Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1900-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1900
HASTN
I, SARAH LANGRIDGE, of No. 9, Bristol Road, in the City of Birmingham,
Corset Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in corsets my
invention being designed to reduce the wearer's figure at the front from the
waist to the bottom of the corsets and increase the fulness at the hips and at
the back of the figure, my corsets being so arranged that they can be instantly
adjusted to suit the wearer whether she be stout or comparatively thin. More-
over, by my invention the fulness at the front of the upper part of the corsets
can readily be adjusted to suit the requirements of the wearer.
In carrying out my invention the material. of which the corset is made is so
cut and shaped below the waist that the fulness is only over the hips and at the
back. The bones or other stiffeners at the front of the corset are arranged as
close together as possible below the waist so that this part of the corset cannot
stretch or bulge forward, but at the hips and back of the corset the bones or
stiffeners are arranged at certain intervals apart to allow these parts to expand.
Fixed to the busks at the front of the corset below the waist are a number of
narrow straps, say ton in number, more or less (but I do not confine myself to
any particular number) arranged above one another from the bottom of the
corset to the waist and threaded to and fro from the outside to the inside of the
corset through eyelet holes situated between the bones or stiffeners, or between
some of them, and carried round to the back of the corset where the ends of the
straps are arranged in say two groups, each group being fixed to a wider strap
preferably made of elastic webbing and provided with hooks and eyelets or
other connections so that the tension on the straps round the figure can readily
be adjusted to make the corsets properly fit the figure below the waist, and as
the corsets cannot expand at the front below the waist but only over the hips and
back part, the figure is reduced at the front and the fulness increased over the
hips and at the back as required and without any discomfort to the wearer.
In order to enable the corsets to be readily adjusted over the bosoms these
parts of the corsets are made with a series of eyelet holes above one another
between the bones or stiffeners as above described with reference to the lower
part of the corset, and four straps more or less are threaded through these eyelet
holes the ends of the straps being fixed to the bones or stiffeners under the arms
and then carried forward across the bosoms and connected to adjustable elastic
straps at the front made with hooks and eyelets or other fastenings so that by
tightening up these straps the size of the corsets over the bosoms can be readily
adjusted as the wearer may require.
Dated this 13th dor of November 1899

page_text: I, SARAH LANGRIDGE, of No. 9, Bristol Road, in the City of Birmingham,
Corset Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what man-
ner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in corsets my
invention being designed to reduce the wearer's figure at the front from the
waist to the bottom of the corsets and increase the fulness at the hips and at
the back of the figure, my corsets being so arranged that they can be instantly
adjusted to suit the wearer whether she be atout or comparatively thin. More-
over, by my invention the fuluess at the front of the upper part of the corsets
can readily be adjusted to suit the requirements of the wearer.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front view of a corset constructed in accordance with my
invention and shewn in position on the wearer; Fig. 2 is a back view of the
same; and Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out my invention the material of which the corset is made is so
cut and shaped below the waist that the fulness is only over the hips and at
the back. The bones or stiffeners at a³ a³ Û² Û³ aª a² a at the front of the corsets
are arranged as close together as possible below the waist b so that this part of
the corset cannot stretch or bulge forward, but at the hips and back of the
corset the bones or stiffeners a³ a¹o all a¹ a¹³ a¹ a¹³ a¹ a¹ a¹8 are arranged at
wider intervals apart to allow these parts to expand. Fixed to the busks C¹ C³
at the front of the corset below the waist are a number of narrow straps say ten
in number (but I do not confine myself to any particular number) these straps at
one side of the corset being marked D and at the other side E arranged one
above the other from the bottom of the corset to the waist and threaded to and
fro from the outside to the inside of the corset through eyelet holes f situated
between the bones or stiffeners as shewn these straps DE being carried round
to the back of the corset (see Fig. 2) where the ends of the straps D are arranged
in say two groups of five each group being fixed to a wider strap preferably made
of elastic webbing, these straps are marked G H¹; and the straps E at the
other side of the corset are similarly arranged in two groups and the ends are
fixed to the ends of two straps marked respectively G H³. These straps G¹ G³,
HH are made with ordinary hooks and eyelets or other connections so that
the tension of the straps D E round the figure can readily be adjusted to properly
fit the figure below the waist and as the corset cannot expand at the front below the
waist the figure is reduced at the front and the fulness is increased at the hips
and at the back as required and without any discomfort to the wearer.
In order to enable the corset to be readily adjusted over the bosoms these parts
of the corset are made with a series of eyelets i above one another between the
bones or stiffeners as above described with reference to the lower part of the
corset and six straps more or less marked j are fixed to the bones or stiffeners a³ a¹
under the arms and are threaded through the cyelet holes i from the outside to
the inside of the corsets and back again and then carried forward across the
bosoms and connected to the adjustable elastic straps at the front made
with ordinary hooks and eyelets or other fastenings so that by tightening up
these straps the size of the corset over the bosoms can be readily adjusted
as the wearer may require.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A corset having the material so cut and shaped and the bones or stiffeners
80 arranged below the waist that the corset cannot stretch or bulge forward
at the front below the waist but only expand over the hips and at the back, in
combination with narrow straps secured to the busks and arranged above one
another from the bottom of the corset to the waist and carried round the figure
to and fro through eyelets in the corset between the bones or stiffeners, and at
the back connected together by adjustable straps, for the purpose and sub-
stantially as described and illustrated.
2. A corset having the fulness over the bosoms made adjustable by the bones
or stiffeners being arranged at intervals apart, in combination with narrow
straps secured to the bones or stiffeners under the arms and arranged above
one another and carried round the figure to and fro through holes in the corset
between the bones or stiffeners to the front of the bosoms and there connected
together by adjustable straps, for the purpose and substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated the 1st day of Aroust 1900
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.