A New or Improved Waist-band for Ladies' Skirts.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Waist-band for Ladies' Skirts.
I, Martha ElizABETH FERRY, of London Road, Nantwich, in the County
of Cheshire, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved waist-band for ladies' skirts which
will prevent unnecessary fulness at the waist and hips.
As at present made the skirt is attached to a band at the waist and the fulness of
the material is gathered in the said band thereby producing a bulginess at and
below the waist which when two or three skirts are worn becomes unsightly. By
this invention I propose to provide a waist-band of silk or other webbing, or of
other suitable material on to which are secured or formed a number of tabs of any
suitable shape, reaching down say three to twelve inches from the waist-band.
The extremities of these tabs are attached to the skirt by hooks and eyes, by
sewing, or by other suitable means, thus preventing urnecessary fulness around the
waist and hips, and at the same time being an easier method of securing the waist-
band to the skirt than when the fulness of the material of the skirt has to be
gathered and attached to the waist-band as hitherto. By the use of this invention
also the weight of the skirt is materially reduced.
I propose to make these improved waist-bands of different sizes, so that they may
be readily attached to the skirts and will require no fitting or alteration. .
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CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Waist-band for Ladies' Skirts.
I, MARTHA ELIZABETH FERRY, of London Road, Nantwich, in the County
of Cheshire, Gentlewoman, 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 a new or improved waistband for ladies skirts, to carry
one, two or more skirts, which will prevent unnecessary fulness of the waist and
hips.
As at present made the skirt is attached to a band at the waist and the fulness of
the material is gathered in the said band, thereby producing a protuberant
appearance at and below the waist, which when two or three skirts are worn
become unsightly.
I attain these objects by the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, in
which-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the waistband in the flat constructed for two skirts :
Fig. 2, is a waistband for one skirt ;
Fig. 3, is the eyelet drawn to an enlarged scale.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The dotted lines g indicate the buttons on the skirt.
By this invention I provide a waistband a of silk or other webbing, or of other
suitable material, on to which are secured or formed a number of tabs d of any
suitable shape, reaching down say from three to twelve inches from the waistband.
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page_text: the extremity of each of the tabs d are attached to the skirt by eyelets e, by
sewing, or by any other suitable means, thus preventing unnecessary fulness around
the waist and hips, and at the same time being an easier method of securing the
waistband to the buttons g on the skirt, than when the fulness of the skirt has to be
gathered and stitched to the waistband as hitherto.
The waistband a is secured to the waist by a button b and button hole c or by any
other means.
I propose to make these improved waistbands of different sizes, so that they may
be readily attached to the skirt and will require no fulling or alteration.
To the tabs & I fix a link f when I construct the waistband to receive two skirts
as in Fig. 1; or without links when only required for one skirt as in Fig. 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a waistband, the combination of the waistband a tabs d links ƒ eyelets e
with button b and hole for the support of one two or more skirts around ladies
waists, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, in the
accompanying drawing.
2. The combination of the waistband to support ladies skirts, to be constructed
of any size, shape or of any suitable material, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 21st day of October 1891
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.