Improvements in Abdominal Belts for Wear with Corsets.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Abdominal Belts for Wear with Corsets.
I, JAMES SIMPSON BLAIR, of Newton Street Mill, Piccadilly, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Corset Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide an abdominal belt which can be readily
attached to any kind of corset without specially adapting or altering the corset to
receive the belt and which can be quickly detached from the corset when desired.
To this end my invention consists in forming the upper end of the belt busk with
an extension or strap which may be formed in one piece with the belt busk or be
suitably secured thereto. The said extension or strap I form with an eye or hole
adapted to hook on the bottom stud of the fastening on the corset busk, whereby
the belt is attached to the corset in such a manner that it can neither move up,
down or sideways.
Dated this 21st day of February 1895.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
Improvements in Abdominal Belts for wear with Corsets.
I, JAMES SIMPSON BLAIR, of Newton Street Mill, Piccadilly, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Corset 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 statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide an abdominal belt which can be readily
attached to any kind of corset without specially adapting or altering the corset to
receive the belt and which can be quickly detached from the corset when desired.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a corset and abdominal belt attached thereto in
accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 3 a front view of a modification of the
means which facilitate the attachment of the belt to the corset.
a is the corset, b the belt, a' the corset busk.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1 & 2 the improvements
consist in forming the upper end of the belt busk c with an extension or strap c¹
which may be formed in one piece with the belt busk c or be suitably secured
thereto. The extension or strap c¹ I form with one or more eyes or holes d adapted
to hook on the bottom stude on the corset busk a', preferably below the busk eye e¹,
whereby the belt b is attached to the corset in such a manner that it can neither
move up, down or sideways.
A modification of my invention consists in forming the extension or strap e
longer than shown in Fig. 1, for instance as shown in Figs. 2 & 3, and with a slot d

page_text: having an eye d² at each end adapted to engage another of the busk studs e and
thus prevent the side movement of the belt more efficiently as may be required in
some cases.
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 :-
In abdominal belts for wear with corsets, the belt busk c formed with an extension
or strap c¹ having one or more eyes or holes d, d², adapted to engage the stud or
studs e on the corset busk a¹, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1895.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.