Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
I, FRIEDRICH HERMANN MÜLLER, Owner of the Firm of Hermann Muller, Junior,
Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to ladies corsets and it has for its object so to improve this
piece of garment that it will adjust itself to the forms of the body without causing
uneasy pressures in the front part of the hip and at the sides.
I attain these objects by the insertion of certain lateral elastic parts in front of
the corset and longitudinal elastic parts at the sides, as shown in the accompanying
drawing which gives a perspective view of an improved corset and as described
hereafter.
At the front side of the two halves of the corset, in its narrowest part instead of
carrying the stiffener bars A and the cloth containing them right through as usual,
I intersect these parts and I place a piece B of elastic stuff between. This elastic
piece allows free adjustment to the body, no bending of the bars in an angle occurs,
which angle formerly often caused a painful pressure upon the belly. This elastic
piece reaches laterally nearly, to the middle of each half, that is to the right and
left sides of the body, where the woven stuff used generally is again intersected
lengthways and an elastic web C is inserted along the whole length which allows
the corset to expand in width at any place. This elastic web is preferably made of
elastic laces running crossways intermeshed with longitudinal laces running
lengthways. By this means the stuff is free to expand more or less independently
at any part as may be fit to the form of the body.
Dated this 17th day of Nov 1807
FRIEDRICH HERMANN MÜLLER,
Owner of the Firm of Herm. Muller, Jr.,
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I, FRIEDRICH HERMANN MULLER, Owner of the Firm of Heinrich Muller, Junior,
No. 16/18, Loherstrasse, Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, Manufacturer, 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
stament:
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This invention relates to ladies corsets and it has for its object so to improve

page_text: this piece of garment, that it will adjust itself to the forms of the body without
causing uneasy pressures or pain in the front part of the hip and at the sides.
I attain these objects by the insertion of certain lateral elastic parts in front of
the corset and longitudinal elastic parts at the sides which allow self adjustment
of the corset to the body because at these places the stiffener bars otherwise used
are left open.
In the following description of the improved corset reference is had to the
drawing rendered with the Provisional Specification.
At the front side of the two halves of the corset the stiffener bars A are not
carried right through in an uninterupted length as is the case in ordinary corsets
and also the hollow or double stuff containing these bars does not run right
through, but both are intersected and an elastic piece of stuff B is inserted at this
place. This strong piece of elastic stuff permits free adjustment to the body,
whereas in the former make the bars used going right through had to be bent
and therefore caused often a painfull pressure upon the belly; it even happened
often that the steel bars broke and then the angle formed by the two parts with
Sts sharp edge increased the evil effect. This now is all avoided; the elastic piece
reaches laterally nearly to the middle of each half part, that is to the right and
left sides of the body. Here the woven stuff used generally is again intersected
lengthways and a similar elastic web C is inserted along the whole length, and this
elastic piece C permits the expansion of the garment in width at any place and
constantly, and the body of the wearer does no more feel as if it were enclosed in
a coat of mail.
I prefer making this elastic web of elastic laces running crossways and inter-
meshed with similar laces running lengthways. That is to say, instead of making
the elastic web C like ordinary elastic weaving of single warp and weft threads.
the parts forming the warp and weft of this piece of weaving consist of small
elastic laces or tapes as is indicated by the special shading of the respective part
in the drawing. By this means the corset is free to expand in any direction as
it may be required by the movements of the wearer; it will always fit closely to
the body supporting it without hindering its free movements and without causing
any inconvenience by pressure due the rigidity of the stiffening bars.
The new corset greatly improves the attitude of a person and it is healthy in
wear.
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:-
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An improved corset in which the stiffener bars A instead of being carried right
through the whole length are intersected and having an elastic piece of stuff B
inserted between the divided bars, reaching latterally nearly to the middle of each
halfpart of the corset and inserting an elastic web C lengthways at the sides of
the corset to allow free expansion of the garment in any direction, the whole as
described and illustrated and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 12th day of February 1898.