Improvements in, or in connection with, Stays or Corsets.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, or in connection with, Stays or Corsets.
I, FRIEDRICH AUGUST HIEKEL of 170 Friebergerstrasse, Olbernhau i/ Sa,
Germany, 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 :-
The present invention relates to a corset or stays in which the lacing extending
right up the back as hitherto ordinarily employed is dispensed with.
This invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which ;—
Fig. 1 shows the corset together with the fastening in the open state.
Fig. 2 shows the same in the closed state and on a smaller scale.
Fig. 3 illustrates details of the corset.
According to my present invention the corset is provided with a belt b which is
composed of two or three or more insertions a made of metal or other suitable
strong material; these are sewn in woven in or loosely or otherwise suitably
inserted and they enclose the waist and allow perfect freedom of movement of the
body of the wearer.
To the rear longitudinal busks c of the corset there are secured (for instance
sewn or riveted) two short steel or other suitable bars or plates d which are
provided with holes for the reception of the laces and which overlap each other
to a greater or less extent according to the stoutness of the wearer and are laced
together at A.
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In this corset the ordinary lacing which extends right up and down the back in
corsets is dispersed with.
In front the corset is fastened together in the usual or any suitable manner for
instance by means of hooks e and eyes f.
At the level of the breast there may be employed if desired another device g (of
the kind shown at a) which may be sewn in the material and which shall take up
the pressure of the steels or whalebones h (that are sewn in the material) and thus
obviate the pressure acting directly upon the body of the wearer.
Connected to the steels g there are also arranged at the back of the corset two
short steel plates or bars k k which can overlap each other (in the case of slim
persons) and can be laced together as shown at B in the manner hereinbefore
described with reference to d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sail
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is ;-
1. A corset secured together at the back by two or more short lacings such
as A & B in substitution for the usual lacing that extends the whole height of the
back of the corset.
2. The combination with a corset such as claimed above of a belt b composed
of two or more insertions such as a a in the material of the corset for the
purpose of rendering the corset comfortable to wear substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
3. The combination with a corset such as claimed in Claim 1 of two short
plates d d (formed with holes therein for lacing) attached to the busks c at the
back of the corset and adapted to overlap each other to a greater or less extent
according to the stoutness of the wearer substantially as hereinbefore describe.l
and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.

page_text: 4. The combination with a corset as claimed in Claim 1 of a narrow steel bar
arranged at the level of the breast of the corset for the purpose of obviating
the pressure produced by the longitudinal steels or bones h substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
5. The combination with a corset as claimed in Claim 3 of another pair of
short steel plates or pieces k k provided with lacing holes and arranged on the
back of the corset above the plates d d substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
6. The improved corset arranged and constructed substantially in the manner
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings
thereunto annexed.
Dated this 14th day of December 1895.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.