Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 15th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
I ANNE ANDERSON of Church Walk Ulverston in the County of Lancaster
(married), do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a corset which shall give freely to the movements
of the body and each part shall support the corresponding part of the body in all
positions without interfering with the other parts of the corset.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawing setting
forth my experimental model. In this A is a shoulder strap B B bones none of
them going the full depth of the corset. These bones are sewn on as set forth in
the detail Figure 4. The other figures are 1 view of entire corset 2 view on a
larger scale of the body 3 view on similar scale of abdomenal shield. The shoulder
strap serves to support the skirt equally all round and to remove the weight
thereof from the hips. The abdomenal shield or protection Fig. 3 is constructed
on a similar principal to the body. In some cases this protector and the shoulder
strap or either of them can be dispensed with.
Dated this 13th day of January 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
1, ANNE ANDERSON of Church Walk, Ulverston in the County of Lancaster,
(married) 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 has for its object a corset which shall give freely to the movements
of the body, and each part shall support the corresponding part of the body in all
positions without interfering with the other parts of the corset.
The invention is best described by aid of the drawing accompanying the
Provisional Specification. In this, A is a shoulder strap, B B bones, none of them
going the full depth of the corset. These bones are sewn on as set forth in the
detail Figure 4. The other figures are Figure 1 view of entire corset, Figure 2
view on a larger scale of half of the body, Figure 3 view on similar scale of
abdominal shield.
As will be seen from the drawing, the bones in this corset are so arranged that
each part of the corset supports the corresponding part of the body, whatever the
position of the body may happen to be. In this way, each individual part of the
corset acts, as it were, independently as a local support, without interfering in any
way with the other parts. Thus the whole is perfectly flexible and elastic, while
at the same time acting as a perfectly fitting firm and strong support to the body.
Hence the ease and comfort of the wearer are greatly enhanced, the respiratiou
being in no way interfered with and none of the internal organs of the body
crushed or impaired. The arrangement of the bones in the corset makes them
practically unbreakable, the shoulder straps A are so constructed that they cannot
possibly exert any pressure on the breast. At the same time they serve to support
the skirt equally all round and thus remove all the weight of the skirt from the hips.
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page_text: The abdominal shield or support, Figure 3, is constructed on a similar principle
to the body, and owing to its firmness and flexibility will be found of great service
wherever an abdominal support is required. This shield as well as the shoulder
straps are stitched to the body as shown in Figure 1.
It is obvious that the corset can be made with or without the shoulder straps 5
and abdominal shield according to the desire of the wearer; also that the invention
may be applied to any shape or make of corset, and that the number of bones is
regulated according to requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The improvement in corsets substantially as herein described whereby the ease
and comfort of wearing is greatly increased and the ill effects resulting from the
use of ordinary corsets entirely obviated.
2. The arrangement of whalebones B or their equivalent in short lengths 1
substantially as set forth, whereby they are more flexible and better qualified to
firmly support the body of the wearer in whatever position her body may happen
to be.
3. The use in combination with a corset of shoulder straps so arranged as to
support the skirt equally all round, thus removing the weight from the hips, and
furthermore exerting no pressure on the breast substantially as described.
4. The general arrangement or construction of parts forming my improved
corset, substantially as described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents.