IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR STAYS OR CORSETS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE WRENCHER of 24a Church Row Bethnal Green in the County of
Middlesex, Stay and Corset Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR STAYS OR CORSETS to be
as follows:
"
The object of my invention is to provide improved fastenings for stays or
corsets whereby the said stays or corsets can be readily fastened or unfastened
without strain upon the busk.
The upper fastening is formed by a plate attached to and projecting from one
half of the busk, the said plate having a vertical slot formed therein and an oblique
slot extending upward from the lower edge of the said plate near the edge of the
busk into the lower end of the said vertical slot. A stud on the other half of the
said busk enters the said oblique slot and passes into the vertical slot. The centre
fastenings of the busk are formed by plates having vertical slots open at their
lower extremities which slip over studs on the other half of the busk. In fastening
the stays or corset the upper fastening is secured by slipping the stud through the
oblique slot into the lower portion of the vertical slot of the said fastening, the
centre fastenings are then brought over their studs when by a vertical movement
of either half of the busk the studs of the centre fastenings are thrown into their
slots and the stud of the upper fastening passes into the upper end of the vertical
slot of the said fastening. The lower end of the busk is then secured by any
suitable lateral fastening which will prevent the vertical displacement of either
half of the busk.
"
My invention is applicable to stays or corsets having "spoon
or any other
description of busks and the position of the fastenings on the busk may be.
reversed, the above described upper fastening being placed at the bottom and the
lateral fastening at the top of the busk, the fastening of the stays or corsets being
in that case commenced at the bottom.

page_text: 1 GEORGE WRENCHER of 24a Church Row, Bethnal Green in the County of
Middlesex, Stay and Corset Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR STAYS OR CORSETS" and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, referonce being had to the
accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification :—
The object of my invention is to provide improved fastenings for stays or corsets
whereby the said stays or corsets can be readily fastened or unfastened without
strain upon the busk.
The upper fastening is formed by a plate attached to and projecting from one
half of the busk, the said plate having a vertical slot formed therein and an oblique
slot extending upward from the lower edge of the said plate near the edge of the
busk into the lowor end of the said vertical slot. A stud on the other half of the
said busk enters the said oblique alot and passos into the vertical slot. The centre
fastenings of the busk are formed by plates having vertical slots open at their
lower extremities which slip over studs on the other half of the busk. In fastening
the stays or corset the upper fastening is secured by slipping the stud through the
oblique slot into the lower portion of the vertical slot of the said fastening, the
centre fastenings are then brought over their studs when by a vertical movement
of either half of the busk the studs of the centre fastenings are thrown into their
slots and the stud of the upper fastening passes into the upper end of the vertical
slot of the said fastening. The lower end of the busk is then secured by any
suitable lateral fastening which will prevent the vertical displacement of either
half of the busk.
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My invention is applicable to stays or corsets having "spoon
or any other
description of busks and the position of the fastenings on the busk may be reversed,
the above described upper fastening being placed at the bottom, and the lateral
fastening at the top of the busk, the fastening of the stays or corsets being in that
case commenced at the bottom.
The Drawing shows a stay or corset busk fitted with my improved fastenings.
The upper fastening A consists of a slotted plate a and a stud a. The said
plate has a vertical slot a. An oblique slot is formed in the lower edge of
the said fastening and extends from near the edge of the busk upward into tho
lower end of the vertical slot a".
The centre fastenings B of the busk may be formed by the plates b having
vertical slots b' opon nt their lower extremities to receive the studs b on the other
half of the busk or 1 may use for the centre of the busk any fastenings constructed in
such a manner that the said fastenings together with the upper fastening A may bo
secured by a vertical movement of either half of the busk as hereinafter described.
In fastening the stays or corset the upper fastening A is secured by passing the
stud a through the oblique slot a into the lower portion of the vertical slot all
of the said fastening. The fastenings B are then brought into such a position that
the studs are immediately under the vertical slots 61 of the said fastenings. A
slight vertical movement of either half of the busk will then cause the studs 6" to
enter the slots and the stud a¹ to pass into the upper portion of the vertical
slot of the fastening A. The lower extremity of the busk is then socured by
the lateral fastening O or by any other fastening which will retain the fastenings A
and B in position and prevent them from becoming unfastened by the vertical
displacement of either half of the busk.

page_text: Instead of the fastening A being at the top of the busk it may be placed at the
bottom, the fastening C or other suitable fastening being used as the top fastening.
In this case the before-mentioned method of fastening the stays is simply reversed,
the fastening being commenced at the bottom.
"3
My improved fastenings may be cast or formed in any suitable manner of brass
or other suitable material and may be applied to stays or corsets having "spoon
or any other description of busks.
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 :-
First: The fastening A for stays or corsets, consisting of the plate a with
vertical slot all and oblique slot a¹¹ and stud a¹ substantially as shown and
described.
Second-The fastening A consisting of plate a with slots all and all and
stud a or their equivalents in combination with the fastenings B or other suitable
fastenings and with any suitable fastening for securing the other end of the busk
and preventing the vertical displacement of either half of the said busk, constructed
and arranged substantially as described.