Improvements in Dress Stays.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
DEPUIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress Stays.
A communication from JOHN ULYSSES MAY, of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United
States of America, Manufacturer.
I CHARLES MARX of 50 Sackville Street Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, 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 the manufacture of what are known as "dress-stays,"
which are strips of whale-bone, spring metal, or other suitable material, sewn
inside the waist of ladies' and children's dresses to improve the fit and set thereof.
The object of the present invention is to provide neatly finished stays, which are
ready to be sewn to the dress, and not costly in production; and the said invention
will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying illustrations and the
following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the covering of a stay ;
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.
Fig. 3 shews one end of the two ribs contained in the covering, and also a
modified form of rib hereafter described.
Fig. 4 illustrates one of the improved stays complete.
According to the present invention the covering is woven with two longitudinal
stripes of double woven fabric forming pockets a of sufficient width to receive two
ribs or strips of metal, whale-bone, or similar material, and cut into lengths suitable
for the purpose to which they are to be applied, see Figs. 1 and 4.
Between these two pockets there is a stripe & of single woven fabric, and along
each edge of the covering there is a similar stripe b, into which is woven a warp
end or ends of stronger yarn or flexible material forming a cord, so that when
the finished stay is to be applied to the dress it can be stitched thereto along
these stripes and over the said cords, and thus very firmly secured therein; a cord
may also be woven along the central stripe & if desired.
The ribs e may be simply enclosed in these pockets a and secured therein, by
sewing or otherwise fastening up the ends of the said pockets, or the ends of
the said ribs may be made with notches c', or holes c³, (see Fig. 3) so that when
inserted into the pockets, eyelets or rivets may be passed between the two ribs
to secure a covering d or metal cap over the ends of the stay as seen at Fig. 4.
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 as the invention communicated to me is :-
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First. A "dress stay consisting of a covering woven with two longitudinal
pockets, and stripes of single woven fabric, ribs of metal, whalebone or other
suitable material being inserted in the said pockets and a cord being formed in
each edge of the stay, and if desired at the centre, whereby the said stay may be
more firmly secured to the dress substantially as described.
Secondly. The combination with a "dress stay" of the construction herein-
before described of notches or holes at or near the ends of the ribs and corresponding
eyelets or rivets fitting therein and clamping the whole together substantially as
set forth.
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GEO. DAVIES & SON
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.