Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
Improvements in Corsets.
I EMILY DEADMAN of 25 Halsey Street Cadogan Squire in the County of
London Spinster, Corset 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 :---
The object of this invention is to construct corsets so that they shall renler
support to the wearer without being constructed with busks and yet preserving the
body of the wearer in proper shape and form without the accompanying rigidity
usually affecting the comfort of the wearer of a corset with busks; and also to.
provide a durable and permanently fixed hook stud or fastening for lacing corsets.
together.
I manufacture my corset in any material of a textile nature, I make it of any
shape or design.
One of the elements of my invention is that of constructing the back of the
corset in one piece, the back thereof being therefore closed having no lacing down.
the centre thereof.
I attach a hook stud or fastening to my corset such as that hereinafter describe:1
and by means of which I fasten my corset in front with a lace or laces.
I may use in some cases a stiffening substance of metal or bone inserted in the
usual place where in ordinary corsets busks are inserted.
In order that the details of construction and the means by which this invention
is carried into effect may be thoroughly understood I will now describe it referring
in detail to the illustrations shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is the front view and Figure 2 is the back view of the corset.
Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 show four views of the hook stud or fastening which I use:
to fasten the corset together.
The letters of reference indicate the same portions in all the figures.
a is the corset which is made stronger and more rigid where necessary by the
insertion of some metal bone or other pliant material between the linen or other
textile material stitching same in position as shown by the dotted lines b. The
lace or cord e engages with and is passed over the hooks studs or fastenings from
side to side hereinafter more particularly described being tied after drawing the
corset together as at e. The back of the corset is closed as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 3 shows a plan view of the piece of metal which I cut or form into the
shape shown thereon with a neck and head d and forks h and i the latter or middle
fork i being cut shorter than the outer forks h.
Figures 45 and 6 are edge, end, and plan views respectively of my hook stud
or fastening bent into the shape shewn thereon by suitable tools; the neck and
head & is bent upwards and forwards and the forks are bent upwards and forwards
in the opposite direction. The fork i is bent upwards in line with the other bent
portions of the book or fastening as shewn in Figure 4. The forks h and i
facilitate the hook or fastening being quickly threaded on to a narrow piece of
bone metal or other material such piece of bone metal or other material passing
between the said forks and when threaded it is then inserted between the linen or
other textile material of the corset and sewn firmly in position the hooks being
sewn at an equal distance apart. This piece of bone metal or other material upon
which the hooks are threaded is similar to the other pieces shewn at 6 Figs. 1 & 2
but are narrower so as to form firm edges to the corset.
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page_text: 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 :-
The combination of a corset in one piece with a closed back without busks, with
a hook stud or fastening of the form and construction substantially as herein
described.
EMILY DEADMAN,
Applicant.