Improvements in Corset and other Busks.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corset and other Busks.
GEORGE BONG REDRUP, The Firs, Salt Hill, Slough, Bucks., Florist, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide an easier method of attaching the
busks to either new corsets or new busks to old corsets where they may have
become broken. For this purpose I cover the ordinary busk with a suitable
carset material which projects about three quarters of an inch wide the whole
length of the inside edge of the busk, this projecting border being double admits
the edge of the corset to be inserted between the material covering the busk,
and then stitched on by hand or machine, thus in the case broken busks new ones
can be replaced with far less trouble. It will be understood that the chief
feature of this invention is to provide a covering for the husks, so that they can
be sewn or attached by other means to the edge of the corset instead of inserting
the busk into a seam of the corset material as heretofore.
Dated this 9th day of August 1898
GEORGE BONG REDRUP.
Improvements in Corset and other Busks.
GEORGE BONG REDRUP, The Firs, Salt Hill, Slough, Bucks., Inventor, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide an easier method of attaching the
busks to either new corsets or new busks to old corsets, where they may have
become broken.
For this purpose I cover the ordinary busk with a suitable corset material
which projects about three quarters of an inch wide, the whole length of the inside
edge of the busk, the projecting border being double admits the edge of the corset
to be inserted between the material of the busk, and then stitched on by hand
or machine, and thus in the case of broken busks, new ones can be replaced with
far less trouble.
It will be understood that the chief feature of this invention is to provide a
covering to the busks, so that they can be sewn or attached by other means to
the edge of the corset instead of inserting the busk into a seam of the corset
as heretofore. For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed
drawings in which:-

page_text: Figure 1, is a front elevation shewing my invention.
Figure 2, cross section through line xy, in Figure 1.
The busk which may be of whalebone or steel or other suitable material is
enclosed in a piece of cloth of such a size as to leave two flaps or projecting edges c.
This cloth or material is sewn around the edge of the busk or otherwise secured
as indicated by the dotted line a, in Figure 1.
The edges of the material forming the stay or corset are inserted between the
flaps or projecting edges, and secured thereto by means of sewing or any other
convenient manner. By this arrangement it will be seen that when it is required
to replace the busk it is only necessary to release the flaps from the edges of the
material forming the stay or corset thus preventing damage to the material, when
a fresh busk or busks may be again secured thereto.
Any convenient and well known means for fastening the busks together when
being worn may be employed, such as lacing or other form of catch or fastening.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. The busk for stays, corsets, and the like, substantially as described, and
illustrated herein, and for the purpose set forth.
2. In busks for stays or corsets a covering of material such as cloth secured
around the busk, and having flaps or projecting edges to which the material
forming the corset or stay is secured by means of sewing or other convenient
manner substantially as described and illustrated herein, and for the purpose
set forth.
Dated this 20th
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