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(No Model.) A Y W. P. OSBORNE.

BUSTLB. b No. 376,394. Patented Jan. 10, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT (OFFICE.

WILBUR F. OSBORNE, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

BUSTLE.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 376,394, dated January 10, 1888.

' Application filed September 19, 1887. Serial No) 250,066. (No model.)

.T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUR F. Osi3oasn, of Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Bustles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accoxnpanying drawings and the letters of ref erence marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view of the bustle complete; Fig. 2, a front view of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same, showing the spring; Fig. 4, the blank for the one part, I, of the clip; Fig. 5, the blank for the other part, K, of the clip; Fig. 6, an edge view of the clip, showing it as applied and enlarged; Fig. 7, a side view of the clip as applied, enlarged; Fig. 8, one of the bustle-spriugs detached; Fig. 9, a modification of the bustle-spring; Fig. 10, a m'odificatioh; Fig. 11, a modification showing the invention as adapted to different styles of bdstle.

This invention relates to ah improvement in that class of bustles which are made from sev eral U-shaped elastic bows, the ends respectively united at a common center, and so that they may swing toward or from each other to bring them accordingly into a collapsed or expanded form, and so that as the wearer sits the bustle will collapse against the body, but

, expand to its normal position immediately on My invention relates to a peculiar distending-spring which permits the collapse of the bustle, but reacts, when free, to expand it.

The bustle, as common in this class of bustles, is made of several U -shaped bows, A, B, C, D, and E, more or less. The bows are made from flat.wire, and the several ends at each side are brought together to a common pvot, a, where they are joined, and so that they may turn thereon toward or from each other, and the several bows are connected by a flexible tape, F, or otherwise. The how A is the how which stands next the body, and is provided with the usual strap or band, G, by which it is secured around the body.

To give a -loearing upon the body broader than the edge of the how A would otherwise give, I apply to each side of the body-how A. a bearing-piece, H, which are flat pieces of metal or any suitable material, and may be the same as that from which the bows are made,

and these bearing-pieces are secnred to the how A by clips of peculiar construction. The clips are made in two parts, blanks for which are represented in Figs. 4 and 5. The parts are both made from sheet metal. The one part, I, is in the shape of a cross, the two longer arms b b having a like hole, d, at the end. The other arms, e e, extend at right angles thereto, or nearly so, and should be no more in length than half the Width of the second part, K, of the clip. The second part, K, is simply a flat strip of metal, in length somewhat less than twice the Width of the bearing pieces H. The two longer arms of the clip are bent toward each other, and so that they may be set onto the vertical how A, as seen in Figs. 6 and 7, the holes d d corresponding, and so that an eyelet may be introduced through the said holes and through the upright as a means of secnring the clip to the how A.

The part K is set upon the under or reverse side of the part I, and the arms e are turned back and closed upon the part K, as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7, which firmly unites the two parts of the clip and holds the part H in a plano substantially at right angles to the plano of the two arms b b. The part K is bent around the part H and closed thereon, as seen in Fi g. 6. This firmly unites the bearing-piece H to the vertical how A. Two or more such clips may be employed, as represented in Fig. 1. These clips may be made as articles of manufacture and sold independent of the bustle, to be applied by manufacturers of bustles. The bearing-pieces are applicable to various styles of bustles having a vertical how against the body.

A spring is desirable to distend the bustle and hold. it in that condition, yet yield to the collapse or contraction of the bustle. The spring which I have devised for this purpose is of V shape, made from wire, fg, Fig. 8, representing the two legs. At the apex h one or more convolutions are preferably introduced into the wire, so as to form an eye or loop, and in each of the free ends of the two legs a TOO loop, i, is formed by bcnding the wire back 1 to contract the spring. Then the reaction of upon itself. One of these springs is applied to each side of the bustle, and, preferably, upon the inside. The apex of the spring is fixed to one of the intermediate bowssay C, as seen in Fig. Sby any suitable pvotthrough the how and loop of the spring. The legs extend one,f, toward the arm A, where its loop embraces a stud, Z, and the other leg, g, extends, say, to the lower how, E, where its loop embraces a stud, m. These loops allow longitudinal play of the legs of the spring, and so that as the bustle is eollapsed, as indicatcd in broken lines, Fig. 3, the two logs of the spring will be brought nearer together, the loops sliding over their respective studs to permit such movement. Then, when left free, the spring rcacts and throws the bows A E asnnder, and the several bows, being connected, are correspondiugly distended.

Instead of attaching the springs to the bows with loops at the free ends of the legs of the spring and the pvot at the apex, the lcgsn1ay terminate iu a short loop, a, (see Fig. 9,) and the apex made in the form of a loop, r, which will embrace an intcrmediate howsay C and so as to slide thercon. The loops a n being respcctively secured to a pvot on the extreme bows A E, the action of the spring will -be the same as before, except that now the loop 7' of the spring will slide upon the central how, while the two ends will be fixed; or the spring may be made with a loop at its apcx and at both ends, as seen in Fig. 10-the loop at the apex arranged to slide upon the intermediate how and the loops at the ends to slide on the pivots. The collapse in any case brings the ends of the springs nearer together, so as the spring cxpands the bnstle.

I have represented the bustle as of that class having all the bows terminating at a pvot common to all; but it will be understood that the same spring is applcable to other bustles in which the bows are pivoted separately to the body-pieces, as in Fig. 11. My invention is therefore not to be nnderstood as limited to any particular class of bustlcs.

I claim The hcreixrdcscribed clip, consisting of the one part, I, in the form of a cross, the two arms b b ol' the cross turned toward each other and brought into substantially parallel planes, the second part, K, arranged upon the reverse side of the part I, and the other two arms, c e, of the part I closed upon the said part K, and so as to secure the said part K to the part I in a plane at rightangles to the plane of the said arms Z) b, substantially as described.

2. A bustle consisting of several bows pivoted by their ends to a body-how, combined with a V-shapcd spring, its two legs connected to two of the bows, which said two bows are thcmselveshinged together between the points of connection of the two logs of said spring, and the apex of the said spring connected to a bow intermediate or between the said two bows to which the legs are connected, the said spring being constructed at its ends with loops to form said connections, substantially as described.

W. F. OSBORNE.

\Vitnesses:

E. C. Dnnw, A. T. TERRELL.

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