Improvements in and connected with Fastenings for Stays or Corsets.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fastenings for Stays
or Corsets.
I, ESTHER ROTHHOLZ, of 9, King Street West, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Tailoress, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in and connected with fastenings for stays
or corsets and has for its object to permit a more ready fastening and unfastening
of the same than heretofore has been the case.
To this end I form or furnish the right hand stay or corset busk with tongues,
the free ends of which are pointed upwards and each of which serve to pass between
and engage two studs or catches. One set of the said studs or catches is employed
stationary while the other set is employed movable, in a line with and above the
first named set on the left hand stay or corset busk. The said movable studs or
catches are fixed to or formed on a bar or rod arranged to slide either on the front
or the back of the respective stay or corset busk and under the influence of a
spring which has a tendency to draw the said movable studs or catches towards the
stationary ones.
In order to close the stay or corset the said tongues are pressed between the said
studs or catches, which causes the upper studs or catches and the bar or rod
carrying the same, to move upwards and permit the tongues of entering between
and engaging the said studs or catches, thus locking the stay or corset.
In order to facilitate the unlocking of the stay or corset, the said rod or bar is
furnished with a button head or projection, by means of which it can be raised, so
as to cause the movable studs or catches to leave the stationary ones and thus
disengage the said tongues.
Dated thin 7th day of Lu 1800
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fastenings for Stays
or Corsets.
I, ESTHER ROTHHOLZ, of 9, King Street West, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Tailoress, 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 relates to improvements in and connected with fastenings for stays
or corsets and has for its object to permit a more ready fastening and unfastening
of the same than heretofore has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the stay or corset busk when closed, and Fig. 2 when
open. Fig. 3 is a sectional side view of the left hand part of the stay or corset
busk.
In carrying out my invention I form or furnish the right hand part of the stay
or corset busk a with tongues b, the free ends of which are pointed upwards and
each of which serves to pass between and engage two studs or catches c, d, arranged
on the left hand parte of the stay or corset busk.

page_text: One set c, of the said studs or catches c, d, is employed stationary, while the other
set is employed movable, in a line with and above the first named set c on the
left hand parte of the stay.or corset busk. The said movable studs or catches d
are fixed to or formed on a rod or bar f, arranged to slide either on the front, or
preferably on the back of the stay or corset busk part e and under the influence of
a spring g which has a tendency to draw the said movable studs or catches d towards
the stationary ones c. When employing the said rod or bar at the back of the
stay or corset busk part e, I form slots h therein for the studs or catches c to
pass through the latter being formed with shoulders which prevent the rod or
bar leaving the busk part e. The said studs or catches c, d, I form with round
heads c, d, the head of the stud or catch a being a little higher than c' of c
see Fig. 3.
In order to close the stay or corset the free ends of the tongues bare pressed
between the said studs or catches c, d, which causes the upper studs or catches d
and the rod or bar carrying the same to move upwards and permit the tongues b
of entering between and engaging the said studs or catches c, d below their heads, c', d²,
thus locking the stay or corset.
In order to facilitate the unlocking of the stay or corset, the said rod or bar f
is furnished with a ring, button head, or other projection which passes through
a siot formed in the left hand busk part e, by means of which she rod or bar
can be raised, so as to cause the movable studs or catches d to leave the stationary
ones and thus disengage the said tongues b, the spring g bringing the rod or bar
back to its original position.
In order to prevent the tongues and the busk part a moving with the studs
or catches d, I employ in conjunction with one or two of the tongues a stop,
pin, or projection which arrests the tongue in its upward movement, should
such occur.
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The arrangement of tongues b, studs or catches c, d, and sliding rod or bar
permits also of fastening each tongue independently of the others without unlocking
the one previously locked.
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 :-
In stays or corsets, the busk part a formed or furnished with tongues the free
ends of which are pointing upwards, in combination with the busk parte having
a corresponding number of stationary studs or catches and movable studs or
catches d, adapted to engage the tongues b, the movable studs or catches & being
fixed to a sliding rod or barf, under the influence of a spring g, by means of which
the tongues can be released simultaneously, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Dated this 7th day of March 1891.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.