Improvements in Dress-preservers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION."
[Communicated from abroad by ALBERT MEYENBERG, of Frankfort on the Main,
in the German Empire, Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Dress-preservers.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 78 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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As is well known, the fixing of dress preservers in bodices and other similar
garments is effected in such a manner that the concave portion is placed in the
sleeve, while the lower crescentic part of the article is readily sewn on by means
of a few stitches.
This method of fixing has the defect that when the dress preserver is stitched
on, around the whole of its periphery, it bulges out in the course of wear, and if
it is only partially stitched the sides curl up and cause a considerable amount of
inconvenience.
In order to remedy these defects in every possible manner, I so form these
preservers as to allow of their being stitched all around their periphery, the chief
characteristic being that their two sides, the right and left, are formed as two
straight or rectilinear lines.
While adhering to this feature, the form of the lower part of the dress preserver
may obviously be varied in many ways without departing from the nature of this
invention.
A further advantage obtained by these rectilinear sides is a great saving of
material.
ERNEST DE PASS,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress-preservers.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 78, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
As is well known, the fixing of dress preservers in bodices, and other similar
garments, is effected in such a manner that the concave portion is placed in the
sleeve, while the lower crescentic part of the article is fixed thereto by means of a
few stitches. This mode of attachment has the defect that when the dress
preserver is stitched on all around its periphery, it bulges out in the course of wear,
and if it is only partially stitched, the sides curl up and cause a considerable amount
of discomfort and inconvenience.
In order to remedy these defects in every possible way, I form these preservers
as shown, by way of example in the accompanying drawings, so as to allow of
their being stitched all around their periphery and to adhere tightly to the
material. These preservers are particularly characterized by the fact that their

page_text: two sides, viz. the right and the left, are formed as two straight lines, a and b,
and it is a matter of indifference whether the same be parallel or not the one to
the other.
The form of the lower part of these preservers may obviously be varied in
the most different manners, without its action being altered, and without departing
from the nature of the invention. A further advantage obtained by these rectilinear
sides is that a great saving of material is effected.
*Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
A dress preserver having its right and left sides formed as straight or rectilinear
lines, whereby its entire periphery can be stitched to the required part of the
garment without causing any bulging or folds, and, at the same time, effecting an
economy of material, as described and substantially as shown with reference to the
annexed drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1802