IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET-FASTENINGS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67, Strand, in the city of Westminster, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENT IN
CORSET-FASTENINGS, a communication to me from abroad by Albert Rammoser;
Manufacturer, of 78 Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, in the German Empire, to be as
follows:-
This improvement relates to corset-fastenings and has for its object to construct
a fastening, which allows of simple and easy manipulation without injuriously
compressing the chest of the person wearing the corset..
The fastening comprises metallic eyelets arranged in two rows extending from
top to bottom, each eyelet being held by a pin and adapted to be detached from the
same; a string or, lace-band, which is drawn through the eyelets in zig-zag-line,
and a metallic stay at the upper end of the corset. The pins provided with flat
heads are secured to the corset, the eyelets being sewn or otherwise fastened on a
narrow strip of cloth in distances corresponding to those of the pins. On one side
of the corset this cloth strip is fastened above and below, but this is not absolutely
necessary; on the other side the cloth-strip with the eyelets is loose. Each eyelet
is shifted with its slotted extension on to the corresponding pin, where it is held
fast by the projecting head of the said pin. The closing is caused by drawing the
lace-band through the eyelets. For preventing the chest to be injuriously com-
pressed, a metallic stay is placed between the two uppermost pins of the right and
left row, which stay is adapted to be conveniently shortened and lengthened.
The said stay consists of a central socket piece, two spindles adapted to be slid into
the right and left end of the socket, and a spring secured to the socket-piece and
provided with two pins.
The spindles are forked at their outer ends, and provided with a number of holes,
into which fit the pins of the spring mentioned above. By altoring the position of
the spindles in the socket-piece, the stay can be set to the desired length.
The stay is supported with the forked ends of the spindles by the pins and thus
takes up the tension produced on the pins by the lacing string, whereby a detri-
mental compression of the chest is prevented.
The corset is closed behind, and the fastening situated in front.
For the purpose of opening the corset, the lacing string need only be loosened.
enough to allow of the loose cloth-strip being taken with its eyelets out of the pins

page_text: of the corresponding row, whilst the other eyelet-row remains secured to the corre-
sponding pins; also the lacing string remains drawn through all eyelets. The
closing of the corset is effected inversely.
In order to prevent the formation of folds by the cloth strips, projecting from the
eyelets, by tightening the corset, thin steel bands are laid cross wise into these
strips at the top, bottom, and in the middle.
The hooking of the eyelets on to the pins being inconvenient, particularly to
corpulent persons, as the pin does not easily enter the hole of the eyelet, a closing
device for the lacing string has been designed, which can be more easily secured to
the pins. Such a device is employed chiefly to that side of the corset, on which
the fastening can be loosened. The device consists of a button, which is put on the
pins by means of a mechanism similar to that used for some cuff-studs and which
has an eyelet through which the lacing string is drawn. The button consists of
two parts, an upper-plate and a lower plate, connected to each other by bending
round their edges, and receiving between them two slides, the inner arms of which
are brought in contact with the pin by the pressure of two spiral springs. By
pressing the plates of the slides inward, their arms release the pin, and the button
can be removed from the pin.
The upper plate of the button is provided with two extensions, one of which
receiving a ring or an eyelet through which is drawn the lacing band, whilst the
other serves to secure the button to the narrow cloth-strip.
The lower plate of the button is provided with a central hole, large enough to
receive the head of the pin; the upper plate is curved according to the shape of this
head.
For closing the corset, the button is only pressed upon the pins, and for loosening
the same the slides need only be pressed down.

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I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67, Strand, in the County of Middlesex Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by Albert Rammoser, of 78 Friedrich Strasse, Berlin, Germany, 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 corset fastenings and has for its object to construct
a fastening, which allows of simple and easy manipulation without injuriously
compressing the chest of the person wearing the corset.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a front view of a corset provided with the
improved fastening. Figs. 2-4 show details.
The fastening comprises metallic eyelets a arranged in two rows extending from
top to bottom, each eyelet being held by a pin b and adapted to be detached from.
the same; a string or lace-band d, which is drawn through the eyelets a in a zig-
zag-line, and a metallic stay fat the upper end of the corset. The pins b provided
with flat heads are secured to the corset, the eyelets a being sewn or otherwise
fastened on a narrow strip of cloth (Fig. 4) at distances corresponding to those of
the pins b.
On one side of the corset this cloth-strip is fastened above and below at xx, but
this is not absolutely necessary; on the other side the cloth strip e with the
eyelets a is loose. Each eyelet is placed with its slotted extension a on the corre
sponding pin b, where it is held fast by the projecting head of the said pin b. The,
closing is caused by drawing the lace-band d through the eyelets a.
For preventing the chest to be injuriously compressed, a metallic stay f is placed
between the two uppermost pins b of the right and left row, which stay is adapted
to be conveniently shortened and lengthened. As shown by Figs. 2 and 3, the said
stay consists of a central piece f, the two spindles or plates fi adapted to be slid
into the right and left end of the socket, and a spring f³ secured to the socket
piece f and provided with two pins ƒ³.
The spindles fare forked at their outer ends and provided with a number of
holes, into which fit the pins f* of the spring f³. By altering the position of the
spindles f¹ in the socket-piece f, the stay can be set to the desired lengh.
The stay is supported with the forked ends of the spindle f¹ by the pins b,
Figs. 2 and 3, and thus takes up the tension produced on the pins by the lacing
string, whereby a detrimental compression of the chest is prevented.
The corset is closed behind, and the fastening situated in front.
For the purpose of opening the corset, the lacing string need only be loosened
enough to allow of the loose cloth strip e being taken with its eyelets a out of the
pins 6 of the corresponding row, whilst the other eyelet-row remains secured to the
corresponding pins b; also the lacing string remains drawn through all eyelets. The
closing of the corset is effected inversely.
In order to prevent the formation of folds by the cloth strips projecting from the
eyelets, when tightening the corset, thin steel bands are laid cross-wise into these
strips at the top and bottom and in the middle.

page_text: The booking of the eyelets a on to the pins 6 being very inconvenient, parti-
cularly to corpulent persons, as the pin b does not easily enter the hole of the
eyelet a, a closing device for the lacing string has been designed, which can be
more easily secured to the pins b. Such a device is represented by Figs. 5-8, and
is applied chiefly to that side of the corset, on which the fastening can be loosened.
The device consists of a button A, Figs. 5, 6 & 7 which is put on the pins 6 by
means of a mechanism similar to that used for some cuff-studs and which has an
eyelet a¹, through which the lacing string is drawn.
The button A consists of two parts, an upper plate g and a lower plate g¹, con-
nected to each other by bending round their edges, and receiving between them the
two slides h h, the inner arms h₁ of which are brought in contact with the pin 6 by
the pressure of two spiral springs i i. By pressing the plates h h of the slides h
inward, their arms h¹ release the pin b, and the button A can be removed from the
pin b.
The upper plate g of the button is provided with two extensions k and k¹, one of
which receiving a ring or an eyelet a', through which is drawn the lacing band d,
whilst serves to secure the button to the narrow cloth strip.
The lower plate g¹ of the button is provided with a central hole, large enough to
receive the head of the pin b; the upper plate is curved according to the shape of
this head.
For closing the corset, the button A is only pressed upon the pins b, and for
loosening the same, the slides need only be pressed down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that, what
I claim, is
1.) A corset fastening, comprising two rows of eyelets a extending from top to
bottom and adapted to be attached to and detached from pins b, the eyelets of the
same row being connected with each other by a narrow stripe of flexible material,
a lacing string d and an extensible stay f situated between two pins b at the
upper end of the fastening.
2.) A corset fastening, as specified in the preceding claim, except, that the
eyelet a is replaced by the stud A, illustrated by Figs. 5 to 7, said stud being
secured to the pin b by a pair of slides h h actuated by springs, and provided with
a ring a¹ for the lacing string.
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