n under dresses.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
[Communicated from abroad by Messrs. MÜLLER LIESER & Co., of Barmon, Rhenish
Prussia, Smallware Manufacturers, a Company with limited liability.]
worn under ladies dresses. ID Its main features the invention consists the lise of
a ribbon of any suitable elastic or springy material such for example as the fabric
known in commerce as imitation or artificial horse hair (an oponly wovon fabric or
gauze of stiff spring threads) in which are laid bands or strips of spring stool
whalebone or the like for producing the archings or contour and the mounting of the
archings on a frame or basis of spring steel whalebone or the like combined with a
suitable fabric.
In the accompanying drawings to which reference is heroinafter inade throw forms
of such a bustlo are illustrated.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a back elevation,
Fig. 2 is a perspective elevation of one form,
Fig. 3 is a back elevation and
Fig. is a perspective viow of a socond form,
Fig. 5 is a back elevation and
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a third form,
Fig. 7 shows a pioco of webbing,
Fig. 8 a section on at of Fig. 7.
Referring to the figures generally the archings a are formed of an elastic material
(in some cases imitation horse hair). For the purpose of imparting greater resistance
and resiliency thereto (in order to recover their original shapo and position after being
deformed by pressure) thin bands or strips of spring steel whilebone or the like
are inserted and secured by sowing or otherwise. The advantage accruing from this
combination of elastic material with the said strips is that the archings permanently
retain or return to their original position and shape even after having been subjected
to pressure for a considerable time.
The frame or basis c of any suitable fabric such as calico or the like has strips d of
spring steel whalebone or the like whereby an elastic shape is produced.
The distinguishing feature of the form of bustle shown in Figures 5 and 6 is that the
archings a consist of ribbon of openly woven clastic or springy gauze in which steel
strips are woven in the fast selvedges of the ribbon and also in the intervening part
of the ribbon the number of such intervening strips depending on the width of
the ribbon. Those stoel strips materially increase and maintain the elasticity of the
fabric.
The manufacture of bustles by the use of such gauze ribbon having fast selvedges

page_text: and springs woven therein is less costly while the bustle itself possesses a better
appearance and is more durable.
In order not to give an unduly prominent appearance to the steel strip stripes s
(see Fig. 7) of dark warp threads may be put in the ganze ribbon.
For setting the frame a band having a snap catch such as shown in Fig. 2
or lacing such as shown in Fig. 4 buckles or other similar means may be
employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny snid inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
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1. A bustle such as described having a framo or basis stiffened by strips of spring
steel whalebone or the like substantially as set forth and shown.
2. A bustle the archings of which consist of an olastic or springy fabric containing
strips of spring steel whalebone or the like matorial substantially as set forth and
shown with referenco to the Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
3. A bustlo the archings of which consist of a ribbon of openly woven springy
threads having steel springs woven therein substantially as set forth and shown with
reference to Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Second day of February 1807.
E. T. WHITELOW.