US334638A

US334638A - Charles clarence carpenter

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Publication number: US334638A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-01-19
Anticipated expiration: 1903-01-19

Description

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H NiTE --ATENT Erica BUSTLEI'I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,638, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed September 18, 1885. Serial No. 177,421. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. CARPEN- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles; and I do declare. the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to bnstles; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Bustles formed with horizontal stuffed pockets are well known, and it has been a fault with such that they break down in the rear central line, owing, possibly, to the weight of the drapery. Among other features which in such bustles have impaired their durability is the fact that the unsupported .edges have, by wear, doubled the material upon itself until the greater portion would ride up out of proper place, thus defeating the purpose for which the article was designed, and in any event losing the graceful contour desired. I seek to obviate these and other difficulties.

I arrange the filled tubes or pockets with their centers upon a higher plane than their ends, thus arching the said pockets and increasing their resisting-power without adding I bind the ends of the pockets forcibly together upon either side, whereby the expanding force of the material in the pockets, nearsuch ends, serves with a constant force to hold the back of the bustle down to the limit of the fabric. Iarrange astrengthening-spring in the lacingplates adjacent to their junction with the ends of the pockets, which spring acts upon either side to keep the edge of the bustle straight and prevents the doubling and consequent breakmg.

The feature of arching the rolls or pockets to increase their capacity for resistance will smaller scale, showing the manner of stitching 1 the fabric to arch the pockets.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the sheets of fabric, which, by curved rows of stitching a, forms pockets b,which in the com pleted article are stuffed with any light springy material, as wool. The form thus given to the pockets throws them into an arched form in the bustle, as seen in Fig, 1, where the pockets are represented as filled, and the material is secured to a waistband, G, and side tapes or bindings, D. The ends of the pockets are forced closely together before the binding D is secured in place, as seen at (1, whereby the expansion of the filling material just outside of binding serves to hold the ribs or pockets apart to the extent of the fabric.

F designates the lacing-plates, and f the lacing-cord, by which the size and contour of the form may be adjusted at will. In each plate F, adjacent to its junction with the edge binding D, I arrange a stay, G, which maybe of ordinary twin wire secured in the fabric of the plate by a row of stitches or by eyelets 9. These springs serve efficiently to keep the edges from doubling or working up, as well as to support the ribs in their arched form.

' The completed rib, stuffed and arched, I designate by the letter B.

In details of construction modifications may be made within wide limits without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of my invention.

The stays G may be secured to the hindings D.

By the term arched, as applied to the ribs B, I imply that the central portion of each rib is more or less above the horizontal plane of its ends, and that the ribs are at an angle with the waistband.

What I claim as newis- 1. A bustle having a series of ribs, B, of arched form, with the central portion of each rib at a higher plane than either of its ends, and means for securing the same in such position to increase the capacity of the ribs to resist downward pressure of drapery, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the arched ribs, as described, consisting of stuffed curved pockets supported bya fabric, A, of side bindings, D, arranged to hold the ends of the ribs forcibly together, and by the expansibility of the filling to throw the central portions of the ribs down to the limits of the fabric, as set forth.

3. The combination, with a body, as A, having arched ribs B, and with lacing-aprons