Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1889
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, M.I.M.E.
lo 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 :-
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The present invention relates to an improved fastening device for corsets or the
like.
The construction and operation of this fastening device can be easily understood by
referring to the accompanying drawings in which ;-
Fig. I represents the lower parts of a pair of busks provided with the fastening
device, this being in its open position.
Fig. 2 represents the same, the fastening device being closed or fastened.
Fig. 3 represents a complete pair of busks drawn to a smaller scale.
Figs. 4 and 4 bis are modifications of the said fastening device.
From Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the fastening device consists of a small
plate A preferably stamped out from any suitable metal. This said plate A is attached
to the busk M. by means of a pin B round which the said plate is capable of being
turned. The plate A is formed with a slot D in the arc of a circle having the pivot B
for its centre and through this slot passes a pin C fixed in the busk M and serving as
a guide or stop to the movable plate A. For the purpose of fastening the two
busks M M together the plate A is formed with an opening E the upper part F of
which is narrower than the lower part. To fasten the two busks together the hook or
stud G is introduced into the opening E and the plate A is then turned round its
pivot B in the direction of the arrow Fig. 1, when the shank of the hook or stud G
will enter the narrow part F of the opening in the plate A and will be retained therein
by its head. To unfasten the busks, the plate A is turned in the opposite direction
e. in the direction indicated by the arrow Fig. 2. To facilitate the turning of the
plate A it is provided with a nose or projection H.

page_text: In the modified forms of the plate A represented in Figs. 4 and
bis the guide or
stop pin C does not pass through a slot formed in the plate but is situated in a suitable
recess I formed in the edge of the plate, and serves the same purpose as the before
mentioned slot D.
It is evident that the narrower part of the opening E may be placed at the
bottom instead of the top of the said opening but the relative position of the slot or
recess and the guide pin must then be correspondingly altered.
In figure 3 I have represented a pair of busks provided with a number of ordinary
hooks or studs and eyes and one of the before described safety fasteners, preferably
placed at the bottom of the busks, but it is evident that any number of the said
improved fastening devices may be used and that they may be placed at any desired
part of the busks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
mo by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is ;-
A fastening device for corsets consisting of a metal plate such as A mounted on a
pivot B and guided in its movement or stopped by a pin C the said plate A being
formed with an opening such as E for the introduction of the hook or stad G and
having a narrower part F formed in such a manner that after the book or stud G has
been introduced and the plate A turned in the direction of the arrow figure. 1 this
narrower part F will engage with, the shank of the said hook or stud while its head
will remain outside and prevent unfastening of the busks substantially as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
1000