Improvements in or in connection with Corsets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Cate of Application, 25th Mar., 1892.
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Corsets.
I FANNY BooCOCK of 13 Archery Terrace Blackman Lane Leeds in the
County of York do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to means for rendering the steels of corsets less liable to be
broken or snapt, and also for enabling the corsets to be worn for some time even
after a breakage of such steels, without damage to the corsets or injury to the
wearer.
My invention consists in surrounding the middle portions of such steels, or the
portion subject to the greatest bending and liability to breakage, with a supporting
coil or rather coils of flat wire or narrow hoop steel, which are wrapped round the
flat busk and side steels in an inclined or diagonal fashion. Owing to this arrange-
ment the back and front inclined portions are inclined in opposite directions or cross
one another. The surrounding coils are rivetted or otherwise fixed at their ends to
the busk (or side) steel, and if desired may also be secured at one or more inter-
mediate points to the steel.
This surrounding coil strengthens the enclosed steel without reducing its pliability,
aud enables it to yeild readily to any pressure caused by the movement or shape of
the wearer, whilst its tendancy to return to its original position or shape remains
unimpaired. With my invention the busk and side steels may be made originally
thinner and more elastic and pliable, and consequently less liable to break or snap
when excessively bent, the addition of my supporting coils rendering them
sufficiently stronger at the point most subject to strain and bending, increasing in
fact the range through which the compound steel (i.e. steel and outside coils) cau be
bent, with but a slight increase in the pressure and strain, which would be caused
were the steel composed of a single or double blade.
Should the steel snap, the enclosing coils still hold the two portions together and
prevent the broken edges protuding and cutting through the material of the corset,
and injuring the wearer; whilst in many cases the broken steel supported by the
enclosing coils, will still be serviceable and outlast the wear of the corset.
Dated this 24th day of March 1892.
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J. CLARK JEFFERSON, A.R.S.M., Wh. Sc.,
2, East Parade, Leeds, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Corsets.
I FANNY BOOCOCK of 13 Archery Terrace, Blackman Lane Leeds in the
County of York 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 refers to means for rendering the steels of corsets less liable to be
broken or snapt, and also for enabling the corsets to be worn for some time even
after a breakage of such steels, without damage to the corsets or injury to the
wearer.
My invention consists in surrounding the whole, or only the middle portion of
such steels, or the portion subject to the greatest bending and liability to breakage,
with a supporting coil or rather coils of flat wire or narrow hoop steel. These coils
are wrapped round the flat busk in an inclined or diagonal fashion. Owing to this

page_text: arrangement, the back and front inclined portions are inclined in opposite directions
or cross one another. The surrounding coils are rivetted or otherwise fixed at their
ends to the busk steel, and if desired may also be secured at one or more inter-
mediate points to the steel.
This surrounding coil strengthens the enclosed steel without reducing its pliability,
and enables the busk steel to yield readily to any pressure caused by the movement
or shape of the wearer; whilst its tendency to return to its original position or
shape remains unimpaired. With my invention' the husk steels may be made
originally thinner and more elastic and pliable, and consequently less liable to
break or snap when excessively bent; the addition of my supporting coils rendering
them sufficiently stronger at the point most subject to strain and bending, increasing
in fact the range through which the compound steel (i.e. steel and outside coils) can
"be bent, with but a slight increase in the pressure and strain which would be caused
were the steel composed of a single or double blade.
Should the steel snap, the enclosing coils still hold the two portions together and
prevent the broken edges protuding and cutting through the material of the corset,
and injuring the wearer; whilst in many cases the broken steel supported by the
enclosing coils will still be serviceable and outlast the wear of the corset. When
desirable the coil may be arranged to cover the steel from end to end.
And in order that my invention may be more readily and clearly understood, I
have annexed hereto the accompanying drawing, in which
Fig. 1 is a view of a corset busk constructed in accordance with my invention,
having three surrounding spiral coils covering the middle portion of the busk.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section.
a is the ordinary busk steel.
61 61 and 61 are the three strengthening coils.
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cc are ordinary eye fastners.
dd are rivets securing the steel a and the coils 6, 61 and 6111 together.
:
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 :-
1. The method of strengthening the steels of corsets by surrounding them with a
spiral coil or coils substantially as set forth.
2. Steels for corsets provided with surrounding coil or coils substantially as
.described or shewn.
Dated this 12th day of December 1892.
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
2, East Parade, Leeds, Agent for Applicant.