An Improved Bust-improver.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 6th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1900
An Improved Bust-improver.
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I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to bust-improvers and has for its object to give a full
bust to women and to enhance the form and elegance of the figure.
Our bust improver, which is worn over the corset, is made of a light fabric
furnished with a number of whalebone strips and has also attached to it
shoulder strips or braces which at the rear are fixed to straps hereinafter referred
to. It is furthermore provided with a waistband by which the bust improver
is secured to the figure. The fabric used for the bust improver as well as the
straps and braces may vary in quality and tints. The elastic strips may be
made from any suitable material.
Moreover the bust improver is furnished in the interior with straps by means
of which the upper and lower portions of the improver are secured together, in
such a manner as to allow of the improver being shortened or lengthened with
a view of giving it more or less roundness or fulness. These straps may be
held in a simple ring and then in a buckle similar to those used in connection
with neckties."
The same means may be provided for adjusting and holding the braces o
shoulder straps.
Again more or less curvature or fulness may be given to the bust improver by
stretching and fastening together at the back the above mentioned straps to
which the shoulder straps are fixed. The tension thereby produced in the fabric
has the effect of accentuating the fulness of the bust improver by increasing
the curvature of the elastic strips.
It may be desirable in some cases that the improver should not reach down
to the waist but only as far as below the breasts, and in this case there is no
waistband but the straps attached to the triangular side or arm portions of the
improver permit of the required tension being obtained to give the improver a
fulness more or less pronounced.
If desired a drawband of any suitable elastic or non-elastic material may be
attached to the breast improver and such drawband may be fixed by a ring,
hook or by any other convenient means to the corset or to any other part of the
clothing.
Our bust improver may also be more or less shaped out at the top edge accord-
ing to whether it is to be worn with walking or with low cut dresses.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Bust-improver.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 relates to bust improvers and has for its object to give a full
bust to women and to enhance the form and elegance of the figure.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Figure shows a bust improver constructed in accordance with this inven-
tion, as seen from the interior.
Figure 2 is a front perspective view drawn to a smaller scale.
Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the same.
Figure shows a modification of my said invention.
Referring to the drawings,
light fabric a
The bust improver, which is worn over the corset, is made of a
furnished with a number of whale bone or other flexible strips and has also
attached to it shoulder strips or braces c c which at the rear, at d, are fixed to
straps e o hereinafter referred to. A waist band f is provided by which the
bust improver is secured to the figure. The fabric employed in constructing the
appliance, as well as the straps and braces, may vary in quality and tints, and
the flexible or elastic strips may be made from any suitable material besides
whalebone.
Straps are provided on the interior of the improver by means of which
the upper and lower portions thereof are secured together, in such a manner as
to allow of it being shortened or lengthened with a view to giving more or less
roundness or fullness. These straps may be secured by a ring and buckle similar
to those used in connection with neckties or other suitable fastening devices
may be employed.
Similar means may be provided for adjusting and holding the braces or
shoulder straps c c.
More or less curvature or fulness may be given to the bust improver by
stretching and fastening together at the back the above mentioned straps c c.
The tension thereby produced on the portions h h of the fabric having the effect
of accentuating the fullness of the improver by increasing the curvature of the
elastric strips.
It may be desirable in some cases that the improver should not reach down
to the waist, but only as far as below the breasts, and in this case see Fig. 4,
the waist band f is dispensed with, the straps co attached to the triangular
portions of the improver permitting of the required tension being obtained
to give the improver a fullness more or less pronounced.
If desired a draw band of suitable elastic or non-elastic material may be
attached to the improver, such draw band being secured to the corset or other
part of the clothing by a ring, hook or other convenient means.
It is of course obvious that the improver may be more or less shaped at the
top edge in order to adapt it to be worn with walking or with low cut dresses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is:-
Au elastic and curved bust improver, provided with internal adjusting straps
adapted to be stretched more or less to give fullness to the improver, said

page_text: improver being held in place on the figure, and over the corset, by adjustable
braces and straps passing around the back and so arranged as to increase and
determine the curvature of the improver, which improver may be made to reach
down to the waist or only below the breasts substantially as described and illus-
trated by the accompanying drawings.
Datad this lith day of January 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.