An Improved Wearing Appliance for Straightening the Human Figure and for Correcting and Curing Round Shoulders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 20th. Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wearing Appliance for Straightening the Human
Figure and for Correcting and Curing Round Shoulders.
I FREDERICK CHARLES NOAR of 12 Church Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Wholesale Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My said invention relates to an improved wearing appliance for straightening the
human figure and for correcting and curing a tendency to round shoulders whether
acquired or natural. The appliance consists of a stiff flat or slightly curved portion
for wearing against the back in conjunction with bands or straps which surround and
draw back the shoulders and a strap or band to encircle the waist. The said stiff flat
portion is made preferably of thin sheet metal electro-plated to prevent oxydation and
is stamped or otherwise formed of a fiddle shape, the two upper angles pressing upon
the inner portions of the shoulder blades and keeping them down, while the tail or
neck projects downwards and receives the strap which encircles the waist. The upper
angles of the fiddle shaped back piece are punched with four or less or more slots or
perforations through which the ends of the shoulder straps are passed and re-passed in
such a manner that they are securely held without the aid of tongues teeth or other
auxiliary parts, while at the same time they can be easily adjusted and lengthened or
shortened.
The shoulder straps after passing over the shoulders are led back to the back piece
to which they are attached by means of slots similar to those at the upper angles. In
most cases I use a continuous shoulder strap extending from one of the upper angles,.
round one shoulder, through the other slots in the back piece and again round the other
sboulder to the opposite upper angle where it is secured by means of the aforesaid slots
or perforations.
Both the shoulder straps and the waist belt may be made of elastic material.
Although the back piece is preferably made of thin sheet metal it might be made
of any other suitable material which is sufficiently light and strong.
The straps or belts might be attached to the back piece by other means than the
described slots or perforations.
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1000
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wearing Appliance for Straightening the Human
Figure and for Correcting and Curing Round Shoulders.
I FREDERICK CHARLES NOAR of 12 Church Street Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Wholesale Clothier 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 and accompanying drawings:
:-
My said invention relates to an improved wearing appliance for straightening the
human figure and for correcting and curing a tendency to round shoulders whether
acquired or natural.
To render my invention perfectly clear I will now proceed to describe the same
particularly with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 is an illustration of my appliance shown applied to the human figure.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the mode of connecting the shoulder straps to
the annliance

page_text: The appliance consists of a stiff flat or slightly curved portion a preferably of sheet mea
for wearing against the back in conjunction with a band or strap which surrounds and
draws back the shoulders and a strap or band c to encircle the waist. The said stiff flat
metallic portion ais made preferably of thin sheet metal electro-plated to preventoxydation
and is stamped or otherwise formed of a fiddle shape as clearly shown in the drawings
the two upper angles a¹ a¹ pressing upon the inner portions of the shoulder blades
and keeping them down while the tail or neck a projects downwards and receives the
strap c which encircles the waist. The upper angles a¹ a¹ of the fiddle shaped back
piece a are punched with four slots or perforations through which the ends of the
shoulder strap bare passed and re-passed as clearly shown by the dotted line in Fig.
in such a manner that they are securely held without the aid of tongues teeth or other
auxiliary parts while at the same time they can be easily adjusted and lengthened or
shortened when desired. The shoulder strap bis first passed over one shoulder then
led back to the back piece a and passed across the middle of the back piece through
slots as a a³ and thereafter round the remaining shoulder to the slots in the other
angle a where it is secured as in the case of the other end.
In most cases I prefer to use a continuous shoulder strap & extending from one of
the upper angles round one shoulder through the other slots in the back piece and
again round the other shoulder to the opposite upper angle where is is secured by
means of the aforesaid slots or perforations as already described with reference to the
drawing but it will be apparent that I might use separate shoulder straps each attached
separately to the angle a and the two outer slots a³. The waist belt c is secured in
front by a buckle d as indicated by the dotted lines. Both the shoulder straps
and the waist belt may be made of elastic material. Although the back piece
is preferably made of thin sheet metal it might be made of any other suitable
material which is sufficiently light and strong. The straps or belts might be attached
to the back piece by other means than the described slots or perforations.
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 improved wearing appliance for straightening the human figure and for
correcting and curing round shoulders constructed and secured in the manner and
by the means hereinbefore described and shown.
2. A wearing appliance for the purposes set forth and consisting of a metallic back
plate a secured to the back of the wearer by shoulder straps and waist belt e the said
straps engaging with the back plate by means of slots and the whole combined
arranged and applied in the manner herein before set forth and as illustrated in the
annexed drawings.
* Dated this 15th day of August 1900.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.