Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 20th May, 1890-Accepted, 21st June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, ADELE BOSSÉ, of No. 16 Rue Drouot, Paris, France, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of corsets suitable for persons
suffering from obesity, hernia, and other ailments, which enables the springs and other
supports employed in orthopedic bandages, belts and such like appliances to be
dispensed with.
The corset is similar in the construction of its upper part to ordinary corsets, but it
extends to about 34 ins. below the abdomen and is closed along its entire length. This
lower part is formed with a set of vertical and horizontal bones in two lateral parts on
each side of the abdomen, which support the abdomen or the injured part thereof
while maintaining the same in the normal position, without exerting undue pressure
thereon. These two lateral parts are secured in position by buttons and button holes
or other fastenings, or by straps extending from the hips, and having a series of holes
for allowing a gradual tightening to be effected. The internal surfaces of the side
flaps may be provided at the requisite points with hernia pads for exerting moderate
pressure upon the injured parts.
A loose trimming or fringe is attached to the lower edge of the corset by means of
which it can be pulled down should it get shifted upward in sitting down.
Instead of making the above described lower flaps in one piece with the upper part
of the corset, they may be made separate and attached to the lower edge of an
ordinary corset by means of buttons or other fastenings. The improved corset is
applicable to persons of both sexes, and it affords great support for those having to
execute heavy labour.
Dated this 27th day of August 1889
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corsets.
I, ADÈLE BOSSÉ, of No. 16 Rue Drouot, Paris, France, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved construction of corsets suitable for persons
suffering from obesity, hernia, and other ailments, which enables the springs and
other supports employed in orthopedic bandages belts and such like appliances to be
dispensed with.
The corset is similar in the construction of its upper part to ordinary corsets, but it
extends to about 34 ins. below the abdomen and is closed along its entire length. This
lower part is formed with a set of vertical and horizontal bones on each side of the
abdomen, which support the abdomen or the injured part thereof while maintaining
the same in the normal position, without exerting undue pressure thereon. These
two lateral parts are secured in position by buttons and buttonholes or other
fastenings or by straps extending from the hips, and having a series of holes for
allowing a gradual tightening to be effected.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shews a front view, and Fig. 2 a side view of
my improved corset, as adapted for females, and Figs. 3 and 4 shew similar views of a
corset as adapted for males. The upper part of the corset, down to the line a, b, a,
does not differ from ordinary corsets; from this line it is extended downwards
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page_text: to a length of about 3 inches so as to cover the lower part of the abdomen. This
extended part consists of a flap A A on each side, of variable proportions and
dimensions, according to the figure to which it is to be adapted. These flaps are
provided with sets of bones both in a horizontal and a vertical direction, as indicated,
and they serve to support in its natural condition, without compression, the abdomen
of the person. The flaps are united at the middle by means of buttons and button
holes. The flaps are in their turn supported by three or four straps B CD, fixed at
B C D to the corset over the hips, the set on the one side having at the other end a
series of eyelet holes at suitable distances apart, which are secured to one or more
studs on the ends of the other set, so that by this means the straps can be more or less
tightened according to requirements.
When in sitting down, the corset has a tendency to slip upward from the abdomen,
it is readily drawn down again by means of the loose trimming E. attached to the
lower edge.
Instead of forming the said flaps in one piece with the upper part of the corset,
they might be formed as a separate belt, attachable to and detachable from an
ordinary corset by means of buttons and button holes or other fastenings. In cases
of hernia the inner surfaces of the flaps are provided with pads for exerting the
requisite pressure at the desired place.
The improved corset is applicable to persons of both sexes, and it affords great
support to those having to execute heavy labor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
elaim is :-
An improved construction of corset for supporting the abdomen and serving in lieu
of a truss in cases of hernia, such corset consisting of an upper part similar to an
ordinary corset and a lower part consisting of two Haps or a belt provided with bones,
such lower part being either formed in one piece with the upper part, or secured
thereto by buttons and button holes or other fastenings, and the two flaps or parts of
the belt being secured together by buttons and button holes or other fastenings, and
provided with means for adjusting the support afforded thereby to the abdomen or
the injured parts thereof, substantially as herein described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of May 1890.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.