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J. R. RHEUBOTTOM, Deod., H. E. RHEUoTToM, Administrator. CORSET.

. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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JAMES RHEUBOTTOM, OF VEEDSPORT, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO FRANK MQMACK, OF SAME PLACE; HOMER E. RHEUBOTTOM ADMINISTRATOR OF SAlD JAMES R. RHEUBOTTOM, DEOEASED.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,320, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed August Q5, 1885. Serial No. 175,307. (No modil.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. RHnUBorToM, a citizen of the United States, residing at "Weedsport, in the county of Cayuga and State ot' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clasps and Shields for Corset-Stifeners and Bustles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved clasp and shield for fastening corsetstitfeners, or for securing strips of horn, whalebone, metal, or other like material in various articles, and for protecting corsets and like articles from wear and chafng by the ends of such stilieners.

The invention consists of a clasp or shield made of a double strip of thin flexible metal,

stitched or otherwise secured to or within a corset, bustle, or like article, and loosely inclosing the ends of the steels or stiffeners, in such a manner as to allow the stiffeners to move endwise in the clasp or shield without moving or tending to move the latter, whereby the free and unattached ends of the steels or stiffeners are prevented from coming iu wearing contact with the body of the article.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure l is a broken plan view of a portion of a corset or like article with stifteners and clasps or shields applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 shows my invention applied to the back of a corset, or to the strip that supports the lacingeyelets. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line or x of Fig. l.

Referring to these drawings, the numeral l designates a portion of a corset or other like article, having the usual places for insertion of stiffeners 2, of whalebone, horn, metal, or other material.

In order to secure these stiffeners or steels2 without coniining their ends rigidly, but in such a manner as to prevent the ends of said stiil'eners from coniingin wearing contact with the cloth, I employ at each end a clasp or shield, 3, that is secured to the corset or like article, and adapted to inclose loosely the adjacent ends of several stiffeners. The shield or clasp 3 consists of a doubled strip of thin lexible metal. These clasps or shields 3 are iirnily secured to the corset or like article, preferably by the stitching that forms the pockets in which the stiffeners are inclosed. Each clasp or shield is made sufficiently wide to inclose the ends of two or more adjacent stiffeners, and is secured to the corset or like article in such a way that its doubled portion or fold/l will be at right angles to the longitudinal axes' of the stiffeners. lt will thus be seen that each clasp 3 is closed on its folded edge, and that this folded edge 4 limits the longitudinal movement-of the stiifeners and prevents their ends from coming in contact with the cloth body of the corset or like article. The clasps or shields Sare also secured to the corset in such a way as to be divided longitudinally into pockets -one for the reception of each stiiiener end. These elongated pockets 5, closed at one end, are formed by the stitching 6 andlines of perforations 7,pro duced by the needle in attaching the clasp or shield to the article, the action ot' the thread serving to draw the thi n light substance of the clasp more closely together through the line of stitching, with the effect of loosely inclosing the stiffener ends in theintervening poc-kn ets. lThe stifteners 2 and their clasps or shields 3 are thus preferably secured at suitable points between theinner and outer thicknesses of the corset during its manufacture. It is obvious, however, that the clasps or shields may be secured to the corset by any other means, as well as by stitching, and they may also be formed, before attachment, with longitudinal corrugations for the lines of stitching or other fastenings, such corrugations serving to define the location oi' the elongated pockets that are to receive the ends ofv the stiffeners.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that at the back of the corset, or where lacing-eyelets 8 are required, the pockets 5 and stifteners 2 can be so arranged as to aiiord a sufficient space for inserting said eyelets between the stiifeners, and they may also be inserted through the clasps 3 and constitute their fastening or a part thereof. It is obvious that by thus loosely confining the ends of the stiieners or steels in elongated pockets 5, closed at one end, said stifteners can be so arranged as to have sufficient movement cndwise to obviate undue rigidity of the corset, and yet prevent wear and chaiing of the corset by the ends of said stieners.

It is well known that corsets and corset covers are greatly exposed to wear from the ends of the metal, horn, or whalebone strips used for stiffeners, as these stiffeners are usually cut square at the ends, thus forming cutting-edges that finally wear through the corset. To overcome this difficulty the ends of such stiffeningstrips have sometimes been inclosed separately in metallic tips; but as these tips were secured to the stiffening-strips and moved therewith, they were but an imperfect protection against chaing and wear of the corset-cloth. An open-ended clasp or fastening, with sharp points for securing it to a corset, and having an eyelet for limiting the play of the stiffeners, has also been employed, each stiffening strip having its separate clasps. This, however, I do not claim.

By my invention a corset, bustle, or like article is furnished with a number of clasps or shields, each firmly secured to the article by` stitching or otherwise, and having two or more elongated pockets closed at one end for receiviing the ends ofthe stiEfening-strips, which are thereby held :from wearing or chating contact with the corset. Thus all ehafing of the ends of the strips or stiffeners 2 is eonned to the interior of the elongated pockets 5,and is not expended upon the corset, as would be the case if the ends of the stiffeningstrips were not fully covered by immovable shields attached tothe corset.

It is obvious that my improved clasps and shields can be readily attached to a corset, bustle, or other article in any required manncrto allow the necessary margin for trimming and binding.

XVhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with the stiffeners or stays of a corset, of a clasp or shield consisting of a doubled strip of thin metal formed with a series of elongated pockets, in which the ends of the stiffeners or stays are loosely arranged to slide longitudinally therein independent of any movement of the clasp or u shield, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a corset and its stiifeners 2, of the clasps 3, securely stitched in a stationary position to the corset, and having a series of elongated pockets, 5, closed at one end,'for receiving the ends of said stifteners, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES R. RHEUBOTIOM.

IVi tnesses:

H. E. 'RHEUo'rroin WM. HENDERSON.

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