IMPROVEMENTS IN, THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Henry Symington of the firm of R & WH
Symington & Co. of Market Harborough, in the County of Leicester, Stay
and Corset Manufacturers for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN, THE
MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS"
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Henry Symington
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1882.
WILLIAM HENRY SYMINGTON of the firm of R & WH Symington & C° of
Market Harborough in the county of Leicester, Stay & Corset Manufacturers
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS "
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of stays or corsets
and the improvements consist essentially in so constructing the busks therefor that
the respiratory organs of the wearer will be entirely relieved from the pressure
caused by the ordinary construction of busk while at the same time such a
support is provided for the bosom part of the corset as will allow of dispensing
with the usual method of stiffening such parts and give greater flexibility generally
to the upper part of the stay or corset.
In carrying out my invention the busk is formed in two parts as usual and
provided with the usual fastenings for connecting the two parts together but
instead of the two parts of the busk being parallel up to the top of the corset as
hitherto the upper portion of each part of the busk is curved outwards whereby
the pressure upon the chest of the wearer caused by the ordinary busks is entirely
removed and the curved parts of the busk extend upward so as to follow the
contour of the bosom part of the corset and thus form an elastic or flexible support
and stiffener which allows of dispensing with the usual methods of stiffening the
bosom parts of the corset and renders it more comfortable to the wearer as it will
readily yield to and follow the movements of the body.
The upper ends of the two parts of the busk may in some cases be formed with
more than one curved extension.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Henry Symington in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th June 1883.
WILLIAM HENRY SYMINGTON of the firm of R, and W, H, Symington and C
of Market Harborough, in the county of Leicester, Stay and Corset Manufacturers
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS"
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of stays or corsets
and the improvements consist essentially in so constructing the busks therefor that
the respiratory organs of the wearer will be entirely relieved from the pressure
caused by the ordinary construction of busk while at the same time such a
support is provided for the bosom part of the corset as will allow of dispensing
with the usual method of stiffening such parts and give greater flexibility generally
to the upper part of the stay or corset.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing which represents a front elevation of a
busk for stays or corsets constructed according to my invention.
In carrying out my invention the busk is formed in two parts a, and b, as usual
and provided with the usual fastenings c, c, c, for connecting the two parts a, and b,
together but instead of the two parts of the busk being parallel up to the top of
the corset as hitherto the upper portion d, of each part of the busk is curved
outwards as shewn whereby the pressure upon the chest of the wearer caused by
the ordinary busks is entirely removed and the curved parts d, d, of the busk
extend upward so as to follow the contour of the bosom part of the corset and thus
form an elastic or flexible support and stiffener which allows of dispensing with
the usual methods of stiffening the bosom parts of the corset and renders it more
comfortable to the wearer as it will readily yield to and follow the movements of
the body.
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The upper ends of the two parts of the busk may in some cases be formed with
more than one curved extension but I have found that the form shewn in the
drawing answers best in practice.
The outwardly curved upper parts of the busk may be in one piece with or be
rivetted to the parts a, and b, of the busk.
In the drawing the lower ends of the parts a, and b, are shewn as spoon or pear
shape but they may be of any of the other well known forms.
Having thus described my said invention and the manner of performing the
same what I claim is :-
Firstly. The construction of busks for stays or corsets with outwardly curved
upper parts for the purpose and substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
• Secondly. The manufacture and use of stays or corsets having busks of the
construction herein described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
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lin witness whereof 1 the said William Henry Symington have hereto set
iny hand and seal this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
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