Improvements in and connected with Corsets and Dress Bodices.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Corsets and Dress Bodices.
I, ELIZABETH YOUNG, of 9, Kelvingrove Street, in the County of the City of
Glasgow, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention has for its object to keep that part of the corset or dress bodice
which is in line with the haunches from curling up and thus destroying the figure
and causing considerable annoyance and suffering to the wearer.
My invention consists of two sheaths of thin steel or other suitable metal or
material, which are sewn or otherwise fixed to the inside or outside of the corset or
bodice at top and bottom and on each side thereof, eyelets being provided for the
purpose. Midway between these sheaths and in line of the waist there is a small
metal band, which is also sewn or otherwise fixed to the corset or bodice. A loose
steel or other band is passed under the small metal band referred to, the ends resting
in the top and bottom sheath respectively. These steels being loose can at any time
be withdrawn, straightened with the hand, reversed and replaced in a few seconds
thus retaining the corset or bodice in perfect shape and allowing it to lie to the
proper curvature of the haunches. The sheaths, if found desirable, may be covered
with cloth or other suitable material.
In lieu of retaining the loose steels in position by means of the sheaths as described,
I may do so by means of a tape or strap, which when the steel bands are inserted,
would be folded over the ends of these and the ends of the tape fastened to the other
side of the corset or bodice by means of a small button or catch provided for the
purpose.
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BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
Improvements in and connected with Corsets and Dress Bodices.
I, ELIZABETH YOUNG, of 9, Kelvingrove Street, in the County of the City of
Glasgow, North Britain, 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 :-
My invention has for its object to keep that part of the corset or dress bodice
which is in line with the haunches from curling up and thus destroying the figure
and causing considerable annoyance and suffering to the wearer.
My invention consists of two sheaths of thin steel or other suitable metal or
material, which are sewn or otherwise fixed to the inside or outside of the corset or
bodice at top and bottom and on each side thereof, eyelets being provided for the

page_text: purpose. Midway between these sheaths and in line of the waist there is a small
metal band, which is also sewn or otherwise fixed to the corset or bodice. A loose
steel or other band is passed under the small metal band referred to, the ends resting
in the top and bottom sheath respectively. These steels being loose can at any time
be withdrawn, straightened with the hand, reversed and replaced in a few seconds
thus retaining the corset or bodice in perfect shape and allowing it to lie to the
proper curvature of the haunches. The sheaths, if found desirable, may be covered
with cloth or other suitable material.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings of which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvements.
Figure 1 is a separate view of the shield.
Figure 2 is a view of the same applied to a pair of corsets.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure i but of a slightly modified form of
-construction to that shewn in Figures 1 and 2.
A, A, are the two sheaths and b are the eyelets to enable them to be sewn to the
corsets E, C is the small metal band midway between the sheaths A, A₁, which is
likewise sewn to the corset or bodice. D are the loose steel or other bands.
In Figure 3 the metal band D is reduced in breadth at the ends so as to keep the
sheaths A, A1, as small as possible, and the sheath C in this case is stamped out in
one piece and is stitched to the corset behind the band in place of at the side as
shewn in dotted lines.
In lieu of retaining the loose steels D in position by means of the metal sheaths A, A₁,
as described, I may do so by means of a tape or strap, one end of which is fixed to
the inside of the corset, while the other or loose end, when the steel band D is placed
in position, is folded over the ends of the band and fastened to the outside of the
corset by means of a button or catch provided for the purpose, thus forming a kind
-of pocket to retain the band in position.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
In corsets the sheaths A, A₁, or tapes or straps, small metal band B and loose steel
or other bands D, all substantially as and for the purposes herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 5th day of February 1897.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.