An Improvement in Steels and Bones for Corsets, Stays, Dresses, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Steels and Bones for Corsets, Stays, Dresses,
and the like.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM AMSDEN, the younger, of the firm of Olney, Amsden and
Sons, of 9, 10, 11 Falcon Street, in the City of London, Manufacturers and Ware-
housemen, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to an improvement in steels and bones used for stiffening
corsets, stays, dresses, and the like.
Heretofore great inconvenience has been experienced by reason of the ends of these
steels, or bones. being so sharp that they cut through the article to which they are
applied, and often cause injury to the person. In order to overcome this objection
metallic caps have been employed for many years past, but without effectually
obviating the inconvenience. Rubber cappings have also been proposed.
Now, according to my invention I provide one or both the ends of the steel, or
bone, with a protective padding composed of leather, felt, kid, cotton wool, or other
like material and cover the same with a wrapping or casing of kid, thin leather, or
other suitable material, other than rubber. The edges of the kid or leather wrapping
or casing are cemented down with adhesive material, and a rivet, or an eyelet, is
passed through the same, and through a hole formed in the steel, or bone, so as to
securely retain the protective padding and its wrapping or casing in place and prevent
them from becoming detached. A metallic strip or band is then bent round the lower
edge of the wrapping or casing so as to prevent it becoming frayed.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a back view, and Fig. 3 a vertical section shewing
one end of a corset or dress steel provided with my improved protective padding.
b is the padding of felt, thin leather, cotton wool, or the like, surrounding the end
of the steel A, and a is the wrapping or casing enveloping and confining the padding b.
c is the eyelet, or rivet, for securing the padding, and the wrapping or casing firmly
to the end of the steel, and d is the metallic strip or band for preventing the fraying
out of the lower edge of the wrapping or casing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood
that I lay no claim to a metallic or rubber capping for corset and dress steels, but
what I do claim is :
A steel or bone for corsets, stays, dresses, and the like, having a protective padding b
of felt, kid, cotton-wool, or other like material, enveloped by a wrapping or casing a
of kid, thin leather, or like material, and retained in place by the eyelet e (or by a
rivet) and metallic strip or band d, substantially as described and as shewn in the
drawing.
Dated this 28th day of November 1890.
is 28th day of November 1890.
ERNEST DE PASS,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.