Year: 1886

page_text: We THOMAS ROBERT ROSSITER and CHARLES WILLIAM ALLEN both of the firm
of Chappell Allen and Company of Weare Street, in the City of Bristol, Corset
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to provide fastenings which can be readily
unfastened but which are secure against accidental unfastening.
According to this Invention the fastening is made in two parts one of which
engages in or with the other and one of the parts of the fastening is made with
the portion which holds the other part of the fastening in position capable of being
moved out of its holding position so as to release the fastening. This can be
effected in the case of fastenings for corsets or the like by making the one portion
of each of the fastenings of a stud with a head and a stem and the other of a
piece with a hole and a slot so that the heads can be passed through the holes and
the stems be drawn along the slots to fasten the parts together. The front parts
of the slots are constituted in each case by a moveable jaw normally retained in
its closed position by a spring or otherwise but connected with a strip or piece
which can be operated from any convenient part of the article so as to open the
jaws. To this strip or piece all the fastenings are connected so that they are
operated all at once to open the jaws and so release the one part of the fastening
from the other.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
Agent for the said T. R. Rossiter and
C. W. Allen,

page_text: Articles.
We THOMAS ROBERT ROSSITER and CHARLES WILLIAM ALLEN both of the firm
of Chappell Allen & Coy of Weare Street in the City of Bristol Corset Manu-
facturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
This Invention has for its object to provide fastenings which can be readily
unfastened but which are secure against accidental unfastening.
According to this Invention the fastening is in two principal parts one of which
engages in or with the other and one of these parts of the fastening is made with
a portion which holds the other part of the fastening in position capable of being
moved out of its holding position to unfasten the article to which the fastening is
applied This is effected by making the one portion of the fastening with a stud
or head and a stem and the other part with a hole and the slot running thereinto
so that the head of the first part of the fastening can be passed thro' the hole and
then the stem be drawn along the slot to fasten the parts together. The front part
of the slot is constituted by a moveable piece or jaw normally retained in its
closed position but connected to or formed with a lever strip or piece which can be
operated from any convenient part of the article to which the fastening is applied
so as to move the jaw and allow the other part of the fastening to be slipped side-
ways from the alot. In the case of applying the fastening to corsets or leggings
or the like there may be several of the devices the one part of all the devices being
secured to a strip attached to one side of the article to be fastened and the other
part of all the devices being secured to another strip attached to the other side of
the article to be fastened the moveable jaws being connected so that the whole of
the devices are operated at once to move all the jaws and so release the article to
which the fastening is applied.
And in order that the Invention may be well understood we will now proceed
to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing what we consider the
best way of carrying it into practical effect. We illustrate a fastening for a corset
provided with three of the devices according to our Invention but it is to be under-
stood that the Invention is not limited to this application nor to the employment
of any particular number of the devices as one or more may be used as may be
most convenient as will be readily understood.
Figure 1 shows the fastening undone and Figure 2 shews it secured.
A is a strip which is secured to one side of the corset It is provided with
stems 6 having heads 62 (see the edge view of part of the strip at the lower end of
Figure 1) C is a strip which is secured to the opposite side of the corset. It has
rivetted to it double pieces or cheeks d in number the same as the stems b and
situated opposite them. In the cheeks d are holes ďand slots d³ open at the
outward end-E are levers each formed with a jawe at the outward end and
capable of turning upon the periphery of the metal around the edge of hole d³ as
on a centre. The tails of the levers E are centered at ³ to a strip F capable of

page_text: sliding longitudinally in a guide f A spring g bears at one end against the
enlarged or turned over end of the strip F at f* and at the other end upon the
guidef so that the said spring forces and retains the strip F into the position
shewn in Figure 2 in which the jaws e close the slots d³. By pulling the strip F
longitudinally by means of the cord f³ so as to compress the spring g as shewn in
Figure 1 the levers E are moved so that the jaws e no longer close the slots ď³ and
the fastening can be released by withdrawing the stems b sideways from the slots d
It will be understood that one of the devices with the head 6 and stem b on the
one part and the piece d with the hole d' and slot and the lever E and closing
and releasing jaw e on the other side can be used with articles to which such a
single fastening is applicable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: —
First. A fastening for corsets leggings or other articles consisting of two
principal parts capable of engaging together, one of the parts being provided with
a moveable portion which is normally retained in the fastening position but which
can be withdrawn to allow the one part of the fastening to pass out from the other
part of the fastening substantially as hereinbefore described.
Second. A fastening for corsets leggings or other articles having two principal
parts the one to be secured to one side of the article having a stem and a head
and the other part having a slot and a hole the slot opening out at the side of the
said other part and being normally closed by a jaw which can be withdrawn
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawings.
.
Third. A fastening for corsets leggings or other articles consisting of strips each
carrying one of the principle parts of several of the fastening devices hereinbefore
described and claimed the movable jaws or slot closing devices being all attached
to one means for operating them altogether substantially as bereinbefore described.
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Fourth. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the fastening
for corsets leggings or other articles as herein before described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.