Improvements in Fasteners for Stays, Corsets, or the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Stays, Corsets, or the like.
1, CHARLES MARTIN of Alma Street, Beech Avenue, in the Borough of
Nottingham, Hosiery Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to attachable and detachable fasteners for connecting the
front of corsets or for analogous purposes.
In carrying out this invention one part of the fastener is made with an eye and
preferably two projections which enter into and are secured in corresponding holes
in a foundation plate or for example a stay-busk, the eye being at right angles to
the length of the stay-busk.
The remaining part is formed from a blank of any suitable shape part of the
centre of which is punched away leaving an opening preferably rectangular with
a tongue projecting from one side; this is secured to the other stay-busk with the
opening beyond the inner edge and the tongue pointing towards it so that when the
two stay-busks are brought together the part formed with the tongue will pass
over the eye part and the tongue entering the eye will prevent it from being
displaced.
Dated this 13th day of May 1891.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Stays, Corsets, or the like.
I, CHARLES MARTIN of Alma Street, Beech Avenue, in the Borough of
Nottingham, Hosiery Warehouseman, 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 relates to attachable and detachable fasteners for connecting
stay-busks, or for analogous purposes.
It will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a blank forming one part of the fastener and Fig. 2 a blank
forming the other part. Figs. 3 and 4 are elevation and plan respectively showing
the application of the fastener to stay busks.
The whole of the views are enlarged so as to show the invention more clearly.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In carrying out my invention one part of the fastener is formed by the blank
or piece a of any suitable exterior shape part of the centre of which is cut or
punched away leaving an opening and an intercally projecting tongue a¹ this
blank is secured to one stay busk or the like c with the opening beyond the edge
of the busk and the tongue a' pointing towards it as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
The other part of the fastener is formed by the blank or piece d which is
provided with an eye e and a projection d' for securing it to the other stay busk or
the like c'.
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The blank dis secured by the projections perpendicularly to the stay busk c
as shown in Figs. 3 and with the eye e at right angles to the length of the stay-
busk so that when the two busks are brought together the opening in the blanks a
will pass over the blank d and the tongue a' in the one part will enter the eye e
in the other part and thus hold the two busks together.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A fastener for stay busks or the like consisting of a piece such as a with
opening and internally projecting tongue such as a' and piece such as d with eye e
to receive the tongue a¹ of the other part substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of Woh 1000
CHARLES MÁRTIN.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.