Improvements in Corsets and other Laced Garments.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct.. 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Communicated from abroad by EDMUND EDWARDS PRICE, of No. 1244, Broad-
way, New York, United States of America, Inventor.]
Improvements in Corsets and other Laced Garments.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This improvement relates to laced garments and is particularly designed for
corsets.
It consists in providing the edges of opposite parts with eyes arranged in the
same planes as the parts, and extending from the edge of each part toward the edge
of the opposite part, the axes or centres of the eyes being substantially parallel
with the general longitudinal lines of the edges of said parts.
When the eyes are thus combined with the edges of opposite parts, a lacing may
be passed through them in planes parallel with the planes of the parts and opposite
the centres of the edges of the parts, instead of being passed transversely through
the paris. Owing to this, neither the eyes nor the lace need project beyond the
This will be highly advantageous
parts with which the eyes are combined.
because the lace will never be bound between the parts and some adjacent surface,
as, for instance, between the parts of a corset and an adjacent garment, but will be
at all times free to render or play through the eyes without binding. Moreover,
this combination is advantageous because neither the eyes nor the lace will show
through an outer garment, as, for instance, a dress worn outside of a corset.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1891.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets and other Laced Garments.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 improvement relates to laced garments and is particularly designed for
corsets.
It consists in providing the edges of opposite parts with eyes arranged in the
same planes as the parts, and extending from the edge of each part toward the edge
of the opposite part, the axes or centres of the eyes being substantially parallel
with the general longitudinal lines of the edges of said parts.
When the eyes are thus combined with the ed es of opposite parts, a lacing may
be passed through them in planes parallel with the planes of the parts and opposite
the centres of the edges of the parts, instead of being passed transversely through
the parts. Owing to this, neither the eyes nor the lace need project beyond the
This will be highly advantageous
parts with which the eyes are combined.
because the lace will never be bound between the parts and some adjacent surface,
as for instance, between the parts of a corset and an adjacent garment, but will be
at all times free to render or play through the eyes without binding
Moreover

page_text: this combination is advantageous because neither the eyes nor the lace will show
through an outer garment, as, for instance, a dress worn outside of a corset.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 represents the back of a corset embodying my improvement.
Figure 2 is a top view of the same.
Figure 3 is a back view of "bones or
accordance with my improvement.
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"steels" provided with eyes in
Figure 4 is a cross section taken at the plane of the dotted line a Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a back view of "bones or "steels" provided with eyes in
accordance with my improvement, but illustrating a slightly modified construction.
Figure 6 is a cross section taken at the plane of the dotted line y y, Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a back view of "bones or "steels" provided with eyes in
accordance with my improvement, but illustrating a slightly modified construction.
Figure 8 is a cross section taken at the plane of the dotted line = Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a back view of the edge portion of one section of a corset provided
with cyes of slightly modified construction.
Figure 10 is a cross section taken at the plane of the dotted line ww Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a perspective view of a wire bent to form eyes which may be
fastened in accordance with my improvement to the edge of a corset section.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures."
A¹ A² designates two sections or sides of a corset. The back portions only are
represented. The edges of these back portions are provided with eyes B B, and
these eyes preferably are arranged so as to project beyond such edges, as shown in
all the figures except Figure 9. If desired, the edges of the back portions of the
two sections or sides of the corset may be notched and the eyes arranged in the
notches as illustrated in Figure 9. The eyes in all cases will be parallel with the
edges, or at least parallel with the general lines of the edges, the latter statement
being true even of the construction illustrated by Figure 9.
It will be seen that the eyes belonging to each edge project toward the opposite
edge and that the axes or centres of the eyes are parallel with the edges of the
corset sections. In other words, the eyes are open at the top and bottom instead
of having openings extending horizontally through them.
Preferably the edges of the corset sections will be provided in the ordinary or
any other appropriate manner, with "bones or steels" C1 C2, and when they are
used the eyes may with advantage be fastened to them.
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The eyes may be made separately and bent to embrace the "bones
or "steels."
When so made, they may be fastened to the "bones" or "steels in any suitable
manner, as, for instance, by being riveted thereto. In Figures 3 and 4, I have
shown them made and attached in this manner. If desired, they may be formed of
strips cut in the shape of tongues to extend beyond the edges of the "bones
"steels," and then bent backwards against the "bones" or "steels," as shown in
Figures 5 and 6. Each of the "bones or "steels "may be made of two adjacent
sections connected by strips bent to form eyes, as illustrated by Figures 7 and 8.
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In Figures 9 and 10, I have shown that the eyes may be made by bending a
piece of wire into a coil between its ends and fastening the ends to the edges of the
back portions of the sections of a corset. The ends of the wire so bent may form
clasps or prongs for fastening the eyes in place. In Figure 11, I have shown that
a series of eyes may be made of a single wire bent at intervals to form loops having
their axes parallel with the main portions of the wire which are intermediate of
the loops.
D designates a lacing run back and forth through eyes upon opposite edges of
the sections, and drawn out at the point intermediate of the top and bottom
opposite the waist line so as to form ends which may be fastened to preserve the
relation of the two sections of the corset. These ends may be passed through holes
in plate P, and this plate will be advantageous because it will preserve the relation
of the two sections of the corset. These ends may be passed through holes in a
plate P, and this plate will be advantageous because it will prevent the wearer

page_text: of the corset from pulling the portions of the lacing which are drawn out in such a
direction as to make them bind in the eyes.
My improvement has many advantages. The eyes being set with their axes
parallel with the general line of the corset sections, and so as to be practically
between the planes of the inside and outside surfaces of the corset sections, neither
they nor the lacing will show through a dress like the ordinary eyes extending
through a corset. The lacing will not be pressed into the flesh as it is when used
in connection with eyes passing through the corset and the edges of the corset will
not be forced inwards so as to press unduly against the flesh.
Another advantage is that the lacing will be always free to render at any point,
as it will never be bound or held between the flesh or undergarment and the corset
sections, as it always is where the lacing is used in connection with eyes extending
through the corset. This is a very great advantage as the corset may be readily
tightened or loosened. It is only necessary to unfasten the lacing and then bend
over the body in order to cause the lacing to slip through the eyes and loosen the
corset.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:
1. The combination with two sections of a garment, of eyes attached to the
edges and having their axes parallel with the general lines of the edges, and a
lacing, substantially as specified.
2. The combination with two sections of a garment, of eyes attached to the
edges and having their axes parallel with the general lines of the edges; and con-
nected with "bones or "steels" inserted in the edges, and a lacing, substantially
as specified.
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Dated this 10th day of October 1891.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.