US359240A - canfield - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-sheet 1.

. H. O. GANFIELD.

BUSTLE.

No. 359,240. Patented Mar 15, 1887.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

0. GANFIELD.

BUSTLE.

No. 359,240. Patented Mar. 15, 1887-.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. CANFIELD, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TC THE CANFIELD RUBBER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 359,240, dated March 15,1887.

Application filed December 4, 1886. Serial No. 220,710 (No lllOllCLl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. CANFIELD, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles and I do hereby 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.

.My invention relates to an improvement in bustles.

The object is to provide a bustle which will collapse into a flattened form when subjected to pressure, as when the wearer assumes asitting or reclining posture, and which will antomatically return to its extended form as soon as the pressure is removed.

A further object is to provide simple and convenient means for securing the spring-bars to the side bars, and in general to provide a light, durable, graceful, and comparatively inexpensive bustle.

XVith these ends in View my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa view of the bustle with parts extended. Fig. 2 is a view of the same collapsed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofmy improvement, showing the manner of securing the springbars.

A A represent a pair of side strips, preferably incased in a fabric, B, which latter project inwardly, and are provided on their inner edges with eyelets b, for the reception of a lacing, c, and also project outwardly in the form of skirts or flaps C, the edges of which may befinished in a neat and ornamental manner by an edging or embroidery.

G G are two side bars, secured to the side strips, A A, by tapes 5/, or other suitable material, by passing the tape over and around the side bars, atsuitable intervals thereon,between the spring-bars D D D 850., and eyeleting them through the side strips, A A.

The side bars, G G, are provided at suitable intervals with perforations adapted to receive eyelets I), which pass through the ends of the reeds or spring-bars D D D &c., and being loosely riveted to the springbars, allow of the free vertical movement of the spring-bars when pressureis applied thereto.

D D D &c., represent a series of reeds or spring-bars, gradually decreasing in length from the lower one, D, to the upper one. The ends of the spring-bars are preferably bound by metallic clips or heads (1. as is common, and

' are preferably secured to the side bars by the eyelets b passing through them, as before referred .to. A tape, H, is secured to the several spring-bars at their middle points by eyelets h, set through the spring-bars and tape, and is secured at its upper end to the waistband G, to which the skirts C are attached, and the lower bar is further provided and connected to the second or other bar aboveit by a short spring-bar, I, of the same general con struction as the bars D D, &c. The bar I is secured at its ends to the bars D D, &c., by a lacing which passes through the eyelets in the ends of the bar I. By means of the bar I the three (more or less) lower bars, D D, &c., are retained in the same relative position.

A pair of fine spiral springs, K, have one end secured at thelowerends of the side strips, A, preferably to eyelets fastened to tapes F, the latter being secured to strips A. The opposite ends of the spiral springs are secured to tapes h, attached to the second or other spring above, at points about half-way between the ends and middle of the spring-bar. The bar to which the springs are connected is preferably somewhat larger and stiffer than the others, but not necessarily so.

To afford a stay for the upper bars, and also to give the bustle a graceful shape from the top band to the top bars, D and at the same time render the upper portion of the bustle capable of being depressed into a fiat adj ustment, I provide two diagonal spring-bars, M, the ends of which are riveted to the bars D* D by eyelets s. The bow of these bars extends above the spring-bar D. The tape II is also attached to the middle of these bars M, and holds them in position.

The band G consists of a strong strip of webbing, or other suitable material, firmly secured to the upper ends of the side strips, A

A, and to the fabric which incases them, and projects in straps Z, for securing the bustle to the person.

The lacing 0 serves to draw the ends of the spring-bars toward one another, and thereby change theshapeof the bustle, makingit more or less prominent, as may be desired.

\Vhen a person is in a reclining or sitting position, the bustle assumes a collapsed form, and when the pressure is removed therefrom the springs and the weight of the dress,which is received on the crown of the diagonal bars M, allow it to spring out into shape.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the different parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bustle, the combination, with side strips and side bars flexibly connected thereto at or approximately at right angles therewith, ofa series of springbars pivotally connected at their ends to the side bars, and a tape connecting the spring-bars, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a waistband and side strips depending therefrom, side bars located at or approximately at right angles to the side strips, and flexible devices connecting the side bars and strips, of the spring-bars and eyelets for pivotally securing the spring-bars to the side strips.

3. The combination, with a waistband, side strips depending therefrom, a lacing connecting the side strips, the side bars located at or approximately at right angles to the side strips, and flexible devices connecting the side bars and strips, of the spring-bars pivotally secured to the side bars by eyelets, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY O. OANFIELD.

W'itnesses:

WM. D. BISHOP, Jr., WILLIAM T. HAVILAND.

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