Improvements in Stays.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stays.
1, SIGMUND HERRMANN, Manufacturer, of 18 Brönnerstrasse Frankfort on the
Main, Germany, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and.
by the following statement :-
The present invention relates to corsets, and consists in providing the same with
means for facilitating the removal of the steels, whalebone or pieces of cane
therein, at any time without the necessity of having to rip open the seam.
Hitherto if the steels, whalebone or cane of a corset got broken or defective or
if the corset had to be washed and the said steels whalebone or cane removed from
the sanie, it was necessary to rip open the seams to a certain extent and then to
pull out the steels etc., and in reinserting them to again sew up the said seams. In
the present invention this is avoided by leaving the lower ends of the pockets in
which the said canes, whalebone or steels are fixed, open and providing the lower
or thigh edge or rim of the said corset with a strip of material sewn thereon and
adapted to fold over the open ends of the said pockets and be attached to the
corset by means of hooks and eyes or buttons or other suitable means. Thus
when it is required to take out or change a steel, whalebone or cane, it is only
necessary to unbutton the flap and draw out the same, replace it and close the
flap again.
A second part of my invention consists in fastening the two parts of the stays
together by means of elastic bands instead of lacing as hitherto, which allows the
said corset to yield better and renders it more comfortable for the wearer and
more healthy.
And in order to make this present Specification more easily intelligible reference
is had to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters denote similar parts
throughout the several views :-
Fig. 1 being a perspective view of my corset having the lower strip as previously
stated and the elastic connection of the halves and
Fig. 2 is a similar view of the first part of my invention as applied to corsets
having the ordinary lacing at the back.
As shown at Fig. 1, the ends of the pockets for the reception of the steels,
whalebone or cane d are left open and a strip of suitable material 6 is sewn
along the bottom edge of the corset and turned back after the manner of a
flap to cover the open ends of the pockets and secured in this position by means
of buttons and button holes c or hooks and eyes or other suitable means. In
Fig. 1 the two halves of the corset are shown as secured together by elastic bands
or strips a a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a corset the combination of pockets for the steels whalebone or cane,
having open lower ends and a strip of material attached to the lower edge of the
said corset and adapted to be turned back to cover said open pocket ends and means
for securing the said flaps in position.

page_text: 2. In a corset elastic bands a a to connect the two halves of the corset
substantially as described.
Dated this 13th day of October 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.