Bust Pad.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th June, 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
FROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Bust Pad.
I, MARGUERRETA MYRIA PARRELL of West 24th Street, New York City,
United States of America, Spinster and Dressmaker do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The bust pad of this invention has for object the improvement of the figure.
It consists of a framework formed by three curved elastic stay pieces pivotally
connected together at their uppero ends the lower ends of two of the stays being
pivotally connected together and extended to form a shank to be gathered in with
the garments at the waist. There is further a cross stay adjustable in its length
connecting the three curved stays in such a way that the pad may be adapted to
the form of the wearer. The framing is covered over with a suitable fabric or
celluloid.
Dated this 9th day of October 1893.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Bust Pad.
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I, MARGUERRETA MYRIA PARRELL of West 24th Street, New York City,
United States of America, Spinster and Dressmaker, 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 bust pad of this invention has for object to improve the form of the wearer,
to serve as a shield to protect the breast from injury or undue pressure, to secure
proper ventilation, and to prevent inconvenient perspiration. A further object is to
provide a light and comfortable bust pad that is adjustable within certain limits
and readily attachable permanently or temporarily to the corset or other garment.
In the drawing Figs. 1 and 2 are respective a front and a side view of the bust
pad. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the several parts of the same.
manner.
The pad is concavo-convex to conform to the breast and is covered with fabric
such as muslin, for instance, or celluloid or like convenient material in an obvious
A, B, C, D, are four stay pieces of any suitable light elastic material
such as steel. The stay A is of an ogee shape curving symmetrically in opposite
directions from a central point.
The stay B is longer than the stay A and is curved at the ends. The stay C
is straight at its lower end for about one third of its length, the remaining
two thirds being a simple curve which comes opposite to the upper curved end
of the stay B. The stay D is straight and is designed to connect the
stays A, B, C, together on a line corresponding with the greatest, swell of the
pad, and is preferably made in two pieces which are adjustably connected together
to increase or diminish the width of the pad as may be required. The parts
composing the stay D may be connected together by any well known means as for
instance by the clasp E which spans the overlapping portions of the said parts.
The parts of the pad are pivotally connected together through eyes and pins or
other suitable means which will allow of the adjustability of the pad to the form
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page_text: of the wearer, the upper portion y extending over the breast and the lower
portion projecting down to near the waist and forming the means of attachment
to the garment when such attachment is desired, or it may by its lower end be
gathered in loose at the waist line with the pleats or folds of the garments and held
by them in the desired position.
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
In a bust pad the general construction, arrangement and combination of the
pivotally connected parts A, B, C, and the stay D adjustable in its length to adapt
the pad to the form of the wearer, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 26th day of June 1894.
THOMAS R., SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.