Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 9th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I HENRY WOLFF of 43 London Wall London E.C. Manufacturers Agent do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in corsets and especially to the busks, and
has for its object to provide a corset which will allow of free movement of the
body, at the same time giving the desired support.
The busks are each made in two parts hinged together at a suitable point so
that they can bend to allow the wearer to stoop. To give proper support and
prevent the busks bending loosely, behind or in front of each is fitted a thin spring
strip, encased in a cloth or other suitable cover. This spring is not fixed to the
busk, but is loose, being retained against the busk, when fitted in the corset.
This spring thus keeps the busk in proper shape and returns it to its ordinary
form after it has been bent, at the same time allowing it to bend easily.
Dated this 12th day of June 1894.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, HENRY WOLFF of 43, London Wall, London, Manufacturers Agent, 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 improvements in corsets and especially to the busks and
has for its object to provide a corset which will allow of free movement of the body,
at the same time giving the desired support.
The busks are each made in two parts hinged together at a suitable point so that
they can bend to allow the wearer to stoop. To give proper support and prevent
the busks bending loosely, behind or in front of each is fitted a thin spring strip,
encased in a cloth or other suitable cover. This spring is not fixed to the busk,
but is loose, being retained against, the busk, when fitted in the corset.
This spring thus keeps the busk in proper shape and returns it to its ordinary
form after it has been bent, at the same time allowing it to bend easily.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and
Fig. 2 a cross section of one form of busk, Fig. 3 shows the same bent at the hinge
and Fig. 4 is a section of a modification.
The busks or steels as shown, are formed in two parts A and A' which are
hinged to each other at a, at about the middle of the corset. The parts of the
busk can thus bend freely at the hinge. As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the spring
strip B is placed at the back of the busk and in the modification illustrated in
Fig. 4 it is fitted at the front, the action in both cases being the same, the busk
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page_text: being brought back to its ordinary position, immediately on being released. The
strip is enclosed in the cloth or other suitable cover band is not attached to the
busk, being free to move slightly upon it.
The busk and strip are secured by the material of the corset C, when they are
stitched in place. Any suitable form of hinge may be used for the busk, which
will allow it to bend freely and also prevent the parts moving out of position.
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.) An improved corset busk, formed in two parts, connected together and
adapted to bend at the point of connection, having a spring strip secured on the
face of the busk, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(2.) The improved corset busk, formed from two hinged parts, with loose spring
strip, constructed substantially as described and shown in the accompanying
drawings and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 9th day of January 1895.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.