Improvements in and relating to Corsets and Dress Bodices.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date or Application, 10th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1897-Accepted, 27th Nov., 1897
[Communicated from abroad by JOHN DOWNING BELCHER, Commercial Traveller,
and JOHN CAMPBELL MAHON, Merchant, both of 97 Barrington Street, in the
City and County of Halifax, Colony of Nova Scotia.]
Improvements in and relating to Corsets and Dress Bodices.
I, FITZROY CAMPBELL MAHON, of 161 Gresham House, Old Broad Street,
in the City and County of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has relation to certain improvements in corsets and dress
bodices. These improvements consist essentially of the constructing of safety
pockets provided with eyelets for securing the pockets to the body of the corset
in such a manner that the bones or steels or the like with which the garment
is stiffened are prevented from cutting through the top or bottom of the same,
and to hold such bones or steels in their proper position. It also relates to the
combination of safety pockets having eyelets for securing the said pockets to
the body of the corset and the concave and rounded ends of ribbon spring steels
when such steels are used. The pockets aforesaid are preferably constructed of
thin metal sheets bent double and provided with slots specially designed to
receive the ends of the ribbon spring steels or other stiffening material so that
the same will fit into and slide in them freely. Coverings are provided which
cover portions of the steels and hold the same in place whilst allowing the steels
or the like to move up and down as may be requisite. The combination of the
steels, whalebones, or the like with the other portions of the device prevents the
steels or the like from cutting or damaging the garment either at the top or
bottom whilst enabling the steels or the like to slide freely upon it.
Dated this 9th day of February
.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Corsets and Dress Bodices.
I, FITZROY CAMPBELL MAHON late of 161 Gresham House, Old Broad Street,
and now of Billiter Buildings, 22 Billiter Street, in the City and County of
London, Merchant, 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 certain improvements in corsets and dress bodies.

page_text: The improvements consist in the construction of safety pockets with eyelets in
such a manner that the bones or steels or the like with which the garment is
stiffened are prevented from cutting through the top or bottom of the same
and at the same time are held in their proper position.
The invention will be clearly understood by the aid of the accompanying draw-
ings, in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation, and
Figure 2 is a side elevation shewing a stiffening bone or steel with eyelets for
receiving the top and bottom of the same.
Figure 3 is a view of a corset provided with our improvements.
Referring now to Figure 1 and 2 A is a top pocket secured by means of an
eyelet A¹ to the body of the garment D. The bone or ribbon spring steel is
shewn at C with a concave part C at the top, and a rounded bottom part C¹¹. B is
the bottom pocket secured by two eyelets B¹ as shewn. The pockets are made of
thin metal sheets cut or stamped to the proper shape and bent double leaving slots E
and F as shewn clearly in Figure 2 for the ends of the bone or steel C to fit
into and slide freely. It will be seen from a consideration of the figures that
owing to the special shape of the top and bottom parts of the bone or steel C
great flexibility of movement is secured, also the special construction of pocket
enables the bone to be very readily inserted in position.
In Figure 3 parts of the coverings K of the steels or bones are turned back
to shew the pockets A and B secured to the garment. Said coverings K are such
as are ordinarily used for the purpose and secured to the garments in any suitable
manner which will permit the bones or steels to slide freely within them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents I declare that what I claim is :-
The combination of poctets constructed as described having either one or more
eyelets for securing same to a garment, and stiffening bones or steels provided with
either concaved or rounded ends to engage with said eyelet or eyelets as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1897
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.