactured. So far my quick
>> Google search has not come up with anything but modern boot sales.
>>
>> Does anyone happen to know when steel-toed boots hit the market?
>>
>> As a bit of background, apparently a high school class from the towns of
>> Perry & Lecompton in NE Kansas found a child-sized steel-toed boot no a
>> sand bar in the Kansas River. They want to know (approximately) how old
>> it is. Unfortunately, the best person locally to answer this question
>> is off-work with a medical issue.
>>
>> Can anyone help, or do we need to admit to not knowing?
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>>
>> Marsha K. King, Archeologist II
>> Environmental Services Section, Bureau of Design
>> Kansas Department of Transportation
>> Eisenhower State Office Building, 700 SW Harrison St.
>> Topeka, KS 66603-3745
>> Phone - 785-296-8414 Fax - 785-296-8399
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