An Improved Device for Adjustably Securing Ladies' Skirts to the Corsets.
Year: 1895

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Adjustably Securing Ladies' Skirts to the
Corsets.
1 HENRIETTA SUSAN MALET, of 28, Warwick Road, Earl's Court, London, W.
Lady, 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 invention relates to an improved device for adjustably securing ladies' skirts
to the corsets, and has for its object to provide simple, ready and inexpensive means
whereby the lower portion of a skirt can be raised or lowered at will to any desirable
extent, and be maintained in the position required, a further object being to allow of
the top or waist-band of the skirt being always maintained in a raised position so
as to avoid exposing any portion of the under garments between the said waist-band
and the body of the dress and to ensure a neat appearance of the back of the
skirt.
And in order that this my invention may be more easily understood, and the
more readily carried into effect, I have shewn same upon the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the device shewn attached to the inside of a skirt, and
Fig. 2 a rear view of a human figure shewing the device in actual use.
Referring to the drawings, a are two strips of tape or other flexible material,
though if desirable any suitable inflexible material may be employed.
The said strips a are joined together by one or more horizontal connecting-
pieces b, sewn or otherwise secured to such strips a.
To the upper extremities of the strips a, are suitably fastened hooks or their
equivalent c, which in operation, are adapted to engage eyes formed in, or secured
to, the outer side of the corsets d.
Eyelet-holes e are formed in the parallel strips a at suitable intervals, these
eyelet-holes being adapted to receive hooks or their equivalent f secured to the
inside of the skirt g, preferably at the back thereof.
If desirable, metal eyelets may be provided in the strips a, in lieu of the eyelet-
holes e shewn, or the hooks or the like may be attached to the said strips a and
the eyelets be provided in the skirt g, instead of the reverse arrangement hercin-
before described and shewn on the drawing.
In operation, the device is hooked to the inside of the skirt 9 by inserting the
hooks through any desirable eyelets or eyelet-holes e provided in the strips a, the
hooks c being inserted into the eyelets or eyelet-holes provided for the purpose
in the corsets d.
The strips a may be of any desired length and be provided with any suitable
number of eyelets or eyelet-holes e.
Though I have shewn the skirt 9 as only being provided with two hooks f,
any suitable number may be provided.
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 improved device for adjustably securing ladies' skirts to the corsets,
substantially as described and shewn.

page_text: 2. The device for adjustably securing skirts to the corsets consisting in two or
more flexible or other strips suitably connected together, horizontally, and provided
with hooks or their equivalent and with eyelets or eyelet-holes, substantially as
specified, and as illustrated by the drawing.
Dated this 8th day of March 1895.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.