Improvements in Abdominal Belts.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Abdominal Belts.
I, ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT of St. Nicholas Radford Road Coventry do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An abdominal belt made of any suitable material (such as coutil jean), with or
without elastic inserted, and with or without protective plate in front, is fitted with
straps at either end which are capable of alteration of size, and the belt lying under
the corset-pass through button hole slits on either side of the corset at the hips and
are fastened by any suitable attachments upon the outer side of the corset, on
either side. Two hooks fastened on the belt on each side of the front part of the
belt engage over the edge of the corset and prevent riding up. By this arrange-
ment understraps are rendered quite unnecessary. The above belt is light in
weight attachable to any corset, and thoroughly efficient in all cases in which an
abdominal belt is necessary or desired.
Dated this 28th day of November 1895.
Improvements in Abdominal Belts.
1, ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT, of St. Nicholas, Radford Road, Coventry, 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:-
According to this invention an abdominal belt (which can be made of any
suitable material such as coutil jean, with or without elastic inserted, and with or
without protective plate in front) is made of a length to extend only partly around
the body of the wearer, is fitted with straps at either end whereby it can be
adjustably secured to a corset, the belt lying under the corset and the said straps
passing through button-hole slits on either side of the corset at the hips and being
fastened by any suitable attachments upon the outer side of the corset, on either
side. Two hooks fastened on the belt on each side of the front part of the belt
engage over the edge of the corset and prevent the belt riding up. By this
arrangement under-straps are rendered quite unnecessary.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings illustrates by way of example an
abdominal belt according to this invention and
Fig. 2 shews in side elevation the lower part of a corset with my improved
abdominal belt applied thereto.
A is material, such as coutil jean, of which the belt is formed, the ends A¹ A¹
only being elastic. B B are stiffening pieces. CC are straps for attaching the
belt to the corset as indicated in Fig. 2, and D D are hooks which engage with the
lower part of the front of the corset as shown so as to prevent the belt riding up
under the corset. EE are elastic straps that are secured to the lower central
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page_text: portion of the belt and whose free ends can be connected to the ends of the belt by
suitable means such as hooks and eyes. F is a protective plate preferably formed
with rounded corners as shewn. A belt as hereinabove described is light in
weight, attachable to any corset, and thoroughly efficient in all cases in which an
abdominal belt is necessary or desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. An abdominal belt made so as to extend only partly round the body and
provided at its ends with straps whereby it can be adjustably secured to the corset
and with the upper portion of the belt within the front lower portion of the corset
and the lower portion of the belt extending below the lower portion of the corset and
so retained by means of hooks or stops whereby the necessity for using understraps
is obviated.
2. My improved abdominal belt adapted to be secured to and held in place by
means of a corset as described and shewn by the drawings without the use of
understraps.
Dated this 16th day of June 1896.
ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Applicant's Agent.