New or Improved Fastening Device for Corsets and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Fastening Device for Corsets and the like.
I, GUSTAV FRANK, of 44 Spandauerstrasse, Pankow, near Berlin in the
Empire of Germany, 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 more especially to the fastenings of corsets; but it is also
applicable to fastenings used for other purposes; and it consists of a fastening or
locking device of simple construction which can be released by pressing upon a
certain part thereof without the necessity of pressing together the two edges of the
corset or other object secured by the fastening.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a corset fastening constructed in accordance
with my invention, Figures 3 and 5 are elevations of the same, Figures 2 and 4 are
elevations of the part intended to be locked in the fastening shown in Figures 1, 3.
and 5, and Figure 6 is a separate view of a part of the locking arrangement.
is a kind of frame secured by rivetting or otherwise, to one of the busks, a, of
the corset. In this frame b is arranged a sliding pin e provided with a collar c
having an inclined upper surface, and with a head or button d. This pin passes
through an opening in the part of the frame b, and through a corresponding
opening in the corset busk a. In the interior of the frame b is placed a socket f
into which the collar c can pass when the pin e is pressed inwards. A spring gis
placed between the bottom of the socket and the collar e, and tends constantly to
press the collar c outwards against the part 6 of the frame b. In Figures 2 and 4
is shown an open eye o, o', o 2, rivetted, or otherwise secured, to the other busk a
of the corset.
When the corset is to be fastened, the head or button is pressed inwards and
the open eye o is pushed into the opening p in the frame b, the slot o¹ being wide
enough to pass over the pin e. When this is done the head or button d is released,
and the pin e is then pressed outwards by the spring 9, so that the collar centers
the opening o 2, the eye o is thereby retained in the opening p, and the two busks a
and a of the corset are thus secured together.
The collar c is preferably made as an inclined plane, as shown clearly in
Figure 6, to enable the eye o to assist in pushing the pin e inwards to the required
distance to allow the said eye to pass the said collar c.
For the sake of clearness the drawings are made to an enlarged scale; but it will
be readily understood that the fastenings can be made very small when required.
The head or button d may be arranged so as to remain recessed in the frame b
when the pin e is pressed out into its outermost position, with the collar bearing
against the part of the frame b, whereby the chance of accidental pressing inwards
of the pin, and consequent untoward release of the eye o is reduced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
clain is :-
The new or improved fastening device for corsets and the like, which consists
of a frame & secured to one of the bike of the nouent and dedich

page_text: spring-actuated sliding pin e having a collar c and a head or button d, and of an
open eye o, o¹, o 2 secured to the other of the busks, a¹, of the corset, arranged, and
operating substantially as described.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1896
G. FRANK,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.