Improvements in Busk Fastening for Corsets, Leggings, and other Garments.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1994-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Busk Fastening for Corsets, Leggings, and other
Garments.
1, FRIEDRICH MAX LEHNIG, of 16 Siegesstrasse Barmen, German Empire,
Commercial Traveller, 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 consists in busks for corsets, leggings and other garments, such
busks being provided or formed with means for fastening them together whereby
the advantages are obtained that the busks when fastened together cannot
accidentally become undone but may nevertheless at the will of the wearer be
unfastened by a simple and easy manipulation without the use of movable parts
applied to the fasteners, and as easily be closed or fastened. For this purpose I
fit or form the busks with two kinds of fasteners one or more of each at suitable
distances apart on the opposite edges of the busks. These fasteners are made of
sheet brass or other suitable elastic sheet material in number according to require-
ment. The one kind of fastener has its two opposite parts constructed to interlock
in such manner that they may be engaged by springing one against the other and
are disengaged by an angular or lateral movement while a vertical or longitudinal
movement is impossible. The other kind of fastener has its two opposite parts
constructed to interlock in such manner that they are made to engage by springing
one against the other hookwise, and so that they are disengaged by pulling one out
of the other lengthwise, the busks thus becoming detached.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a front view of a pair of corset busks
fastened together according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the busk and top fastener and Figure 3 a horizontal
section through the same.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section through the busk and one of the other fasteners
which latter in this example are all alike.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section of a modification of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a front view of the upper part of a pair of busks fitted with the two
kinds of fastener, the uppermost one being slightly different from the corresponding
one in Figure 1, while the lower one is different from the corresponding lower ones
in Figure 1.
Figure 7 is a horizontal section through the upper fastener of Figure 6; and
Figure 8 a horizontal section through the lower fastener of Figure 6.
Referring now firstly to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and
the part A of the top fastener
is bent in the book shape shewn in Figure 3, the hook having a curled up end A';
it has besides an upper and a lower bent over flap part A2, see Figure 2. These
flaps take over and enclose the hook with curled up end B¹ of the fitting B on the
other busk, the hook parts A and B engaging with each other as shewn in.
Figure 3. It will be understood that the parts A' and B' may be sprung against
each other so as to engage and that either when placed angularly to each other .or
not. But the flaps A prevent any movement up and down when the parts are
engaged.
The lower sets of fasteners C D have no such end flaps and interlock in the
manner shewn in Figure 4; the hooked parts C and D cannot be disengaged by
pulling apart sideways but they are easily disengaged by pulling apart endways.
Figure 5 shows a modification of Figure 4, the end parts C' and D¹ being of a

page_text: decided barb hook form, the part. D' slipping past the part C' in the act of
closing.
It will thus be understood that if the two busks (or any other garments to which
the fasteners are applied) are to be undone the fastening. A B, generally the
uppermost one, is first disengaged by moving the fittings A and B angularly to
each other and then pulling them apart then the other fastening or fastenings Č D
are undone simultaneously by sliding them endways out of each other. To fasten
the busks together the fasteners A B are first connected by lateral or angular
motion, and then the fastener or fasteners CD are pushed together there being
sufficient spring and space in them to admit of this; or the fittings C and D may
first be slided end wise into each other and the fastener A B then locked by pushing
the fittings A and B against each other.
Referring next to Figs. 6, 7 and 8 it will be noticed that the shape of the end
part B', as shown in Figure 7, is slightly different from the end part B' shown in
Figure 3; also that the end parts C and D' as shown in Figure 8 are similar to
the parts A and B shown in Figure 3. But the fitting A has in this case an
upper and lower flap like A2, Figure 2, and for the same purpose viz.: to prevent
displacement end wise of the fittings A and B. The form of the parts D₁ and C¹
is such that these fittings may be pulled apart by applying a little force, and they
may also and that with ease be detached by sliding end ways in the manner
described with reference to Figure 1, after that the top fittings A. B. have been
detached from each other by angular movement and a slight pull.
Figure 9 shows a section which may be substituted for any of the sections
Figures 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. If this form is applied to the fittings CD these may
be detached from each other by forcibly pulling them apart, but it is more con-
venient to detach them from each other by endwise movement as described after
that the top fastening A B has first been undone.
The busks may each be formed with the fittings out of one piece of sheet material
but I prefer for the sake of cheapness of manufacture to make the fittings
separately and fix them on the busks."
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. A pair of corset busks or the like upon which are mounted or formed two
kinds of sets of hook-shaped fittings made of sheet brass or other suitable elastic
sheet material mounted at suitable distances apart on the busks which are to be
joined thereby the said fittings being adapted to engage each with its opposite
component fitting hookwise when pushed against and sprung into it and then cannot
be accidentally disengaged therefrom, the one kind of fittings being provided with
end flaps or projections which prevent up and down motion relatively of one fitting
and its opposite component fitting and the other kind of fittings being without such
end flaps in consequence of which combination the undoing of the corset or
other garment is effected by moving the first named fittings angularly to each
other and pulling them apart and then sliding the secondly named fittings apart
end wise substantially as described.
2. The modification of the construction firstly claimed according to which the
second kind of fittings while easily detachable by end wise motion may alter-
natively when desired be detached from each other by straight or angular pull
in a horizontal direction substantially as described.
3. The constructions of fastenings shown on the drawing.
Dated this 8th da.
1004
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.