A NEW OR IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BAR FOR STAYS AND CORSETS
Year: 1885

page_text: I RICHARD CORE GARDNER of "Lynwood" Bowes Park, Middlesex, Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
CONSTRUCTION OF BAR FOR STAYS AND CORSETS." A communication to me from
abroad by Albert Rammoser of Berlin, Germany, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to, a bar for stays and corsets which possesses an almost
perfect suppleness in the middle, in the region of the hips, and also allows a certain
distortion, but nevertheless always returns again to its original straight position.
The staybar suits itself easily to every movement of the body of the person and
bends itself gently, but accurately to the body, whilst ordinary staybars become
almost an hindrance to the free motion of the body.
The stay bar consists of two plates of steel which are connected to each other by
means of spirals of springy material which are wound in a peculiar manner first in
one direction and then in the opposite direction, and their ends arranged upon the
plates and covered by a covering plate. The spirals thus arranged side by side
bind together the two parts of the staybar. The spirals themselves are kept in
position by rods passing through them.
It is evident that the spirals are always extended, the spirals maintaining the
two parts of the staybar in their proper position.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Construction of Bar for Stays and Corsets.
I RICHARD CORE GARDNER of "Lynwood" Bowes Park, Middlesex, Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, which has been communicated to me
from abroad by Albert Rammoser of Berlin, Germany, 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 a bar for stays and corsets which possesses an almost
perfect suppleness in the middle, in the region of the hips, and also allows a certain
distortion but nevertheless always returns again to its normal or straight position.
The stay or corset bar by its articulation suits itself easily to every movement of
the body of the person and bends itself gently but accurately to the body whilst
ordinary stay bars become almost a hindrance to the motion of the body.
On the annexed drawings is represented a bar for a stay or corset constructed,
according to this invention, on a considerably enlarged scale. Figure 1 shows the
front elevation and Figure 2 the side elevation thereof. Figure 3 shows a slight
modification.
The stay bar consists of two plates a and b, of say steel, connected by springy
material wound in a peculiar manner, first in one direction and then in the opposite
direction and their ends arranged within the plates a and b and covering plates e.
The springy material thus arranged, side by side, bind together the two parts a
and 6 of the stay bar and the windings d of the springy material are kept in
position by rods f.
It may be observed that the windings d of the springy material are always in
tension and if the bar be bent at the articulation it returns and recovers its
original position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
A stay or corset bar consisting of two plates (or splints) a and b connected by a
number of spirals d wound first in one direction and then in another, said spirals
having rods f uniting them in the manner described and substantially as shown in
the annexed drawings for the purpose set forth.