Improvements in Children's Band Stays and Ladies' Stays.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept.. 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Band Stays and Ladies' Stays.
I, WILLIAM HOLLEY of 93 Dumbarton Road, in the City and County of
Glasgow, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
This invention comprises improvements in the construction of children's band
stays, but which are also applicable to ladies' stays, and has for its object to enable
such stays to be laced upon the person in such a manner as to allow of their being
expanded to fit the body as the child grows and the waist expands, without leaving
any opening between their ends at the laced up part. The child's band stays
would be formed of web fabrics securely stitched together, and have shoulder
straps secured thereto all in an usual manner; but the ends which meet at the back
would have preferably arow of eyelet holes on each, in a similar manner to ordinary
ladies' stays, or it might be a row of eyelet holes on one end and a row of hooks on
the other. A strip or flap of the same or similar material to that of which the body
part is made, would be securely stitched to it by one side, on one or both ends,
preferably both, at a distance from the end equal to about double its breadth and
each have a row of eyelet holes formed on the free side or there might be eyelets
on one flap and hooks on the other. When laced in its most contracted manner
the two ends of the band would be overlapped and the two flaps laced or hooked
together. In this condition there would be three plies of the material at the child's
back which would give great support to the same. As the waist of the child
expanded the lacing could be relaxed until one end of the band and the edge of
one flap came together, when the lacing would be transferred to them, and finally
to the two ends of the band. This improved construction could be applied to ladies'
stays in a similar manner and the strips or flaps might be parallel and extend from
bottom to top of the stays or be angled and extend either the whole or only part of
the depth of them.
Instead of stitching on the flap as described it may be made as a plait by
doubling over the material and the eyelet holes be formed in the doubled edge
of same.
Dated the 15th December 1894.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Band Stays and Ladies' Stays.
I, WILLIAM HULLEY of 93 Dumbarton Road in the City and County of
Glasgow Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
This invention comprises improvements in the construction of children's band
stays, but which are also applicable to ladies' stays, and has for its object to enable
O such stays to be laced upon the person in such a manner as to allow of their being
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page_text: expanded to fit the body as the child grows, and the waist expands, without leaving
any opening between their ends at the laced up part. In order that my said
invention and the manner of carrying the same into effect or practice may be
properly understood I have hereunto appended a sheet of explanatory drawings in
which Figures 1 to 3 show my improvements as applied to a child's band stays and
Figure 4 as applied to a lady's stays.
The child's band stays are formed of web fabrics securely stitched together
and have shoulder straps a secured thereto by hooks and eyes buttons or other
fastenings all in an usual manner; but the ends A A which meet at the
back preferably have a row of eyelet holes a¹ on each, similar to ordinary ladies
stays, or they might have a row of eyelet holes on one end and a row of hooks on
the other. A strip or flap B of the same or similar material to that of which the
body part is made is securely stitched to it by one side on one or both ends,
preferably both, at a distance from the end equal to about double its breadth and
each strip B has a row of eyelet holes formed on the free side, or there might be
eyelets on one flap and hooks on the other, button holes and buttons, or other
convenient fastenings as desired. When laced in its most contracted manner as
shown by the section Figure 3 the two ends A A' of the band are overlapped and
the two flaps B B laced or hooked together. In this condition there would be
three plies of the material at the child's back which would give great support to
the same.
As the waist of the child expanded the lacing could be relaxed until one
end of the band A and the edge of one flap B come together as shown in the
section Figure 2 when the lacing would be transferred to them and finally to the
two ends A A' of the band in the position as shown in Figure 1. This improved
construction can be applied to ladies stays in a similar manner and the strips or
flaps B might be parallel and extend from bottom to top of the stays as shown
in Figure 4 or he angled, and extend either the whole or only part of the depth
of them.
Instead of stitching on the flap as described it may be made as a
plait by
doubling over the material and the eyelet holes be formed in the doubled edge
of same.
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 :-
First. The construction of children's and ladies stays with supplementary strips
or flaps all substantially as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
Second. The construction of children's band stays with supplementary strips or
flaps all substantially as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated by
Figures 1, 2, and 3, of the accompanying drawings.
Third. The construction of ladies stays with supplementary strips or flaps either
parallel or angled all substantially as and for the purposes herein described and by
way of example illustrated by Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 11th day of September 1895.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agente.