Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, WILLIAM PRETTY, of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to attach the busks to the body of the corset in
such a manner that they are securely held in place but can be readily detached
and replaced.
For this purpose the body of the corset has pockets formed in it one at each side
of the opening such pockets being wider than the busks and having suitable holes
or openings through which the fastenings of the busks can be passed.
The busk is inserted at the bottom of the pocket, raised to the proper height and
then moved to one side and the fastenings are passed through the holes made for
them and they then prevent the busk from dropping out of the pocket. In order
to prevent the busk from moving back to one side and so freeing the fastenings
from the holes, screw or other studs, are passed through the thicknesses of material
forming the pocket so as to diminish its width to about that of the busk or this.
may be done in any other suitable manner.
Dated this 25th day of August 1893.
WILLIAM PRETTY.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, WILLIAM PRETTY, of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to attach the busks to the body of the corset in
such a manner that they are securely held in place but can be readily detached
and replaced.
For this purpose the body of the corset has pockets formed in it one at each side
of the opening such pockets being wider than the busks and having suitable holes
or openings through which the fastenings of the busks can be passed.
The busk is inserted at the bottom of the pocket, raised to the proper height
and then moved to one side and the fastenings are passed through the holes made
for them and they then prevent the busk from dropping out of the pocket. In
order to prevent the busk from moving back to one side and so freeing the fastenings
from the holes, screw, or other studs, are passed through the thicknesses of material
forming the pocket so as to diminish its width to about that of the busk or this
may be done in any other suitable manner.

page_text: Figure 4 is a front view of the right hand portion of Figure 1, the busk and
studs being removed, and
Figure 5 shows the two parts of one of the studs.
cc and
The pockets are formed by the lines of stitching a a, and bb are slits or openings
near the bottoms of the pockets through which the busks are introduced.
dd are openings in the left and right hand pockets (Figure 1) respectively through
which the fastenings on the busks project. ee are spring studs passing through the
thicknesses of material forming the pockets.
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 :-
1. The combination of pockets wider than the busks with studs or other arrange-
ments whereby the busks are prevented from moving in them substantially as
described.
2. Corsets substantially as described and shown in the drawings.