A New or Improved Protector for Corsets for Preventing the Side Steels or Bones from being Broken.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Protector for Corsets for Preventing the Side
Steels or Bones from being Broken.
I, JULIA PROUT of 24, Warwick Street Regent Street, London, Ladies'
Outfitter, 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 :-
My invention relates to a new or improved attachment for corsets and has for
its object to provide a device which will effectually prevent the side steels or bones
of such articles from being broken.
In corsets of ordinary construction, the bones or steels frequently break or snap
at the waist line when the wearer stoops or bends, owing to the natural depression
which exists at this part being considerably deepened by the above mentioned
operations. Now according to my invention I provide a protector which can be
conveniently fixed to that part of the corset, and which consists of two layers of
suitable material between which are placed a number of steels or bones. The steels
or bones being placed in a vertical or upright position and not horizontally as in
the protectors hitherto constructed, so that when the body is bent, the protector
will afford a firm support and prevent the steels or bones of the corset snapping or
breaking, while owing to the steels or bones of the protector being placed
vertically, it will readily regain its normal position when the pressure is
removed.
My improved protector is constructed of two layers of contill or other suitable
material but preferably the same as that of which the corset is constructed,
enclosing two short broad strips of steel placed at some distance apart, and eight
narrow strips of whale bone, placed two on either side of the steel strips, all of
which are stitched around in order to keep them in place, and at the lower end my
improved protector is furnished with one, two, or more gores so that it may give
readily to the figure and afford greater comfort to the wearer, and the edges of the
material forming the cover are bound around with tape, ribbon, or other suitable
material to add a neat finish to the article.
The strips may consist of all whale bone or all steel if desired and the protector
may be furnished with eyelet holes in order that it may be conveniently attached
or removed from the inside of the corset at the pleasure of the wearer, or it may
be attached in any other suitable manner.
This device is made separately from the corset and is afterwards fixed in position
on either side of the corset, but as some persons break the steels or bones on one
side only, it is obvious that one protector would suffice in this case.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved protector and
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the inside half of a corset showing the protector in
position.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
My improved protector consists of two layers of material bound around the edge
with braid, tape, ribbon, &c., and enclosing the two short steels d d and the
narrower strips of whale bone d' arranged on either side of the short steel strips.
The said protector is provided with a gore g in order that it may give readily to
the figure, and with eyelet holes for convenience in attaching.
My improved protector is placed on the inside of the corset one on either side,
or on one side only as desired, by means of the eyelet holes i or in any other
convenient manner.

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
1. The new or improved protector consisting of a casing of suitable material
enclosing upright or vertical steels or whale bones d d and the gore g, arranged
and constructed substantially as herein described and shown and for the purpose
set forth.
2. The new or improved protector such as above claimed provided with eyelet
holes i for convenience in attaching, substantially as herein described and shown in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of October 1902
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.
Agent for the Applicant.