Calked loggers' boots

Abstract

Abstract A LOGGERS'' BOOT IS PROVIDED HAVING THICK, CALKABLE SOLE MEMBER OF TOUGH SHEET MATERIAL SUCH AS LOGGERS'' OAK LEATHER AFFIXED TO THE UNDERSIDES OF THE HEEL AND OF THE TREAD AREA OF THE SOLE OF AN OTHERWISE NORMAL BOOT. EACH CALKABLE MEMBER HAS A MULTIPLICITY OF CLOSELY SPACED PERFORATIONS BORED THROUGH IT IN A DRILL PRESS, AND CONTAINS IN EACH PERFORATION THE BODY PORTION OF A CONE NUT WHOSE FLANGE PORTION SQUARLEY ABUTS A SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CALKABLE MEMBER, WHOSE PRONGS PENETRATE THE CALKABLE MEMBER FROM WITHIN, AND WHOSE INTERNALLY THREADED BODY EXTENDS THROUGH, OR NEARLY THROUGH SAID MEMBER. A CHALK OF NOVEL, ONE-PIECE CONSTRUCTION IS SECURELY THREADED IN EACH CONE NUT, EACH CALK COMPRISING THREADED CYLINDRICAL BODY, A SHARP INNER CONICAL TIP WHICH EXTENDS INWARD BEYOND THE CALKABLE MEMBER AND PENETRATES THE CONVENTIONAL SOLE OR HEEL PORTION OF THE BOOT AS THE CASE MAY BE, AN EXPOSED OUTWARDLY PROJECTING, SHARP CONICAL TIP, AND A RIGID COLLAR OF SUBSTANTIAL THICKNESS WHICH SURROUNDS THE BODY BETWEEN THE THREADED PORTION AND THE OUTER TIP. THE COLLAR HAS FLAT SIDES ADAPTING IT TO HAVE INTERFITTING, DRIVEN RELATION WITH THE SOCKET OF A POWER WRENCH, SO THAT THE CALKS CAN BE QUICKLY, EFFECTIVELY AND CONSISTENTLY DRIVEN INTO PLACE BY THE POWER WRENCH, AND CAN BE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY EXTRACTED BY THE SAME MEANS.

Inventors

• 👤 Norman A Williams

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