Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, EMIL SADLER, of Cadogan Lodge, Cadogan Square, in the County of
Middlesex; Gentleman; do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Heretofore corsets have been made with ribs of cane or whalebone enclosed in
pockets or cavities formed by stitching the covering material; but such cane or
whalebone ribs frequently break, or when made of stout cane or whalebone,
their inner edges require to be padded to prevent abrasion of the skin of the wearer,
which is frequently the case at the hips and with stout persons.
The object of this invention is to produce corsets which will be unbreakable,
which will not unduly press on the body of the wearer which will give to every
movement of the body and yet be of such resiliency as to resume their original
position fitting close to the figure of the wearer.
In the manufacture of corsets according to my invention I dispense with the
use of cane or whalebone and form the ribs of bristles, preferably hogs bristles,
a small number of which are enclosed in a pocket or cavity formed by stitching
the material.
On account of the smallness of the diameter of the bristles, my corset, even
when six or eight, bristles are used to form a rib, is provided with a large number
of such pockets or cavities as compared with a corset having cane or whalebone
ribs.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, EMIL SADLER, of Cadogan Lodge, Cadogan Square, in the County of
Middlesex; Gentleman; 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:-
Heretofore corsets have usually been made with ribs of cane or whalebone enclosed
in pockets or cavities formed by stitching the covering material; but such cane or
whalebone ribs frequently break, or when made of stout cane or whalebone,
their inner edges require to be padded to prevent abrasion of the skin of the wearer
which is frequently the case at the hips and especially with stout persons.
The object of this invention is to produce corsets which will be unbreakable,

page_text: which will not unduly press on the body of the wearer. which will give to every
movement of the body and yet be of such resiliency as to resume their original
position fitting close to the figure of the wearer.
In the manufacture of corsets according to my invention I dispense with the
use of cane or whalebone and form the ribs of bristles, preferably hogs bristles,
a small number of which are enclosed in a pocket or cavity formed by stitching
the material.
On account of the smallness of the diameter of the bristles, my corset, even
when six or eight bristles are used to form a rib, is provided with a large number
of such pockets or cavities as compared with a corset having cane or whalebone
ribs.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a finished corset
made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a piece of the material
of which the finished corset is made drawn to an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is
a section taken on the line of Fig. 2.
In Figs. 2 and 3 A represents the outer covering and 13 the inner fabric enclos-
ing the bristles C in the pockets or cavities D which form the ribs. A convenient
method of making the ribs is as follows: take a layer of the outer covering B
and on this place two layers of the inner fabric A, and another layer of the outer
covering B and stitch all together with a longitudinal row of stitching such as
is represented at E Fig. 2. Then open between the layers A and insert six or
eight or other suitable number of bristles C, side by side and close together the
first being close against the row of stitching E. Then close and form the first
pocket or cavity by the second row of longitudinal stitching E¹, open again
and continue, making as many pockets and cavities as desired by additional
bristles and rows of longitudinal stitching E2, E3, etc. I do not however confine
myself to this method of making the material as it is obvious that there are other
methods of securing the bristles in pockets or cavities on or in the material so
as to form the ribs for the finished corset.
The finished corset is cut from the bristle-ribbed material and shaped to the
desired form in any well known manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A corset having ribs made of bristles enclosed in pockets or cavities.
2. For use in the manufacture of corsets a material having bristles enclosed in
pockets or cavities formed therein.
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F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.