Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Corsets.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SYMINGTON, of Market Harborough, Leicester, Corset
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is designed to produce a busk protector which serves to strengthen
both of the meeting busks and which is capable of ready attachment and removal.
I am aware that protectors have been used for strengthening the busks of corsets
and such protectors have been inserted and retained in position by means of
pockets, but such protectors only served to strengthen the particular busk to which
they were attached and two were therefore required for corset busks. I am also
aware that protectors have been used which served to strengthen both of the
meeting busks but such protectors have hitherto either been sewn in or otherwise
affixed to the corset and not capable of ready removal, or have necessitated the use
of metal clips to keep them in position, but such clips add to the expense of the
protector and fray and wear out the under clothing, and are not as useful or
convenient as my invention.
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By my invention I avoid these disadvantages. I construct a protector of suitable
width so that it will lie under both the meeting busks but having each end thereof
narrowed or tapered so that each end will fit into a pocket which I sew or otherwise
affix on the inner side of the corset to the casing of one of the busks. By this
means the protector while fitting into pockets attached to one only of the meeting
busks lies beneath and strengthens both busks.
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1000
THEO.
MCKENNA,
17 and 18, Basinghall Street, Applicant's Agent.]]
I, WILLIAM HENRY SYMINGTON, of Market Harborough, Leicester, Corset
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 :-
My invention is designed to produce a busk protector which serves to strengthen
both of the meeting busks and which is capable of ready attachment and removal.
I am aware that protectors have been used for strengthening the busks of
corsets and such protectors have been inserted and retained in position by means
of pockets but such protectors only served to strengthen the particular busk to
which they were attached and two were therefore required for corset busks.
Pine 8.11
I am

page_text: also aware that protectors have been used which served to strengthen both of the
meeting busks but such protectors have hitherto either been sewn in or otherwise
affixed to the corset and not capable of ready removal or have necessitated the use
of metal clips to keep them in position but such clips add to the expense of the
protector and fray and wear out the covering of the busks and are not as useful or
convenient as my invention.
By my invention I avoid these disadvantages. I construct a protector of suitable
width so that it will be under both the meeting busks but having each end thereof
narrowed or tapered so that each end will fit into a pocket which I sew or otherwise
affix on the inner side of the corset to the casing of one of the busks. By this
means the protector while fitting into pockets attached to one only of the meeting
busks lies beneath and strengthens both busks.
To enable my invention to be more readily understood I append a sheet of
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevational view shewing part of corset with pockets and protector.
Fig. 2 is an elevational view of protector removed from corset.
A is the part corset.
B and C are the pieces forming pockets for upper and lower ends respectively.
of the protector.
:
D is the protector and D¹ D" the narrowed or tapered ends of same.
Although in the drawings I have shewn the protector extending along almost the
entire length of the busk and with the pockets affixed at the extreme top and
bottom of the corset it is obvious that shorter protectors may be used if desired in
which event the pockets will be correspondingly adjusted..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
A detachable busk protector for corsets with means for keeping same in position
substantially as described and shewn.
ly as described and shewn.
this 30th day of March 1898.
THEO. MCKENNA,
17 and 18, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Applicant's Agent.
THEO.
MCKENNA,
17 and 18, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Applicant's Agent.