Corset Attachment.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1896
Corset Attachment.
I, Mrs. ANNIE WARDROPER of 39 Rossetti Mansions, Chelsea, S.W. wife of
Colonel Edwin Wardroper retired pay do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
It consists of two bands of elastic webbing six inches wide, each fitted with a
row of eyelet-holes for lacing together behind, and a set of hooks and eyes for
clasping in front. It thus forms a belt, to be attached by any simple method, to
the lower part of a corset.
Dated this 30th day of January 1896.
ANNIE WARDROPER.
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1, ANNIE WARDROPER, of 39 Rossetti Mansions, Chelsea, in the County of
Middlesex, Married Woman, 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 to a corset-attachment consisting of an abdominal belt
adapted to be secured to a corset and intended for the purpose of applying pressure
to the abdomen and so preventing undue protrusion thereof and thus improving the
figure. The said belt may be either permanently or removably attached to the
corset.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 illustrates the manner of wearing a corset with my abdominal belt
attached thereto.
Figure 2 is a view of the belt detached from the corset and shown open.
Figure 3 illustrates a modified form of the belt.
A is the corset; B is the belt which is preferably made of elastic webbing and
may be of uniform or of varying width. The said belt is preferably constructed
in two parts which are fastened together at their ends by lacing or otherwise.
The belt shown in Figures 1 and 2 is furnished with eyelet holes at the back for
the reception of laces by which the two parts can be fastened together and the belt
adjusted to fit the person of the wearer in a manner similar to that usually adopted
for adjusting and fastening corsets. The front ends of the two parts of the belt
are shewn provided with hooks and eyes ab for uniting them but other suitable
fastenings may be adopted.
The two parts of the belt shown in Figure 3 are secured together at the sides
instead of at the front and back and in this instance the fastening may be conveniently
effected by tapes and buckles a¹ bl.
Stiffening strips c may be attached to the belt where necessary or desirable.

page_text: The aforesaid belt is attached to the corset either permanently or otherwise in
any suitable manner. For example a convenient mode of attachment is by means
of safety pins C passed through eyelet holes near the upper edge of the belt and
through similar holes in the corset or through the material of the corset if the latter
is not too stiff for that purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what mauner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
A corset-attachment consisting of an abdominal belt formed of elastic or other
webbing and provided with fastenings at the back and front or at the sides and
furnished with means for connection to the corset substantially as described and for
the purpose specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.