IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
Year: 1885

page_text: I SAMUEL ROYLE of Landport in the County of Hants Corset Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
." to be as follows:-
MANUFACTURE OF CORSETS
My Invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of corsets and has
for its object to prevent rucking and breaking at the sides of the corset.
The invention consists in constructing the middle portion of each side or half of
the corset or that part covering the waist at the side and extending over the hip
with two oppositely inclined and superposed sets of diagonal (so called) "bones
stiffeners enclosed in sheaths formed between the fabrics composing the facing and
linings of the corset.
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The two superposed and oppositely inclined sets of diagonal bones act conjointly
to strengthen the corset at the part where the greatest support is required and
extend in such directions over the hips that breaking and rucking are entirely
avoided.
In making this part of the corset I usually employ four thicknesses of fabric two
being stitched together in lines running diagonally from back to front and the
other two being stitched together in lines running diagonally from front to back to
form sheaths to receive the respective sets of bones. The pieces so stitched and
boned are superposed and seamed to the other parts of the corset.

page_text: I, SAMUEL ROYLE of Landport in the County of Hants 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:
My Invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of corsets and has
for its object to prevent rucking and breaking at the sides of the corset without
the use of side steels.
The Invention consists in constructing the middle portion of each side, or half of
the corset, or that part covering the waist at the side and extending over the hip,
with two oppositely inclined and superposed sets of diagonal (so called) "bones," or
stiffeners, enclosed in sheaths formed between the fabrics composing the facing and
linings of the corset. The two superposed and oppositely inclined sets of diagonal
bones act conjointly to strengthen the corset at the part where the greatest support
is required and extend in such directions above the hips that breaking and rucking
are entirely avoided.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification where in Figure 1 is a general view of a corset, and Figure 2 a face
view, and Figure 3 a cross-section of the particular portions of the Corset to which
my Invention is applied.
a and b are the two sets of oppositely inclined diagonal bones crossing each other
at about right-angles. In making this part of the Corset I usually employ four
thicknesses of fabric of which c is the outer facing and d the lining; two c c¹ being
stitched together in lines running diagonally from back to front, to receive the one
set of bones preferably the outer set a, and the other two d d being stitched
together in lines running diagonally from front to back to form sheaths to receive
the other set of bones b. The two pairs of pieces so stitchied, and boned, are
superposed and seamed to the adjacent parts ef of the Corset; which are stiffened
by bones running up and down in the ordinary way. The pieces of fabric c c¹
and d d¹ extend to the top and bottom edges of the corset, but the double diagonal
boning above described is preferably restricted to the middle portion of the side,
the top and bottom portions g h being strengthened by "cottons or cords running
in the direction shown, and received in sheaths formed at the same time that the
four plys of fabric c cd d¹ are united together by lines of stitching as shown, the
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cottons or cords being inserted between the two middle plys c¹ d¹.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what
I claim is :
In a corset, the combination at the middle portion of each side, or half, thereof of
two oppositely inclined and superposed sets of diagonal "bones," each set sheathed
between plys of fabric distinct from those of the other set, the four plys of fabric
being united together and to the other parts of the corset, substantially as herein
described, and illustrated in the Drawings.