Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, ROBERT NEILSON, of 11 and 12, Portland Square, in the City of Bristol,
Corset Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention is designed to facilitate the lacing and unlacing of corsets and to
avoid the disadvantages of the present method of lacing corsets at the back.
By my invention I dispense with lacing at the back and form the back of the
corset in one piece and arrange the same so that the lacing is effected at each
side under the arms of the wearer, the corset being thus made in three pieces
although by preference, and for greater comfort, I bind the top of the corset thus
formed with a continuous binding so that the three pieces are connected together
at the top independently of the lacing; this is not however essential to my
invention.
The lacing is arranged in the ordinary manner, except that in my invention
it does not become necessary to construct the lacing bones of such strength and
weight as in the ordinary method inasmuch as the strain upon the bones caused
by the lacing is by my invention distributed over the two sets of lacing bones
instead of one. The present method of lacing corsets at the back causes the bones
at the lacing edges to often show through the bodice of the wearer at the back,
and also causes discomfort, especially when leaning back but by my invention
these objections are overcome.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, ROBERT NEILSON, of 11 and 12, Portland Square, in the City of Bristol,
Corset Manufacturer, 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 is designed to facilitate the lacing and unlacing of corsets and to
avoid the disadvantages of the present method of lacing corsets at the back.
By my invention I dispense with lacing at the back and form the back of the
corset in one piece and arrange the same so that the lacing is effected at each
side under the arms of the wearer, the corset being thus made in three pieces
although by preference and for greater comfort I may bind the top of the corset thus
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formed with a continuous binding so that the three pieces are connected together
at the top independently of the lacing. This is not however essential to my
invention.
The lacing is arranged in the ordinary manner except that in my invention
it does not become necessary to construct the lacing bones of such strength and
weight as in the ordinary method inasmuch as the strain upon the bones caused
by the lacing is by my invention distributed over the two sets of lacing bones
instead of one.
The present method of lacing corsets at the back causes the bones at the lacing
edges to often shew through the bodice of the wearer at the back and also causes
discomfort especially when leaning back but by my invention these objections
are overcome.
The accompanying drawing will serve to make my invention more readily
understood.
A B and C are the parts of the corset.
D is the binding at the top connecting the three parts together.
Fand G shew the lacing together of the parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
Constructing corsets so that the back is in one piece and the corset adjusted at
the sides substantially as described and shewn in the drawing.
Dated the 28th day of April 1899.
THEO. MCKENNA,
17 and 18, Basinghall Street, London, Agent.