Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
the following statement:-
My said invention has for its object a corset fastening so constructed and
arranged that when putting on the corset the hook like fasteners are connected
one after the other in the usual manner but are simultaneously disconnected when
unfastening the corset.
In the accompanying drawings to which reference is hereinafter made
Fig. 1 shows the fastenings when the corset is open.
Fig. 2 shows the fastening partly made.
Fig. 3 shows the whole of the hooks connected up but with the safety fastenings
(hereinafter described) released.
Fig. 4 is a section through x-x of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a section through y-y of Fig. 2.
The fastening devices are secured to strips or plates A B attached to the
material forming the corset in the usual manner.
On the strip A are hooks m each of which I provide with a plate spring 6 which
partly covers the opening in the hook and form with its projecting edge the narrow
slit a¹ open at one end.
On the strip B are studs k opposite to the corresponding hooks m. The body k
of each stud corresponds in thickness to the slit a while the head of the stud is of
such a size that the hook can be slipped over and on to the body of the stud during
which operation the spring b yields and then snaps in underneath the head as shown
in Fig. 4.
The hook and stud fastening is usual in corsets as at present made but by the
use of the spring 6 the stud is prevented from slipping back through the hook. In
order to prevent the stud escaping laterally through the end of the slit a¹ I provide
on the fastening strips a safety fastening or locking device which may most
conveniently be placed at the upper end of the strips. This device consists of
a staple e open at one side on one of the strips and of a projection or lug d on the
other strip. After the hooks have been fastened the lug d is caused to engage
under the staple e (Fig. 2.) and thus an accidental longitudinal displacement of the
strips and the consequent escape of the studs is prevented.
I do not confine myself to the particular device shown for preventing the
longitudinal displacement of the strips A and B other devices as for example a
stud or pin taking into a horizontal slot may be used. When putting on the corset
(when it is not possible to fasten the hooks simultaneously) the safety device e d is
first closed by simply pushing the lug d under the staple e (Fig. 2.). The corset is
then fastened from the top by first pulling together the strips A B and pressing the
top stud into the slit a¹ as shown in Fig. 2. Thereupon the next hook is fastened
and so on until all is secure. In this way there is no material departure from the
usual way of putting on a corset while obtaining a perfectly safe fastening.
In taking off the corset the safety lug d is withdrawn when the strip A can be
lifted in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 3 and thus all the hooks may be
simultaneously released.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.-
1. The means for fastening a corset substantially as herein before described and
shown.
2. In a corset fastening the combination of the strips A B the hooks m the
studs and the plate springs 6 substantially as and for the purpose set forth
and shown.
3. In a corset fastening the combination of the strips A B the hooks m the
studs the plate springs b and a lock or detent such as de for preventing the
longitudinal movement of the strips A B with regard to each other.
Dated 10th day of June 1895.
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M. Inst. C.E.,
70 Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.