Improvements in or connected with Corsets.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Corsets.
We, HARRY ASHTON ROBERTS CHAMPNESS, of 80, Rusholme Road, Chorlton-on-
Medlock, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Corset Manufacturer, and
ROBERT HENRY MITCHELL, of 9, Lime Grove, Timperley, in the County of Chester,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our said invention relates to improvements in or connected with corsets and
has reference to the busks of such corsets.
These busks are usually of steel and have secured to them the metallic fasten-
ings. As is well known the busks are liable to break and in that case the corset
has either to be entirely discarded, or in the alternative the broken busk is cut
out and a new one stitched to the corset.
The object of our invention is to provide means whereby a broken busk can
be readily and economically replaced.
In carrying our invention into effect instead of securing the metallic studs and
eyes or other forms of fastener to the busks, we secure them to the material of
the corset itself.
This can be conveniently effected by eyeletting the fasteners to the fabric or
by otherwise suitably clenching or securing the metallic fasteners to the material.
The fasteners are thus independent of the busks. The busks, which may be of
any suitable metal or material, devoid of and disconnected from the usual
fasteners, are housed within suitable recesses, formed by stitching, at the meeting
edges of the corset. To introduce the busk within the corset we provide, prefer-
ably at the bottom of the corset, an aperture or slit leading into the recess,
through which the busk can be introduced, and secured in position if desired by
suitable means. The means of introducing the busks within the corset may how-
ever be varied.
This aperture may be left open or if desired sewn up after the busk has been
placed in position. When a busk is broken it can be readily withdrawn through
the aperture at the bottom of the corset and a new busk, obtained at a trifling
cost, replaced in position. It will be apparent that the life of the corset is thus
considerably prolonged at small expense and trouble.
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Our invention is equally applicable to busks of the "spoon as well as the
straight type.
We are aware that it has already been proposed to make busks detachable
from the corset, and we do not lay claim to this per se, our invention consisting
essentially in securing the metallic fasteners to the fabric and arranging means

page_text: whereby the busks, devoid of fasteners, can be readily slipped into position and
withdrawn when required.
Dated this 25th day of November 1898.
COMPLETED WITH Corsets.
We, HARRY ASHTON ROBERTS CHAMPNESS, of 80, Rusholme Road, Chorlton-on-
Medlock, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Corset Manufacturer, and
ROBERT HENRY MITCHELL, of 9, Lime Grove, Timperley, in the County of Chester,
Mechanical Engineer, 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:-
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Our said invention relates to improvements in or connected with corsets and
has reference to the busks of such corsets.
These busks are usually of steel and have secured to them the metallic fasten-
ings. As is well known the busks are liable to break and in that case the corset
has either to be entirely discarded, or in the alternative the broken busk is cut
out and a new one attached to the corset.
The object of our invention is to provide means whereby a broken busk can be
readily and economically replaced.
The accompanying sheet of drawings clearly illustrates our invention.
Fig. 1 shows a front view of a portion of a corset showing the fastenings
secured thereto.
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Fig. 2 is a back view thereof with one of the busks partially withdrawn.
Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view to an enlarged scale on the line - Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a front view of a portion of a corset provided with a spoon busk.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section on the line y-y.
In carrying our invention into effect we make the busk a independent of the
fasteners, instead of the latter being secured to the busk as usual. The metallic
studs and eyes care secured to the material d of the corset itself. In the draw-
ngs the studs and eyes are clenched into the material as more clearly shown in
Figs. 2 and 3 although they may be secured by eyeletting or in any othen
convenient manner. The busks a as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 are of the "straight"
type and may be of steel, or any other suitable metal or material. These busks,
devoid of and disconnected from the usual fasteners, are housed within suitable
sheaths or recesses formed by stitching, at the edges of the corset. To introduce
the busk a the top, or it might be the bottom, of the sheath or recess in the
corset is provided with an opening or aperture, which is covered by a flap e, as
shown in the left hand portion of Fig. 2. Through this aperture the busk a may
he readily withdrawn when desired as shown in the right hand portion of Fig. 2.
A broken busk can thus be readily replaced by a new one, obtained at a trifling
cost, so that the life of the corset is thus considerably prolonged at small expense
and trouble.
To facilitate the placing into position of a new busk, the sheath may be left
open about midway as at f Fig. 2.
The end of the busk a may be introduced through this opening, and the busk

page_text: thrust within the sheath and out at the top until the lower end can be introduced
into the sheath and the busk thus shot home.
Our invention is equally applicable to busks of the
straight type, as is shown at Figs. 3 and 4.
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spoon as well as the
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In this case the fasteners bc are independent of the busk a and secured to the
corset as before. The sheath or recess for the busk is formed of a shape corres-
ponding to the curved shape of the busk.
The busk a in this case is introduced into and withdrawn from its sheath at
the bottom of the corset the aperture being left large enough to permit of this as
indicated in the right hand of Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shows in cross section the material d
of the corset, the portion c of the fastener clenched thereto, and the busk a housed
within the sheath formed in the corset.
We are aware that it has already been proposed to make busks detachable from
the corset, and we do not lay claim to this per se, our invention consisting
essentially in securing the metallic fasteners to the corset itself and arranging
means whereby the busks, devoid of fasteners, can be readily slipped into position
and withdrawn when required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
In a corset, securing the fasteners to the corset and providing sheaths or
pockets for the reception of the busks which are devoid of fasteners, so that the
busks may be readily removed and replaced as desired substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day Of June 1899.
Dated CIES On tay OL June 19.
For the Applicants,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 5, John Dalton Street, Manchester.