Improvements in Fastenings for Garments.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb.. 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Garments.
I THOMAS PORTLOCK TAYLOR of Portland Square Bristol Corset Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in connection with the methods of
fastening certain garments in which the fasteners are attached to a metallic
foundation or stiffning piece hereinafter termed the busk for example; in such
garments as leggings stays or corsets and the like my invention has special
reference to the two latter garments and for the sake of brevity the word corset
will be used as an inclusive term to apply to all such garments in which such
improvements in the method of fastening as will be hereinafter described are
used.
The special object my invention has in view is to avoid the "skagging" tearing
or undue wear of the textile material surrounding the fastening and also to
facilitate the operation of fastening.
I carry my invention into practice as hereinafter described and for the sake of
perspecuity and clearness will describe it as it is applied to corsets as the same
description will apply when describing its application to other garments.
That side of the busk that is next the wearers body will be termed the skin side
of the busk and that side of the busk which is next toward the outside clothes will
be called outside of the busk.
Attached to the outside of the busk is what will be hereinafter called the
"stud" the stud is a projecting piece of metal or other suitable material of any
suitable section on the end of which is an enlarged head or knob, this part is
similar to the usual and well known collar stud or solitaire and will be hereinafter
referred to as the stud.
The stud may be fixed directly to the busk or fixed to a plate which plate is
fixed to the busk.
This plate will be hereinafter termed the stud plate and it is in relation to this
part that the subject matter of my invention has reference to.
The stud plate is placed so as to overlap a portion of the textile covering
material of the busk and is so arranged that for a certain suitable distance it
surrounds the stem of the stud at that point where the stem of the stud passes
through the covering material.
The stud plate is held in the hereinbefore described position by either or a
combination of any or all of the hereinafter described methods.
a) By one or more rivets or screws passing through the stud plate and the
busk.
b) By clipping the busk and covering material between two lips or portions of
the stud plate or in other words bending a portion of the stud plate over the edge
or margin of the busk, so that the stud-plate embraces portions of the busk and
covering material of busk.
c) By passing the stud through a hole in the busk and the stud plate and
rivetting over the stem of the stud onto the stud plate and then bending over the
stud plate and passing a specially formed hole in the stud plate over the knob of
the stud and pressing the stud plate firmly round the stem of the stud and over the
covering material of the busk.

page_text: d) By fixing the stud to the stud plate and then fixing the stud plate to the busk
by any of the hereinbefore described methods.
+) The stud may have a shoulder formed on its lower portion immediately
previous to a bifurcated end hereinafter described and this shoulder abuts against
the stud plate and holds it in position when the bifurcated ends are expanded on
the skin side of the busk. The stud and stud-plate may be made as one piece
and the prolonged neck of the stud rivetted on the skin side of the busk.
Celluloid may be used and by means of cement attached to the textile
covering of the busk surrounding the stem of the stud.
The end of the stud remote from the head may be made bifurcated in the same
manner as paper fasteners are made, and the stud may be fixed or not fixed to the
stud plate but in either condition.
The bifurcated end of the stud may be passed through a suitable hole in the
busk or the busk & covering material, and expanded on the skin side of the busk
so as to fix the stud or the stud and the stud plate.
D
CAT 1000
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
Fellow of the Society of Patent Agents,
15 King Square, Bristol, Agent for Applicant.
I, THOMAS PORTLOCK TAYLOR of Portland Square, Bristol, Corset Manu-
facturer, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in connection with the fastening of certain
kinds of garments, such as corsets, stays and leggings in which the fasteners are
attached to a metallic foundation or base, hereinafter called the busk. The said
invention has special reference to stays and corsets, and the word "corset "will be
used as an inclusive term to apply to all such garments in connection with which
the said improvements are used.
The object of my invention is to avoid the "skagging," tearing or undue wear of
the parts of the busk-covering fabric surrounding the fastener, and at the same
time, to facilitate the operation of fastening, and this is accomplished by providing
those parts of the busk coming in the region of the fasteners, with defences or stud-
plates, which may be made of metal, celluloid, or like material, capable of being
cut out by a press, and when applied, of being slipped over the stud-part of the
fastener, then being slipped into position, and by the turning of an end over the
boundary edge of a bush, to be there permanently affixed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents my improvements applied to
a corset busk, with the two parts of the same separated.
Figure 2 represents the said busk fastened.
Figure 3 is a back elevation of the stud carrying part of the fastener, which is
provided with my defence or wear-preventing plates.
Figure represents a front elevation of a part of the said busk, showing the
wearing plates in position around the studs, but prior to the bifurcated ends of
the same being turned over the edges of the busk and there clinched.
Figure 5 represents a plan of a longitudinal section of one of the wear-preventing
defences or plates separately.

page_text: Figure 6 shows an end elevation of a busk, with a part of the plate or defence
in section.
Figure 7 is a cross section upon the dotted line, Figure 3, and upon an
enlarged scale.
Figure 8 represents a modified form of stud, with a shoulder made thereon a
little above the fabric, and whereunder the opposite edges of the bifurcated part
of the plate slip and thus prevent the same being pulled up or from rising after
being placed in position.
Figure 10 represents another forin of wearing plate or defence.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 7.
A is the one part, and B the other part of the busk. The part A, which
carries the fastening stud a, and is covered with fabric, is provided with wear-
preventing plates c, which form defences for covering up the parts of the fabric
immediately surrounding the stud, and also facilitate the operation of fastening
by constituting smooth surfaces for the eyed parts d, of the other half B, of the
bush to slide over.
The said wearing plates or defences comprise a body part a', branches a² and a
middle gap a³, of a breadth about equal to the diameter of the shank or stem a²,
of the stud and with the tip ends at, made sufficiently long to admit of them being
turned over the boundary edge b', of the fabric cover half A, of the busk, and
then closed down tightly so as to pinch the material of the busk between the body
part and the turned-over ends.
In Figure 8, the rivet a, has a shoulder a', under which the opposite edges a* of
the gap a³, in the wearing plate take, whilst in Figure 9 opposite nitches or
depressions 62, are formed and whereunder the edges of the gap in the plate take,
whereby the said plate is prevented from rising or being pulled up when in
position.
In Figure 10, c is the wearing plate, and el a key-hole-shaped slot, having an
enlarged part 2, for taking over the head of the fastening stud, whilst the part c³,
is for receiving the stem after the plate has been drawn into position and before
the turning over of the tip c', upon the edge of the busk.
The wearing plates can also be held in position by any of the following
methods:-
(a) By one or more rivets or screws passing through the wearing plate and the
busk.
(b) By passing the stud through coincident holes in the covered bush and the
wearing plate and rivetting over the stem of the stud onto the plate and then
bending over the plate and passing a specially formed hole in the plate over the
head of the stud and pressing the wearing plate firmly round the stem of the stud
and over the covering material of the busk."
(c) By fixing or forming the stud to or upon the wearing plate and then fixing
the said plate to the busk by either of the aforesaid methods.
(d) The stud may have a shoulder formed on its lower portion immediately
previous to a bifurcated end and this shoulder abuts against the stud plate and
holds it in position when the bifurcated ends are expanded on the inner side of the
busk.
The stud and wearing plate may be made as one piece and the neck of the stud
rivetted on busk.
When made from celluloid, the plates may be attached to the textile covering of
the busk surrounding the stem of the stud by cement or otherwise. The rivet
end of the stud may be made bifurcated or slit for a short distance through a
suitable hole in the busk or the busk aud covering material, and expanded on the
inner side of the busk so as to fix the stud or the stud and the stud plate.
The application of my invention to fastenings for stays, leggings, gaiters, and
other articles of wearing apparel differs in no essential respect from its application
to a corset busk as herein described.

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 :-
First. Arming or providing fabric-covered busks for corsets and other articles
of wearing apparel, in the region of the fasteners with a supplementary wear-
preventing plate or defence, substantially as and for the purpose described and set
forth.
Secondly. Arming or providing fabric-covered busks for corsets and other
articles of wearing apparel, in the region of the fasteners or connections with a
supplementary wear-preventing plate or defence, secured in position by turning an
end, or a bifurcated end of the same, over the edge of a busk, substantially as and
for the purpose described and set forth.
Thirdly. In fasteners for garments, the combination with the fabric defences or
wear-preventing plates referred to in preceding claims, of shouldered or recessed
rivets or studs for preventing the same from rising out of position, substantially
as and for the purpose described and set forth in Figures 8 and 9.
Dated this 15th day of February 1897.
THOMAS PORTLOCK TAYLOR,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
THOMAS PORTLOCK TAYLOR,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.