Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st May, 1896-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1896
Improvements in Corsets.
I, WILHELM LECKEBUSCH, Merchant, of 61, Friedrichstrasse, Düsseldorf, in
the German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Ordinary corsets have the drawback, that at the back the two halves or parts
are more or less apart, according as they fit the wearer more or less; consequently
the back may lose its support, and the belt which connects the parts, is subject to
excessive tension.
To avoid this defect, I cause the parts of the corset to overlap at the back, so
that no separation takes place, even when the corset is adjusted for the greatest
width.
In this manner the corset is not only made to fit better and more comfortable to
wear, but it is also more easily adjustable.
Instead of making the two halves of the corset to overlap at the back, a third
part may be employed, which forms a strip arranged so as to cover the joint or
clearance between the two halves. The latter may be secured either to the said
strip or to each other, in any convenient manner.
I prefer to employ for this purpose thin transverse steel bands, each of which
is provided with hooks, and with a row of holes, one set of said steel bands being
fixed to the inside of the right corset half and the other set to the outside of the
left corset half, and the hook fixed to the free end of one band fitting into the
holes of the corresponding steel band.
Dated this 20th day of August 1895.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433 Strand, London, Agents.
I, WILHELM LECKEBUSCH, Merchant, of 61 Friedrichstrasse, Düsseldorf, in
the German Empire, 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 :—
Ordinary corsets have the defect, that at the back the two halves or parts are
more or less apart, according as they fit the wearer more or less; consequently
the back may lose its support, and the lacing-strings, or other means for
connecting the said parts, are subject to excessive tension.
To avoid this defect, I make the parts of the corset large enough to overlap at
the back more or less, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, so that no separation takes place, even
when the corset is adjusted for the greatest width, or I employ a special covering
strip c, Fig. 3.
In widening such a corset, no clearance or gap is produced between the parts,
the latter are simply made to slide one over the other.

page_text: The parts may be connected together in any convenient manner. In the form
represented by Fig. 3, steel bands s are fixed to the halves of the corset where
they form a gap, which steel bands are provided with eyes o. The covering
strip c, however, is provided with small hooks h which are introduced into the
said eyes o.
In the form represented by Figs. 2, 4 and 5, each half of the corset is provided
with steel bands s which in this case are free at one end, where they carry hooks h
adapted to enter perforations o, also formed in the said bands. The hook h of
one steel band can thus always be introduced into one of the apertures o of the
other steel band.
In Figs. 4 and 5, the hook h of each of the two bands enters one of the holes o
of the other band, thus constituting a double fastening.
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 :
1. A corset in which the two halves overlap each other at the back or are
covered by a separate strip, substantially as described and for the purpose
.specified.
2. In a corset of the type specified, a series of adjustable transverse con-
nections, consisting of thin steel bands s fixed to one half of the corset externally
and to the other internally, said bands being provided at their ends with hooks
adapted to fit into perforations o, substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of May 1896.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.