Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 26th Oct., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, JOSEPH CHAPMAN, of $ Binden Road, Shepherds Bush, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to this invention the usual lace at the back of the corset is entirely
dispensed with, the two halves of the corset being joined together by india-rubber
springs. These springs are in the form of rings, which are put over hooks fixed at
the edges of the back of each half of the corset. The fastenings at the front are of
the ordinary kind. The springs are adapted to readily yield to every movement of the
body thus preventing any undue pressure, while retaining the perfect symmetry of
the figure; and in order to enable the waist to be as readily contracted as the wearer
may desire and to so retain it, I provide two straps which together form a belt. One
end of each of these straps is secured at the waist line, to the back of one of the halves
of the corset and the straps cross each other at the back, one passing through a slit
in the other, so that when the straps are pulled the back edges of the halves of the
corset are drawn together. The straps come round to the front and are secured
together for this purpose the end of one may be provided with a buckle and the other
with eyelet holes.
;
This construction has the great advantage of permitting the wearer to adjust the
tightness round her waist, the springs relieving the remainder portion of the figure
from any undue compressibility.
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page_text: Improvements in Corsets.
I, JOSEPH CHAPMAN of 8 Binden Road, Shepherds Bush, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman, 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:—
According to this invention the usual lace at the back of the corset is entirely
dispensed with, the two halves of the corset being joined together by india rubber
springs. These springs are in the form of rings, which are put over hooks fixed at
the edges of the back of each half of the corset. The fastenings at the front are of the
ordinary kind. The springs are adapted to readily yield to every movement of the
body thus preventing any undue pressure, while retaining the perfect symmetry of
the figure and in order to enable the waist to be as readily contracted as the wearer
may desire and to so retain it, I provide two straps which together form a belt. One
end of each of these straps is secured at the waist line, to the back of one of the halves
of the corset and the straps cross each other at the back, one passing through a slit
in the other, so that when the straps are pulled the back edges of the halves of the
corset are drawn together. The straps come round to the front and are secured
together for this purpose the end of one may be provided with a buckle and the other
with eyelet holes.
This construction has the great advantage of permitting the wearer to adjust the
tightness round her waist, the springs relieving the remainder portion of the figure
from any undue compressibility.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a back elevation of a corset constructed
according to my invention.
Figure shows a portion of the back to a larger scale.
aa are india rubber rings which are put over the hooks bb fixed at the back to the
edges of the corset c and d are the two halves of the belt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I would state that I am aware that
india rubber springs and also straps or belts have been used in connection with
corsets and I therefore make no general claim to them but I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Corsets having india rubber springs in the form of rings put over hooks attached
to the parts to be drawn together.
2. Corsets having the two halves connected at the back by springs and provided
with a belt formed of two straps fixed one to the back of each half which straps cross
one another and are fastened at the front.
, 3., Corsets substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
.
Dated this 15th day of Sentember 1888