An Improvement connected with Corsets for Ladies' Wear.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Corsets for Ladies' Wear.
I JOHN PARRY WILLIAMS of Victoria Street, Landport, Hampshire, Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, the fitting of steel, cane or other flexible strips,
diagonally in the fabric between the side portions of the back and the back lacing
busks said diagonal strips being from the back waist portion up to the back of the
shoulders and above the blade bones to give flexible stiffness at that part of the
body of the wearer and a better sett to the upper back part of the bodice which
covers it.
For the purpose of my invention 1 set narrow strips of cane or other flexible
material in close connection, in the fabrics of which the back of the corset is.
composed, said strips being set diagonally upwards towards the middle of the back
from each side and from the waist upwards to above the back peak where the parts
terminate in shoulder straps which fall over to the front to be fastened to the bosom
peaks. Each strip is sewn in and they vary in length according to the position in
which they are placed to suit the contour of the corset.
D
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said J. P. Williams.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said J. P. Williams.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Corsets for Ladies' Wear.
I, JOHN PARRY WILLIAMS, of Victoria Street, Landport, Hampshire, Manager,
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 has for object, the fitting of steel, cane, or other flexible strips,
diagonally, in the fabric between the side portions of the back and the back lacing
busks, said diagonal strips being from the back waist portion up to the back of the
shoulders, and above the blade bones of a wearer to give flexible stiffness at that
part of the body of the wearer, and a better sett to the upper back part of the
bodice which covers it.
For the purpose of my invention, I set narrow strips of cane, or other flexible
material in close connection, as at A in the annexed drawing, in the fabrics of
which, the back of the corset is composed, said strips being set diagonally upwards
towards the middle of the back from each side, and from the waist upwards to
above the back peak B where the parts terminate and have shoulder straps C, C,
which fall over to the front to be fastened to the bosom peaks.
Each strip is sewn in, and they vary in length according to the position in which
they are placed to suit the contour of the corset, such as is represented in the
drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvement in corsets for ladies wear, as hereinbefore set forth, and

page_text: consisting of diagonally arranged strips (flexible) from the waist upwardly towards
the back lacing busks, substantially as exemplified by the annexed drawing.
The 10th day of April 1893.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Parry Williams.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Parry Williams.