Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1887
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th Apr., 1888
RICHARD BRUZON 200, Green Lanes Finsbury Park London N. I do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Expanding Artificial Breasts with a concave or hollow interior capable of being
expanded and inflated at will by the agency of Air or Liquids; made of India Rubber
or any other kindred material capable of elastic expansion proportionately with the
quantity of Air infused or of Liquid poured into its interior.
The essential point which I claim in this declaration is the Invention of Artificial
Breasts capable of Expansion by the infusion of Air or Liquid at will. The opera-
tion of filling and emptying the aforesaid Expanding Artificial Breasts may be
effected by means of one or more orifices capable of being rendered Air and Water
tight but I prefer to adopt the means of a Tube or Tubes of an elastic substance,
connected with and or detachable from said Artificial Breasts.
The chief application and merit of this Invention is the facility it affords to the
wearer to increase and when increased to diminish the apparent size of the human
Breasts and likewise to adapt the expansion of the aforesaid artificial Breasts as best
desired to improve or perfect the shape of the chest or figure and to improve the fit
or adjustment of the covering garments.

page_text: I RICHARD BRUZON, of 200 Green Lanes, Finsbury Park, London N., 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 for expanding artificial breasts is to improve the
appearance of the human female figure by supplying a substitute for the defective
natural development of the breasts, and by such means to enable the wearer to better
adjust at will and in a few seconds the fit of the bodice or outer garments, and by
such means to give to the general configuration of the person increased grace and
elegance.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a
pair of artificial breasts constructed according to an approved pattern of my inven-
tion, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same through the joining band, and
shewing the breast inflated.
In carrying this invention into practical effect the outer or front side a of each
artificial breast is constructed of a thin elastic material such as India rubber, and the
inner or back side 6 is composed partly of the same material and stiffened by means
of the addition of any suitable material, such as canvas, wire gauze, vulcanized
india rubber, millboard, or other stiffening substance.
The two parts of each artificial breast are comented or otherwise joined together at
their peripheries c so as to form a perfectly air and watertight vessel, capable of being
inflated or distended by the introduction of air or liquid at the required pressure.
It will be seen that when inflated, owing to the different materials and mode of con-
struction of the back and front parts of the artificial breast, the distention takes place
principally in the outer or front part.
It will also be seen that when inflated this artificial breast forms a soft elastic and
yielding body, readily adjusting itself to any external pressure, and in all respects
very closely resembling in its appearance the natural breast.
To the underside of each artificial breast is connected an elastic tube d provided
with a cock or valve e of any suitable construction for admitting and shutting off
the air or liquid used for inflating or distending it.
Or instead of a separate tube being provided for each artificial breast, they may be
joined by a single tube connected to another tube with a suitable cock or valve as
clearly shewn in dotted lines.
The tubes d are arranged of such length that their ends may readily be placed in
the mouth of the wearer when the artificial breasts are in position so as to enlarge or
inflate them with air. When the artificial breasts are sufficiently inflated the tubes
fall loosely into the corset or folds of the inner garments, or are otherwise concealed
so as to be unobservable.
The two artificial breasts are joined by a band f and are secured to the person by
means of a belt or band passed round the back and connected to loops h attached to

page_text: the said breasts, while they are further secured in a vertical direction by means of
loops i attached to buttons or other fastenings on the corsets or other parts of the
dress.
To preserve the artificial breasts and render them more comfortable to wear they
may be encased in any soft material such as velvet or silk.
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 :-
1. The construction of expanding artificial breasts of elastic material, and in such
manner, that they are capable of being expanded and inflated at will by the introduction
of air or liquid substantially as described.
2. The construction of expanding artificial breasts with thin flexible elastic fronts,
secured to stiffened backs, so that when air or liquid is admitted the front parts are
distended so as to resemble in their appearance the natural breasts substantially as
described.
3. The arrangement and construction of expanding artificial breasts substantially
as described with reference to the drawings.
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حيمد
1 1000
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
156, Strand, W.C.,
Agents.