Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July,
1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
I, ADELAIDE SOPHIA TURNER, née Claxton, of 28, Bath Road, Chiswick, in the
County of Middlesex, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to corsets so made as to be practically unbreakable and
which will support the figure without encircling the bust or unduly pressing upon
the body of the wearer but giving to every movement thereof, and fitting close
to the figure of the wearer.
In the manufacture of corsets according to my invention I take a number of
strips of steel or other like stiff resilient material each of which I encase in a
pocket or envelope of kid or other suitable covering -material. These strips are
shaped to conform to the part of the body to which they are to be applied and all
are separately connected parallel to each other to a band of stout webbing or
other suitable material the ends of which are connected to the busks which are
also of steel or the like, encased in a pocket or envelope. A strengthening band
of webbing or other suitable material is secured to the other band and to the busks
and adjacent strips.
The lower ends of the busks and a few of the adjacent strips are each secured
in a pocket of stout webbing or other suitable material so as to form a firm sup-
port for the abdomen. The lower ends of the remainder of the strips are furnished
with loops through which a strip of elastic material is passed and secured at its
ends to the abdominal strips.
The strips which come under the bust are made correspondingly short and their
upper ends are each secured in a pocket of stout webbing or other suitable material;
the upper ends of the remainder of the strips being connected by a strip of elastic
passed through loops therein, so that these strips are free to move over the elastic
at top and bottom so as to allow free play over the hips and ribs of the wearer.
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page_text: 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 corsets so made as to be practically unbreakable and
which will support the figure without encircling the bust or unduly pressing upon
the body of the wearer but giving to every movement thereof, and fitting close
to the figure of the wearer.
In the manufacture of corsets according to my invention I take a number of
strips of steel or other like stiff resilient material each of which I encase in a
pocket or envelope of kid or other suitable covering material. These strips are
marked A on the drawing and are shaped to conform to, or are made of a length
according to, the part of the body to which they are to be applied and all are
separately connected parallel to each other to a band of stout webbing or other
suitable material B the ends of which are connected to the busks C which are also
of steel or the like, encased in a pocket or envelope. A strengthening band of
webbing or other suitable material D is secured on each side to the other band B
and to the busks C and adjacent strips A.
The lower ends of the busks C and a few of the adjacent strips A are each
secured in a pocket of stout webbing or other suitable material E so as to form
a firm support for the abdomen. The lower ends of the remainder of the strips A
are furnished with loops F through which a strip of elastic material G is passed
and secured at its ends to the abdominal strips E.
The strips A which come under the bust are made correspondingly short as
shown and their upper ends may if desired be encased or secured in a pocket of
stout webbing or other suitable material; the upper ends of the remainder of
the strips A. are connected by a strip of elastic material H passed through loops J
thereon, so that these strips are free to move over the elastic G and H at top and
bottom so as to allow free play over the hips and ribs of the wearer.
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 is
1. A corset made of a number of strips encased in pockets and separately con-
nected parallel to each other to a central band whose ends are connected to the
busks, a strengthening band on each side connected to the central band and to
the busks the majority of the strips having loops top and bottom through which
elastic material is passed and secured at each end so that each strip can move
independently in a lateral direction about the central band as a fixed centre
substantially as described and illustrated and for the purposes stated.
2. A corset made substantially in the manner herein described with reference
to the accompanying drawing and for the purposes stated.
T
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.