IMPROVING LADIES DRESS BUSTLE
Year: 1885

page_text: GUSTAV RITTERSHAUS Surgical "Bandage Maker" 15 Cumberland Street
London W. do hereby declare the nature of the invention for IMPROVING LADIES
DRESS BUSTLE to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is an improvement on a Ladies Dress Bustle, which
when it is drawn up to a certain heigth of position at pleasure the Bustle not only
presents the shape of a bow, but also of a round ball.
This is effected by moving 8 steel springs of four different lengths in a half
circularshaped wire at the top and bottom sides, and these cirular wires move also
into the uppermost waist, and undermost coulisse tin plates. 2 linen bands fixed to
the coulisse plate, which pass through a wire eye on the waist plate and spread
out, right & left, are the coulisse bands. 2 others with hooks & eyes fixed to the
waist plate, keep the Bustle to the body. The whole metallic article of dress is
couvered with stuff and silk.

page_text: I GUSTAV RITTERSHAUS of 15 Cumberland Street, W. Surgical Bandage Maker
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED DRESS IMPROVER,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention has for its object an Improvement upon the ordinary Bustle worn
by Ladies.
Its advantages are the shape can be altered to suit any fashion or fancy of the
wearer wich is effected by the simple tightening or loosening of the fastenings it is
not so cumbersome as those bustles now in use, it follows the body, and does not
get out of shape in supporting dresses or mantles made of the heaviest materials.
It can thus either be worn as a bustle or in conjunction with a crinolette. I will
now describe my Invention reference being hade to the accompanying Drawing.
I make my Bustle of any number of springs "a" made of steel, whalebone, or any
other suitable material preferably of eight in wich case I should use fore different
lenghts all of them moving on the semi circular shaped wires "b" and these wires
C" " d"
move also in the uppermost waist and undermost coulisse tin plates
respectively I fix two bands to the coulisse plate "d" by two cords of any
material which pass through a wire eye "f" on the waist plate "c" these bands
are fastened round-the body &. by being drawn up raise the coulisse plate "d" so
that the bustle takes the shape of a ball the size of which can be regulated at the
wearers pleasure I als attach two bands "g" to waist plate "c" by which it is
kept in position at the waist the bustle can be coverd with silk or any other
materials.
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Fig. I. represents the bustle with the plats "d" lowered and when not in use.
Fig. II. represents the bands "e" fastened and the bustle ready for use.
Fig. III. is the waist plate "c."
Fig. IV. shows the side view of same.
Fig. V. is the coulisse plate "d."
Fig. VI. shows the side view of same.
Fig. VII. is the spring "a."
Fig. VIII. shows the side view.
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
I. Bustles constructed in such a manner that at the will of the wearer they can
be made to take differend shapes and can therefore be worn to suit all fashions.
II. The general construction of bustle as allustrated in accompanying Drawing
and hereintofore described.
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