US64530A - Edward deuckbb - Google Patents

Description

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD DRUCKER, ci' Iaris, in the Empire of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Corsets and other similar articles; and I do hereby declare thatv tho following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled 'in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one of my corsets closed.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same when opened. I Y

vFigure 3 is an elevation of the three parts which compose each halt' of my corset, showing their form before they are united.

Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 are sectional views of various seams which may be used in uniting the several parts of my corset. I y

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of corsets in which the usual gores are dispensed with vby causing the seams uniting the dil'erent parts ofwhich the corset is composed to run transversely instead of up and down; and it consists in forming the corset of two ormore sections, united by an intermediate section, having an outline and configuration substantially such as is hereafter described, by which means a-corset is obtained which will adapt itseli"more readily to the formation of the body of the wearer, and consequently can be worn with more ease and convenience than any others with'which I am acquainted, and with much greater ease than those kinds of corsets in which either the longitudinal transverse seam runs horizontally, or nearly so, through the centre of the waist, or in which the horizontal or nearly horizontal transverse seams merely provide the slight degree of adaptation to the body of the wearer which will be furnished by making such horizontal or nearly horizontal seams of an undulated or corrugated shape.

My corset is composed of two halves, A. A', each of which is formed of three pieces or sections, a b c, of

canvas or other suitable material, which are cut ont in the shape as shown in fig. 3. The edges of these sections are curved in such a manner that the same, when they are united, will form a corset which, as already stated, adapts itseli` readily to the formation of the body, and, at the same time, the use of gores or other additional pieces can be dispensed with. The seams of my corset, instead of running up and down, run,- as will be seen, across or round the body of the person wearingr said corset; and strips of whalebone or other suitable material inserted in the proper places vserve to keep the same in the proper shape. The seams which unite the several sections d b c can be made in various diierent ways, either as shown in tig. 4, or 5, or 7, which require-no further explanation. It must' also be remarked that I do not wish to confine myself` to the precise number of sections shown in the drawing, but reserve the right to use two or more sections, as I may think prosper, the distinguishing feature of the present invention. being that its transverse seams run in a direction and have an outline and configuration substantially suchas is shown in the drawing, whereby the intermediate section uniting the other' sections of which the corset is composed is made to present a wider space between the seams towards the front of the corset than at other points, and therefore somewhat resembles the shape oi' the old-fashioned boddice formerly Worn.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improvement in corsets of the class in which the scams run transversely instead of up and down, suchimproved corset or other similar article being made of two or more sections united by an intermediate section,

having substantially the outline and configuration shown and described. Y

i EDWARD DRUCKER.

Witnesses:

ED. LARUAZ, 3 bis Rue de Rivoli, Pars. Tn. -SCHWARZENEERG GATILIN 2 Rue dAv/tm'se, Pars.

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