IMPROVEMENTS LADIES' CORSETS
Year: 1884

page_text: I ELIZABETH CLARK of 5 Old Bond Street in the County of Middlesex Corset
Maker do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
LADIES' CORSETS to be as follows:-
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The object of my improvements is to make Ladies' Corsets in such a manner
that they are self-adapting to the body of the wearer: in no way injurious to
health: act as s preventives to the dangerous habit of tight lacing: allow great
freedom to the motions of the body, and are specially suitable for invalids.
In carrying out my invention, I form the corset, in some cases, with just sufficient
whalebone, or analogous material, introduced and worked into the same, as may be
required to cause it to assume. the necessary shape; and, in other cases, dispense
with the same.
The front or the back, or the front and back, and sometimes also the hips, is or
are furnished with ordinary laces or hooks and eyes, or other suitable fastenings for
fitting and adjusting the same to the body.
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Instead of forming the main portion of the corset of an inelastic material (as
now practised) I introduce and substitute therefor an elastic material, into which
india rubber fibres or threads are worked as weft or warp, or weft and warp; bý
which means a great amount of elasticity is imparted to the corset, and the same
is rendered pliable and easy to the wearer.
In some cases it is sufficient to place elastic portions at the sides, under the arms,
and in other cases I also apply such elastic portions upon or over the hips, making
up the rest of the corset with ordinary material, the essential feature of my
invention consisting in carefully eliminating all unhealthy restriction to the action
of the lungs and muscles and other natural requirements of the body.
Dated 21st January 1881
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I ELIZABETH CLARK of 5 Old Bond Street in the County of Middlesex Corset
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LADIES CORSETS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my improvements is to make Ladies Corsets in such a manner
that they are self adapting to the body of the wearer: in no way injurious to
health act as preventives to the dangerous and unsightly habit of tight lacing:
allow great freedom to the motions of the body, and are specially suitable for
invalids.
In carrying out my invention, I form the corset, in some cases, with just sufficient
whalebone, or analogous material, introduced and worked into the same, as may be
required to cause it to assume the necessary shape; and, in other cases, I dispense
with the same altogether.
The front, or the back, or the front and back, and sometimes also the hips, is or
are furnished with ordinary laces or hooks and eyes, or other suitable fastenings for
fitting and adapting the same to the body.
Instead of forming the main portion of the corset of an inelastic material (as
now practised) I introduce and substitute therefor an elastic material, into which
indiarubber fibres or threads are worked as weft or warp, or weft and warp; by
which means a great amount of elasticity is imparted to the corset, and the same
is rendered pliable and easy to the wearer.
In some cases it is sufficient to place elastic portions at the sides, under the arms,
and in other cases I also apply such elastic portions upon or over the hips, making
up the rest of the corset with ordinary material. The essential feature of my
invention consists in carefully eliminating all unhealthy restrictions to the action
of the lungs and muscles and other natural requirements of the body.
The introduction of the elastic material is usually in the form of gussets, the
number, shape and elasticity of which are varied to suit the wearer, and the
muscular exercise and the state of health and other circumstances of the wearer.
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 –
The application manufacture and use of elastic materials, introduced and wrought
into and combined with the ordinary materials used in making corsets, substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described..
Datadi: 01 of Ontahan 1804
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.