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 WILIiUMS V. CANDEE. 687 �are made of an outer and inner textile fabric, connected to- gether by a layer of rubber. The main object of my inven- tion is to fumisb a rubber boot wMch fits well around the ankle, which may be easily put on and taken off, and which is neat and attractive in appearance; and my invention mainly coneists in a boot composed of an inner upper, fitted to the last, slitted upward from near the sole, and longenough to allow this inner upper, after vulcanization of the rubber, tû be removed readily from the last, (oi', what is in substance the same thing, to allow it to be readily put on or taken off the foot,) and of an outer upper which is eut so large that it does not require to be slit in order that it may be removed from the last or put on and taken off the foot. My improved boot consists, in fact, of an inner and an outer upper, and a suitable sole, the inner upper being made to fit the last, and, therefore, requiring to be slit open from near the sole upward, while the outer upper is made much larger than the inner upper, and requires the surplus stock to be overlapped and fastened in order to fit the boot closely to the ankle and leg." The patentee further says : "The novelty of the main fea- ture of my invention does not lie, of course, in the patterns used, nor in the use of a folding gore piece, as it is obvious that the patterns may be largely varied, and the folding gore piece is well known. My inner upper must, however, be so eut as to permit it to be laid upon and conformed to the last or foot; and the outer upper must be eut as much larger than the inner upper as will provide for the overlapping of the front and rear sections thereof, and thereby guarding or covering the slit in the inner upper, and allowing the boot to be readily removed from the last, or be readily put on and taken off of the foot of the wearer, and at the same time admitting of the unison of the outer edges of said overlap- ping portions of the front and fear outer upper in forming the water-excluding bellows flap. The parts of " the outer upper which are not attached to the inner upper are caused to fit snugly by securing them by means of the leg and ankle straps shown, or other suitable devices." Gne main difficulty to be avoided was that the shoe of 1872 could not be fittei ����