US345960A

US345960A - Life-preserving corset

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Publication number: US345960A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 1903-07-20

Description

(No Model.)

A. A. FEARN.

LIFE PRESERVING consm'.

Patented July 20, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMELIA A. FEARN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIFE-PRESERVINVG CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,960, dated July 20, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMELIA A. FEARN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Life-Preserving Corsets, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspectiye view of a corset embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section in line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invent-ion consists of a corset which is provided with stays of cork, which stays extend from the top to the bottom of the corset, whereby it forms a life-preserver, is prevented from rusting, and sets comfortably on the body.

It further consists of aguard for preventing chafing action of the lacing of thecorset.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a corset, and B represents the stays thereof, said stays being formed of pieces or strips of cork, which are fitted in pockets of the corset.

The corset may be worn as usual, but is more especially designed for use by one traveling on water, in which case, owing to its buoyant nature, it is admirably adapted for life-preserving purposes. The stays, owing to their flexible nature, set comfortably in position, and yield with the motions of the body, and preserve the shape of the corset. They are not liable to break or rust, nor cut through the fabric, and may be made thin and light, so that the weight of the corset is materially reduced.

guard also containing cork stays, thus increas U ing the buoyant nature of the corset.

I am aware that it is not new to place in or attach to various kinds of garments pieces of cork of different sizes for the purpose of adding to the buoyancy of the same, and thereby afford protection to the wearer thereof, and such I do not claim; but I am not aware that strips of cork have been used as stays or sup ports in corsets, the same possessing the advantages over the stays now used, as hereinbefore fully set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desirento secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A corset having stays formed of strips of cork, each strip composed of a single piece extendingfrom the top to the bottom of said corset, and secured in a pocket therein, substantially as described.

2. A corset having a lacing-guard provided with strips of cork extending from the top to the bottom thereof, substantially as described.

AMELIA A. FEARN.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. HURLBURT, MARY B. S. DRURY.