Year: 1885

page_text: I HENRY DICKE of 63 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London, Commission
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:
'The object of my invention is to make articles known as dress improvers much
lighter than heretofore and in such manner that while being sufficiently rigid to
afford support to the wearing apparel they at the same time have a certain amount.
of elasticity, which is advantageous in such articles, the dress improver too, while
being light, is capable of the air circulating through interstices of the material of
which the article is made.
:
For the purposes of my invention I employ and utilize a material known as
"tulle" which is cut to the shape required to make the improver; at the sides
I provide pieces of stiffening material such as whalebone and the "tournure" or
shaped portion is obtained by cross pieces of the same or similar stiffening material;
the tulie which is used to connect the bones of whalebone or other stiffening
material is placed at the back thereof and secured thereto by stitching. Between
each cross piece I thus have the tulle material which possesses such an amount of
elasticity with rigidity while at the same time being light, and air being able to
circulate through the interstices of the tulle that a much better dress improver
and this article becomes in fact a much more healthy dress improver-than has
heretofore been obtained.
The tulle may be white, cream or other colour.

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I, HENRY DICKE, of 63 Queen Victoria Street, in the City of London, Commission
Agent, 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 :—
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The object of my invention is to make articles known as "dress improvers
much lighter than heretofore, and in such manner that while being sufficiently
rigid to afford support to the wearing apparel, they at the same time have a
certain amount of elasticity, which is advantageous in such articles. The dress-
improver too, while being light is capable of the air circulating through interstices
of the material of which the article is made.
"
For the purposes of my invention I employ and utilize a material known as
"tulle," which is cut to the shape required to make the improver. At the sides
I provide pieces of stiffening material such as whalebone, and the "tournure or
shaped portion is obtained by cross pieces of the same or similar stiffening material.
The "tulle" which is used to connect the pieces of whalebone or other stiffening
material is placed at the back thereof and secured thereto by stitching.
Between each cross piece I thus have the "tulle" material, which possesses such
an amount of elasticity with rigidity, while at the same time being light, and air
being able to circulate through the interstices of the "tulle," that a much better
dress improver is formed, (and this article becomes in fact a much more healthy
dress improver,) than has heretofore been obtained.
The "tulle" may be white, cream, or other color.
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 :-
In dress improvers the employment and utilization of "tulle" cut to the shape
or form required; substantially as, and for the purposes set forth.