IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAYS OR CORSETS
Year: 1882

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LETTERS PATENT to William Rosenthal of the firm of D Rosenthal and
Company of Queen Victoria Street in the City of London for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAYS OR CORSETS communi-
cated to him from abroad by Hermann Rosenthal of Goeppingen Wurtemburg
in the Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Rosenthal at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th November 1882.
WILLIAM ROSENTHAL of the firm of D. Rosenthal and Company of Queen
Victoria Street in the City of London,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF STAYS OR CORSETS A communication to me from abroad by Hermann
Rosenthal of Goeppingen Wurtemberg in the Empire of Germany.
"
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of stays or corsets and
consists in so constructing the parts containing the steels whalebones busks or other
stiffeners that they may be readily removed and renewed when broken or injured
by wear
For this purpose the stay or corset is formed with pockets or tubular channels
into which the steels whalebones busks or other stiffeners are slid or inserted the
ends of the pockets being closed or secured in any convenient manner.
I find it advantageous to apply a protecting cover to each steel whale-
bone or busk of fabric in one end of which an eylet is inserted by which
it can be secured by a tape or cord passed through other eylets in the body of the
stay or corset
By this improved method of constructing stays or corsets should a steel whale-
bone busk or other stiffener break it can be readily removed and a new one.
substituted therefor by the wearer. The steels bones or busks can also be readily
removed so that the body of the stay or corset may be washed or cleaned and the
steels bones or busks replaced again by the wearer, who is thus saved much
annoyance and expense

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Rosenthal in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th May 1883.
WILLIAM ROSENTHAL of the firm of D. Rosenthal and Company of Queen Victoria
Street in the City of London "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAYS
OR CORSETS A Communication to me from abroad by Hermann Rosenthal of
Goeppingen Wurtemberg in the Empire of Germany
"
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of stays or corsets and
consists in so constructing the parts containing the steels whale bones busks or other
stiffeners that they may be readily removed and renewed when broken or injured
by wear.
For this purpose the stay or corset is formed with pockets or tubular channels
into which the steels whalebones busks or other stiffeners are slid or inserted the
ends of the pockets being closed or secured in any convenient manner.
I find it advantageous to apply a protecting cover of woven or other fabric to each
steel whalebone or busk in one end of each of which a stud or eyelet is inserted by
which it can be secured by a tape or cord passed through other eyelets in the body
of the stay or corset by which cord it can also be withdrawn.
By this improved method of constructing stays or corsets should a steel whale-
bone busk or other stiffener break it can be readily removed and a new one
substituted therefor by the wearer. The steels bones or busks can also be readily
removed so that the body of the stay or corset may be washed or cleaned and the
steels bones or busks replaced again by the wearer who is thus saved much
annoyance and expense.
And in order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed which show
part of a corset formed with pockets or cases for receiving and holding the steels
whalebones busks or other stiffeners.
Figure 1 is an inside view and Figure 2 an outside view of part of a stay or
corset made with pockets or cases a a into which the steels whalebones or other
stiffeners b are slid through the transverse opening at a¹ which is closed by a stud
or eyelet c formed in two parts as shown separately the hollow shank passing
through a hole in the steel or busk and being either screwed together as shown on
an enlarged scale by Figure 3 or arranged to act as a spring snap as shown on an
enlarged scale by Figure 4 thus closing the opening a¹ until removed for the purpose
of withdrawing the stiffener b when required.
Other means of closing the openings a¹ to secure the steels or busks in their cases
may be employed if desired and each steel or busk is advantageously enclosed in a
linen or other suitable cover.
Having thus described the nature of the invention communicated to me from
abroad and the manner of performing or carrying the same into practice I would
remark that no claim is made to any of the parts separately which are well known
and in common use, But what I claim on behalf of the said Hermann Rosenthal is :-
The improved construction of stays or corsets with cases or pockets such as a for
receiving and holding the steels bones or busks b in such manner that they can be
readily removed and replaced when required substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
I also claim the method of securing the steels busks or stiffeners b in their cases

page_text: or pockets by means of spring or screw studs such as c substantially in the
manner herein before described and represented by Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings
hereto annexed.
In witness whereof I the said William Rosenthal have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
WILLIAM ROSENTHAL (L.S.)