Shield for the Protection of Corset Busks and similar purposes
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May 1895
Complete Specification Left 6th Feb 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
A Shield for the Protection of Corset Busks and similar purposes
I, CHARLOTTE HARRIS BEASLEY of 10 Argyll Street, Regent Street in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows
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The object of this invention is to provide a shield on the like the purpose of which
18 to protect corset busks from being broken more especially at or near the waist by
the bending to which they are often or usually subjected in fastening them together
and in unfastening them when putting the corsets on or off With this object the
invention consists in a plate or plates of any suitable shape made to form a resilient
or spring like pad and provided with holes for the purpose of enabling it to be
sewn to the corset on the inside thereof at or near the waist in such a way as to he
under the busk on that side of the corset to which it is sewn and also to project
beyond the said busk for a sufficient distance to lie under the other busk when the
busk are placed or fastened together The said plate or pad forms an abutment or
rest for the busks and on the one hand tends to prevent them from being broken by
excessive bending and on the other hand protects the wearer in case the busks or
either of them should break
Dated this 6th day of May 1895
HERBERT HADDAN & Co,
Agents to Applicant
A Shield for the Protection of Corset Busks and similar purposes
I CHARLOTTE HARRIS BEASLEY of 10 Argyll Street, Regent Street, in the
County of Middlesex, 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
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The object of this invention is to provide a small shield or the like the purpose
of which is to protect the waist front of corset busks from being brol en, more
especially at or near the waist in front by the bending to which they are often or
usually subjected in fastening them together and in unfastening them when putting
the corsets on or off With this object the invention consists in a narrow plate or plates
of any suitable shape about one and a half inches wide by about two and a quarter
inches long made to form a resilient or spring like protector and provided with
holes for the purpose of enabling it to be sewn to the corset on the inside thereof
at or near the waist in such a way as to lie under and across the busk on that side
of the corset to which it is sewn and also to project across and beyond the said
busk for a sufficient distance to lie under and across the other busk when the
busks are placed or fastened together The said plate or pad forms an abutment
or rest for the busks and on the one hand tends to prevent them from being broken
by excessive bending and on the other hand protects the wearer in case the busks
or either of them should break

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this sud inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
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For the protection of corset busks and similar purpo es, a small shield consisting
of a plate or plates of any suitable shape and material forming a resilient or spring
like protector provided with eyelet holes or otherwise for attachment or other
convenient devices for attaching said shield across the waist of the corset
Dated this 6th day of February 1896
HERBERT HADDAN & Co,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, WC, Agents to Applicant