A New or Improved Corset Attachment.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
COMPLETE I MOLTIVATION.
A New or Improved Corset Attachment.
I FLORENCE CORDILIA LANG of 4 Beak Street Regent Street London 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in attachments for corsets for preventing
persons wearing such corsets from catching colds when the stays or corsets are
loosened or partially unlaced.
The improved attachment consists of a shaped piece of material secured to the
back of the corset by means of screwed studs. The said piece may consist of silk,
cotton, wool, or hygienic material according to the quality of the corset, or two
different materials may be combined to form such piece.
The said piece or attachment extends from the top to the bottom of the corset
or below the bottom of the corset reserving to myself the right of making it any
length and is of sufficient width as to allow the corset being easily removed from
or placed in position upon the wearer's body without removing said attachment.
The centre of the piece or attachment is provided with a strip or rib of steel or
whalebone extending from the top to the bottom.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood I will describe
the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved attachment, Fig. 2 being a back view of a
portion of a corset with the attachment fixed in position thereon.
Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of Fig. 2 the thick line representing the attachment
partially folded in position on the corset.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view partially in section of one of the screw studs for
fastening the attachment to the corset.
a represents my improved attachment constructed of silk, cotton, wool, or other
suitable material, or of a combination of such materials, of a shape substantially
as shown, and of a length equal to that of the back of the corset. b is a strip of
steel or whalebone sewn into the material and forming a rib down its centre.
c, c are screw studs passing through holes in the material near its outer edges to
secure the attachment to the corset.
These studs are shown more clearly in Fig. 4 and consist of an inner stud or
button c formed with a screw stem c² and an outer stud or nut c¹ screwing on to
the stem and clamping between it and the stud c, the attachment u and the
material forming the body of the corset C, thus securing the attachment or piece a
firmly to such corset. These studs are fixed to the corset a little beyond the lace-
holes thereof and the attachment a may be easily removed from the corset when
required by unscrewing the outer studs c¹.
By means of my invention the corset may be loosened or partially unlaced, as
shown in Fig. 2, without rendering the body of the wearer liable to undue exposure,
the attachment a forming as it were a false back, thus preventing the wearer from
the liability of catching cold.
Having now fully 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 :-
The improved attachment for corsets substantially as shown in and described

page_text: with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings and for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 11th day of March 1893.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.