Improvements in Appliances for Supporting and Fastening Ladies' Dress Skirts.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Supporting and Fastening
Ladies' Dress Skirts.
I EDITH MARY JACKMAN of No. 11 Byne Road Sydenham in the County
of Kent Spinster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists in the manufacture hereinafter described of appliances
for supporting and fastening ladies' dress skirts at the back of the waist part
thereof when worn with a blouse or disconnected bodice.
According to my said invention I provide for connection together of the two ends
of the waist band of the skirt and for attachment of the skirt near the ends of
the waist band to the part of the blouse or bodice which is immediately above it by
means of appliances formed as hereinafter described and adapted to be secured
respectively to the two ends of the waistband of the skirt and to the blouse or bodice.
The appliances which are designed to be secured to the waistband of the skirt
consist of two strips of metal or other suitable material one of which has a hook
formed at one of its ends and the other of which has a hole or eye formed near one
of its ends the said hook and hole or eye being so formed as to admit of the
two strips being thereby connected together end to end. Each of the said strips has
also a hook projecting from one of its edges and is pierced to admit of attachment
to the waistband of the skirt by sewing.
The appliances which are designed to be secured to the blouse or bodice are
formed of wire and consist each of a loop of a size and form suitable for engagement
with one of the hooks projecting from the edges of the appliances herein before
described and also of means for admitting of connection of the said loop to
the blouse or bodice. For the latter purpose the said loop is provided with three
eyes one of which is formed at the part of the loop which is in the line of direct
strain on the said loop when it is in use and the others of which are respectively
formed at the extremities of two arms projecting from the said loop at right angles
or nearly so to the line of direct strain.
The said appliances are designed for use as follows ;-
The hooked metal strips are designed for application by sewing to the waistband
of the skirt in such positions that the engaging ends of the said strips are nearest
the ends of the waistband so that the skirt may be secured around the waist
by engaging the hook on the end of one of the said strips with the hole or eye at
the end of the other of the said strips. The wire loops are designed for application
by sewing to those parts of the blouse or bodice which when it is on the body are
immediately above the hooks projecting from the edges of the appliances on the skirt
which hooks and loops when the skirt and blouse or bodice are being worn are
engaged together for the purpose of preventing the skirt from drooping at the back
part.
Dated this 4th day of July 1894.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Appliances for Supporting and Fastening
Ladies' Dress Skirts.
I EDITH MARY JACKMAN of No. 11 Byne Road Sydenham in the County of
Kent Spinster 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 consists in the manufacture hereinafter described of appliances for
supporting and fastening ladies' dress skirts at the back of the waist part thereof
when worn with a blouse or disconnected bodice.
According to my said invention I provide for connection together of the two
ends of the waist band of the skirt and for attachment of the skirt near the ends
of the waist band to the part of the blouse or bodice which is immediately above it
by means of appliances formed as hereinafter described and adapted to be secured
respectively to the two ends of the waistband of the skirt and to the blouse or
bodice.
The appliances which are designed to be secured to the waistband of the skirt
consist of two strips of metal or other suitable material one of which has a hook
formed at one of its ends and the other of which has a hole or eye formed near
one of its ends the said hook and hole or eye being so formed as to admit of
the two strips being thereby connected together end to end for the purpose
of securing the skirt around the waist. Each of the said strips has also a look
projecting from one of its edges to admit of its connection to the appliances secured
to the blouse fand is pierced to admit of attachment to the waistband of the skirt
by sewing.
The appliances which are designed to be secured to the blouse or bodice consist
each of a loop of a size and form suitable for engagement with one of the hooks
projecting from the edges of the appliances herein before described and also of means
for admitting of connection of the said loop to the blouse or bodice by sewing. For
the latter purpose the said loop is provided with three eyes one of which is formed
at the part of the loop which is in the line of direct strain on the said loop when it
is in use and the others of which are respectively formed at the extremities of two
arms projecting from the said loop at right angles or nearly so to the line of direct
strain.
I will further describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which the said appliances are illustrated. In the following description the parts
of the drawings are referred to by the letters marked thereon. The same
letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures. The appliances which
are designed to be secured to the skirt are illustrated in face view in Figures 1
and 2 and in edge view in Figures 3 and 4. Figure 5 represents a
central transverse section of one of the said appliances. a b are the two
strips of metal constituting the main parts of the said appliances. The hook
and hole or eye which admit of the said appliances being engaged together
for securing the skirt around the waist are marked respectively & the hook c being
formed on one end of the strip a and the hole or eyed being formed near one end
of the strip b. The hooks which admit of engagement of the said strips with the
looped appliances herein before referred to for the purpose of preventing the skirt
from drooping are marked e f the hook e being formed on the strip a and the
hook on the strip b. The said hooks ef project from those edges of the strips a b
which are uppermost when in use and on the sides of the strips which are innermost
when in use. The holes which admit of attachment of the parts a and b to the skirt
by sewing are marked g g.
Figure 6 is a face view of one of the looped appliances which are designed to be

page_text: secured to the blouse or bodice the said appliance being represented as made of
wire. Figure 7 is a corresponding view of a looped appliance for the said purpose
formed from sheet metal and suitable for use in substitution for that illustrated
in Figure 6. The parts of the said looped appliances which are designed for
engagement with the hooks ef of the skirt appliances illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5 are marked h h and the parts of the said looped appliances which are secured
to the blouse or bodice when in use are marked i i. jjare the eyes or holes in the
said parts which admit of attachment of the said looped appliances to the garinent
by sewing. Figure 8 represents the several appliances engaged together and in
the positions which they occupy relatively to each other when in use.
The said appliances are secured to the garments and are used as follows.
a
The hooked metal strips constituting the appliances illustrated in Figures 1
and 2 are sewn to the waistband of the skirt on the innerside thereof and in such
positions that the hooks ef project inwards and the ends of the said strips which are
designed for engagement together are nearest the ends of the waistband so that the
skirt may be secured around the waist by engaging the hook c on the end of the
strip Figure with the hole or eye d at the end of the strip Figure 2
as illustrated in Figure 8. And two of the looped appliances of either of the two
forins or constructions illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 are secured by sewing through
the eyes to those parts of the blouse or bodice which when it is on the body are.
immediately above the hooks ef projecting from the edges of the appliances on the
skirt. When the skirt and blouse or bodice to which the said appliances have been
thus secured are being worn the hooks e fare engaged with the loops of the
appliances on the blouse or bodice as illustrated in Figure 8 the skirt being thereby
prevented from drooping at the back part.
The appliances illustrated in face view in Figures 1, 2 and 7 of the accompanying
drawings are represented as formed from sheet metal and are shaped pierced and bent
by ordinary processes well known to manufacturers. I do not however limit
myself to the manufacture of the said appliances from sheet metal as xylonite
or ebonite or other materials of sufficient strength and capable of being shaped as
required are suitable for the purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
that I make no claim to any appliance or appliances for attachment to a dress skirt
the object of which is solely to prevent drooping of the skirt or to secure it to a
blouse or disconnected bodice but I declare that I claim :-
First. Appliances formed substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings for the joint purpose of fastening the waistband of a
dress skirt around the body and supporting the skirt when worn with a blouse or
disconnected bodice.
Secondly. Appliances formed substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings,
that is to say appliances capable of attachment to the waistband of a dress skirt and
of engagement together for securing the skirt on the body and of engagement with
loops or eyes on a blouse or disconnected bodice for preventing drooping of the
skirt.
Dated the 1th der of A 100%
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.