A HINGED WAIST STAY OR CORSET
Year: 1886

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 3rd day of June 1886, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883:
1 EDWARD JAMES JONES of 24 Eden Street Kingston on Thames in the county
of Surrey Linen Draper do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
A HINGED WAIST STAY OR CORSET and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
I take a piece of metallic wire or plate or other suitable substance (hereinafter
refered to as "wire") of a proper length and strength in proportion to the size and
strength of the stay or corset required and at one end I form an eye or loop as
shown at figure 1 on the drawing which is intended to represent one half part of
a pair of stays or corsets I then bend the wire a few inches up in a curve or bow
so as to fit over the hips according to the size required in the direction of the
figures 2 and 3 on the drawing completing it at figure 4 on the drawing with an
eye or loop similar to that at figure 1 one such wire may if desired contain loops
for the hinge to work in I then take another piece of wire of a proper length and
strength in proportion to the size and strength of the stay or corset required and
at one end I form an eye or loop which I place close to or on or over the eye or
loop at figure 1 and with a slight curve or bend bring it up to and twist or hinge
it twice or more times round the first wire as shown at figure 5 thus forming a
working hinge.
I bring the wire down again to about level with figure 1 and by bending it
round as shown at figure 6 I again bring it to and twist or hinge it twice or more
times round the first wire as shown at figure 7 at any distance from figure 5 that
the size of stay may require I continue thus bending and twisting the wire as
many times and at such intervals as may be necessary for the size and strength of
the stay or corset required and finish by bringing the end on which I form an eye
or loop with a slight bend close down to or on to the eyelet shown at figure 4 and
to which it may be fastened or not as desired.
I take a third piece of wire of a proper length and at one end I form an eye
which is fixed on the stay or corset as shown at figure
and I then bend such
wire in the direction and manner shown on the drawing with slight variations
according to the size and strength of the stay or corset required bringing it near
to figure 5 there twisting or hinging it twice or more times round the first or hip
wire as shown at figure 9 I again bring it up and bending it in a curve as shown
го

page_text: on the drawing at figure 10 bring it down near figure 7 repeating the twist or
hinge and the bend or curve as before as many times and at such intervals as may
be necessary or covenient according to the size and strength of the stay or corset
required and finish by placing another eye at or near the top of the busk and
fastenings as shown at figure 11 on drawing.
At figure 12 is shown the ordinary busk of a stay and at figure 13 the back
bones with eyelets for the stay laces-The exact position of the eyes or loops at
the ends of the wires is quite immaterial to the invention and the wires may be
joined to the back bone of the stays or corsets if desired and there their position can be
varied to any extent so long as the general shape of the wires and particularly the
twisting or linging on the first mentioned or hip wire is adhered to-The whole of
the wires are placed between two or more fabrics cut to proper shape for stays or
corsets into which the wires are stitched or sewn as shown by the dotted lines on
the drawing on each side of the wires.
Stated shortly the objects of the invention are to substitute a light and flexible
frame for the ordinary bone or steel ribs of stays and corsets and particularly to so
arrange such frame as to form a hinge at the waist of the figure and so save the
constant breaking of bones or steels at the waist found in the use of stays of the
ordinary description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declar that what
I claim is
1. That the first mentioned or hip wire used is so bent as to fit round and over
the hips starting from or near from the back bone-of the stays or corsets und
going round the waist fitting the hip and thence over the abdomen on each side of
the figure This wire may be of any strength that may be necessary:
2. That the twists or hinges on the wires as shown at figures 5; 7, and 9 on the
drawing and the other similar twists or hinges that may be made on or round the
first mentioned or hip wire form a hinge working upon the first or hip wire and
being placed by the fitting of the hip wire exnetly in the waist of the figure work
with each movement of the body like a hinge and so prevent the breaking that
occurs if the ribs or supports of the stays or corsets are formed in the usual straight
substance running from the top to the bottom of the stay or corset.
3. That the wires being placed between two or more fabrics and stitched closely
all round prevent the material from rucking or puckering up in the waist or over
the hips or at any other part of the stay or-Corset.
4. That the wires when so stitched remain firm except at the waist and thus
give support to the whole figure.
Firstly. Frames or supports for stays or corsets constructed of wire or like material
bent to shape and hinged at the waist portion so that the upper and lower portions of
such frames or supports of the stay or corset may have independent movements sub-
stantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Secondly. Corsets or stays having a frame or support such as is hereinbefore described
secured to opposite sides of two or more fabrics by stitching round such frame or support
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of March 1886.
EDWARD JAMES JONES.

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 3rd day of June 1886, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
1 EDWARD JAMES JONES of 24 Eden Street Kingston on Thames in the county
of Surrey Linen Draper do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
HINGED WAIST STAY OR CORSET and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
A
statement:-
I take a piece of metallic wire or plate or other suitable substance (hereinafter
refered to as "wire") of a proper length and strength in proportion to the size and
strength of the stay or corset required and at one end I form an eye or loop as
shown at figure 1 on the drawing which is intended to represent one half part of
a pair of stays or corsets I then bend the wire a few inches up in a curve or how
so as to fit over the hips according to the size required in the direction of the
figures 2 and 3 on the drawing completing it at figure 4 on the drawing with an
eye or loop similar to that at figure 1 one such wire may if desired contain loops
for the hinge to work in 1 then take another piece of wire of a proper length and
strength in proportion to the size and strength of the stay or corset required and
at one end I form an eye or loop which place close to or on or over the eye or
loop at figure 1 and with a slight curve or bend bring it up to and twist or hinge
it twice or more times round the first wire as shown at figure 5 thus forming a
working hinge.
I bring the wire down again to about level with figure 1 and by bending it
round as shown at figure 6 I again bring it to and twist or hinge it twice or more
times round the first wire as shown at figure 7 at any distance from figure 5 that
the size of stay may require I continue thus bending and twisting the wire as
many times and at such intervals as may be necessary for the size and strength of
the stay or corset required and finish by bringing the end on which I form an eye
or loop with a slight bend close down to or on to the eyelet shown at figure 4 and
to which it may be fastened or not as desired.
I take a third piece of wire of a proper length and at one end I form an eye
which is fixed on the stay or corset as shown at figure 8 and I then bend such
wire in the direction and manner shown on the drawing with slight variations
according to the size and strength of the stay or corset required bringing it near
to figure 5 there twisting or hinging it twice or more times round the first or hip
wire as shown at figure 9 1 again bring it up and bending it in a curve as shown

page_text: on the drawing at figure 10 bring it down near figure 7 repeating the twist or
hinge and the bend or curve as before as many times and at such intervals as may
be necessary or covenient according to the size and strength of the stay or corset
required and finish by placing another eye at or near the top of the busk and
fastenings as shown at figure 11 on drawing.
At figure 12 is shown the ordinary busk of a stay and at figure 13 the back
bones with eyelets for the stay laces-The exact position of the eyes or loops at
the ends of the wires is quite immaterial to the invention and the wires may be
joined to the back bone of the stays or corsets if desired and there their position can be
varied to any extent so long as the general shape of the wires and particularly the
twisting or hinging on the first mentioned or hip wire is adhered to-The whole of
the wires are placed between two or more fabrics cut to proper shape for stays or
corsets into which the wires are stitched or sewn as shown by the dotted lines on
the drawing on each side of the wires.
Stated shortly the objects of the invention are to substitute a light and flexible
frame for the ordinary bone or steel ribs of stays and corsets and particularly to so
arrange such frame as to form a hinge at the waist of the figure and so save the
constant breaking of bones or steels at the waist found in the use of stays of the
ordinary description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declar that what
I claim is
4. That the first mentioned or hip wine used is so bent as to fit round and over
the hips starting from or near from the back bone of the stays or corsets and
going round the waist fitting the hip and thence over the abdomen on each side of
the figure This wire may be of any strength that may be necessary.
2. That the twists or hinges on the wires as shown at figures 6, 7, and 9 on the
drawing and the other similar twists or hinges that may be made on or round the
Arst mentioned or hip wire form a hinge working upon the first or hip wire and
being placed by the fitting of the hip wire exactly in the waist of the figure work
with each movement of the body like a hinge and so prevent the breaking that
occurs if the ribs or supports of the stays or cursets are formed in the usual straight
substance running from the top to the bottom of the stay or corset.
3. That the wires being placed between two or more fabrics-and-stitched-closely
all round prevent the material from rucking or puckering up in the waist or over
the hips or at any other part of the stay or Corset.
4. That the wires when so stitched remain firm except at the waist and thus
give support to the whole figure.
Firstly. Frames or supports for stays or corsets constructed of wire or like material
bent to shape and hinged at the waist portion so that the upper and lower portions of
such frames or supports of the stay or corset may have independent movements sub-
stantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Secondly. Corsets or stays having a frame or support such as is hereinbefore described
secured to opposite sides of two or more fabrics by stitching round such frame or support
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of March 1886.
EDWARD JAMES JONES.