US366378A

US366378A - carpenter

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Publication number: US366378A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 1904-07-12

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(ModeL) O. C. CARPENTER.

BUSTLE.

Patented July 12, 1887.

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CHARLES C. CARPENTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,378, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed April 527, 1887. Serial No. 236,281. (MorloL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Oi -iRLEs O. CARPEN- TER, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bustles,

of which the following is a specification.

The improvement relates to that class of bustles in which the dress is distended by springs, approximately horizontal, extending across the back, with provisions for widening andnarrowing the back to vary the extent of pro ection of the hustle, and which springs fold up out of the way when the bustle is pressed against the back of a chair or other object. I employ springs extending across, each independent of the others, except as they are tied together by a flexible connection, and provide a tensiouspring on each side, which acts leverwise on the lower spring to move it downward by pulling upward on the ends, which are extended forward past the fulcrum. My springs act freely and independently. They fold upward out of the way with freedom when required, and resume their places promptly and perfectly when the compressing force is removed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, and represent what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the main portion. The strong lines in this figure show the bustle extended. The dotted lines show it partially collapsed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inboth the figures where they occur.

A is the waistband, and A flaps of muslin or other suitable material.

B is a lacing connecting the two flaps and inserted through eyelets set in A,aud adapted to serve all in the ordinary manner.

0 is a tape or flexible tie extending rearward and downward from the center of the back. I

I) D are springs extending across the back in approximately horizontal positions, connected at thcrear by the tape 0. These springs are independently pivoted at each end (I to an upright piece, E, mounted on each side. They are independent, exceptas they are connected by the flexible lie 0.

G is a spring nearly corresponding in position and function to the springs 1). It serves as the lowermost in the series. It is pivoted at each side, not to the upright E, but at a point, 9, farther backward and downward. Each pivot-point g is supported by a brace, E, which extends obliquely downward from the corresponding uprights E. A transverse piece, E connects the lower portion of E and E. The bottom spring, G, is stouter than the others, and extends forward of the pivot g at each side. H H are contractile or tension springs. I have in my experiments used helical springs of small diameter, made of hard brass. The upper end is attached to the up right E at h. The lower end is attached to the forward end of the spring G at h. The force of these springs H, pulling upward on the forward ends of G, holds the entire set of springs G D downward to the extent permitted by the flexible tie C; but whenever the bustle is pressed against the back of a chair or other object the several springs can yield upward independently. \Vhen the lowermost spring, G, alone is pressed upward, it may yield, the others all remaining in their original places. Vhen the spring G and one of the springs D are pressed upward, the two may yield without the other.

J J are springs extending obliquely across the upper portion of the hustle and fastened together and to the uprights E, as shown. The

tape 0 connects and steadies these, as well as the more movable springs D and G.

My invention gives an independence of action to the springs D and G, which is highly useful.

I have in my experiments used for the springs I) and G what are sometimes known as duplex springs two flat springs of steel placed edge to edge alittle distance apart and connected by a covering of braid. I have made the pivots by setting eyelets through the braid which forms the central portion of the breadth of such springs. I have covered specified.

2. In a bustle, the waistband A, flaps A,

,lacing B, side pieces, EE, and upper springs,

J, in combination with each other and with the lowermost spring, G, pivoted at g and extending forward beyond such pivot, the extension being connected at the forward ends, h, to tension-springs H, and the flexibly-connected springs D, pivoted at d, all arranged 20 for joint operation, substantially as herein specified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at New York city, this 26th day of April, 1887, in the presence of two snbscrib- 2 5 ing witnesses.

CHAS. G, CARPENTER.

WVitnesses:

M; F. BOYLE, H. A. J oHNsToNn.