Improvements relating to Fastenings for Busks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th June, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
Improvements relating to Fastenings for Busks.
I, GUSTAVE CARCAUT, of 23 Rue de Venise, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to fastenings for busks.
For securing the fastenings of busks to prevent the accidental opening of the
same I apply lappets to the busks.
These lappets consist of silk, wool, cotton, ramie or other fabric coated with
india rubber. They are of indefinite width and length and may have any desired
colour. These lappets are fixed to the busk by means of one or more rivets, or by
A round or oval
means of one or more eyelets, or by claws having riveted feet.
eyelet is fastened to the indiarubber fabric and placed at a suitable distance in such
a manner that when pulled it will come above the opening for the hook on the
busk; when the indiarubber fabric is released it will hold the button or loop of the
busk and prevent it from leaving the hook.
Accordingly these lappets of fabric provided with an eyelet constitute retaining
parts which prevent the buttons or loops of the busk passing from their hooks.
The said lappets may be used in any number and placed at any point of the busk,
either above or below, or above and below, or at any other point.
The lappets of elastic fabric may be cut to a suitable shape at the extremities or
turned in either square or to a point or bordered with a needle or furnished with a
metallic piece so that the fabric may not become undone.
The eyelet extending through the elastic fabric of the lappet may form part of a
flat rod or strip; this rod or strip is provided with a slot which serves to attach
a tassel or a cord of silk, wool or other textile material.
I may replace the eyelet by a plate of metal enclosing the elastic fabric, the said
plate being pierced for enabling the button or loop of the busk to engage therewith.
Use may also be made of a simple ring sewed to a piece of indiarubber, the said
ring receiving a tassel or a cord for enabling the indiarubber fabric to be pulled to
disengage the ring from the hook.
1 may employ this system, designed for preventing the accidental opening of
corset busks, with the busk buttons or loops heretofore used, whether these buttons
or loops are at the edge of the busk strip or whether they are straight or have a
hook.
Improvements relating to Fastenings for Busks.
I, GUSTAVE CARCAUT of 23 Rue de Venise, Paris in the Republic of France,
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 fastenings for busks and has for its object to secure such
fastenings so as to prevent the accidental opening of the same.

page_text: To effect this object I apply to the busk that carries the eyelet plates lappets
which may be made of any suitable elastic material. These lappets are fixed at
one end to the busk by means of one or more rivets or otherwise so as to overlie
the eyelets.
The lappets are each provided with a round or oval eyelet in such a position that
when the lappet is pulled and thereby elongated, the said eyelet will come above
the point where the stud of one busk and the eyelet of the other busk engage.
When the lappet is released and allowed to spring back its eyelet catches under-
neath the head of the stud and prevents such stud from leaving the eyelet in the
plate. Lappets may if desired be used for each stud and eyelet plate, but in
ordinary cases two will be found sufficient, and I prefer to place them one at the
top fastening and the other at the bottom fastening of the busk.
In the accompanying drawings which represent a pair of busks provided with
my improved fastenings, Figure 1 represents the two busks unfastened; Figure 2
represents them fastened; Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line a-b of
Figure 2.
The busk A is provided with eyelet plates B, and the busk C with studs D in
the usual manner.
I attach to the busk A the lappets or tabs E, securing such lappets or tabs to
the busk by means of the rivets F. These lappets or tabs are made of suitable
elastic material, and are each provided with an eyelet G. The outer end of the
lappet or tab may be finished off in any suitable manner and may be bound with a
metallic piece H as shown.
In using my fastening, the studs D of one busk C are inserted into the eyelets B
of the other busk A in the usual manner. The lappets or tabs E are then pulled
out so that the eyelets G of such lappets or tabs come over the heads of the
studs D D. The lappets or tabs are then released and as they are contracting
owing to their elasticity the outer edge of the eyelets G G engage underneath the
heads of the studs as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
I, (Figure 3) represent the ordinary leather or other covering of the busks.
I may replace the eyelet of the lappet by a plate of metal enclosing the elastic
material, the said plate being formed with a hole for enabling the stud of the busk
to engage therewith, or use may be made of a simple ring attached to a piece of
elastic material.
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 :-
In a fastening for busks, the use of lappets such as E for securing the ordinary
fastenings and preventing their becoming unfastened accidentally, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of June 1895
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.