Improvement in Corsets.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by MORITZ HENDEL, of Oetsnitz, in the Kingdom of
Saxony, Corset Manufacturer.]
Improvement in Corsets.
I, CARL ERNST MEY, of 116, Newgate Street, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of corsets in which the whalebone or other
stiffeners are held in pocket seams or casings to admit of their being removed
or replaced at will and consists in an improved manner of inserting and retaining
such stiffeners in their pockets or casings and providing for their ready removal.
According to this invention the stiffener seam is carried up to the top of the
corset and bound over with the usual binding, a short distance below the top of
the seam, or above the bottom thereof or at both places a transverse slit is made
through which the stiffener is inserted this is then prevented from coming out
by the end of it working up or down or being pushed up or down beyond or
below the slit and so coming against the top or bottom of the seam where it is
bound over, the stiffener thus being firmly secured, as if it was sewn in, in the
usual way and there is no possibility of it working out and it can be readily
removed.
Dated this 12th day of November 1890.
THEODORE MŰKENNA,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Corsets.
CARL ERNST MEY, of 116, Newgate Street, in the City of London, Corset
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:-
This invention relates to that class of corsets in which the whalebone or other
stiffeners are held in pocket seams or casings to admit of their being removed or
replaced at will and consists in an improved manner of inserting and retaining the
stiffeners in their pockets or casings and providing for their ready removal.
To enable this invention to be properly understood I have annexed a sheet of
drawings representing a portion of a corset, illustrating the invention with aid of
which I will proceed to fully describe the same.
A is the usual foundation of the corset upon which is stitched the stiffener
pockets B these pockets are carried up to the top of the corset and bound over
with the usual binding. A short distance below the top a transverse slit C is made
through which the stiffener D is inserted this is then prevented from coming out by
the end of it working up, or being pushed up beyond the slit C, and so coming
against the top part of the pocket where it is bound over the stiffener thus being as
firmly secured in its pocket as if it was sewn in, in the usual way and there is no
possibility of it working out in wear, and when desired it can be easily removed by
working the end out of the slit.
The top of the corset is fitted with a piece of lace or ornamental edging E to fall
over the slit C to hide the same the drawing shewing the lace edging partly lifted
and a stiffener D partly inserted in its pocket through the slit C. Of course it
will be readily understood that the slit C may if desired be made near the bottom
up
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page_text: of the pockets B instead of near the top, the stiffener being then retained by
working or being pushed down to the bottom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe that I am
aware that it has been proposed to attach the stiffener pockets to corsets in
such a manner that they do not come quite up to the top of the corset, having
the top of the pocket open for the insertion of the stiffener and securing them
in their pocket by a stiff over-hanging band which tightens against and over the
tops of the pockets when the corset is worn and so preventing the stiffeners
working out while the corset is being worn. I therefore wish it to be understood
that I make no claim to such a way of inserting and retaining the stiffeners, but
what I consider novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :-
Stiffener pockets or casing B sewn on corsets and carried up to the top having
the ends bound over and made with a slit C a short distance below the top for the
insertion of the stiffener-which slit may be covered by a lace edging or placed
near bottom of pocket instead of at the top as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1900
THEO. MCKENNA,
17 & 18, Basinghall Street, E.C., Agent.