US405695A - Bustle - Google Patents

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A. OATHA N. BUSTLR No. 405,695. Patented June 2.5, 1889.

WITNESSES N. PETERS, FlmlmLllhngraphnr, Washington. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO OATHAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,695, dated June 25, 1889.

Application filed September 12, 1887. Serial No. 249,443. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO OATHAN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, 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 pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bustles; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved bustle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the cloth covering removed from the sides to show more clearly the joints of the wire. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the bustle collapsed. Fig. 4 shows the cloth covering along the sides of the finished bustle. Fig. 5 is a plan of the frame detached.

A four-sided rigid frame is had for the bustle, (shown more clearly in Fig. 5,) the said frame consisting of a wire A, bent substalr tially as shown, and connected with a metal strap B. The wire A has loops A, through which the ends of the strap B are passed, these ends being bent back and riveted at b. The wire A has loops a, for pivotally attaching the different bows O, and has a loop a, located midway of the lower end of the frame, for attaching the spring D. The different bows C have loops 0 made at the end thereof, that hook in the loops at of the frame, thus forming a pivotal connection. To the central part of the different bows is attached a connecting-web of cloth or other suitable material E, the latter being also secured to the central part of strap B. Each bow is offset inward at the center, where the web .E is attached, the shoulders e at such offset preventing the web from. moving endwise on the how. The length of the web E and the different points Where it is attached to the respective bows allows the latter, when the bustle is dis tended, to assume the proper positioinsubstantially as shown in Fig. 2. l.

The springD is attached to the loop a and to the center of the lower bow. It will be ob-- served that the loop a, to which the one end of the spring is attached, is considerably below the line of the loop a, to which the lower bow is pivoted, and consequently the tension of the spring holds the bustle in its normal or distended position.

When the wearer sits down, the bustle by coming in contact with the seat is collapsed or the bows moved upward to the position shown in Fig. Such collapsing of the bus tle of course elongates the spring. Then the pressure is removed from the bustle, the tension of the spring automatically is turned from the bustle to its normal or distended position. The strips of cloth F are made to cover the sides of the frame and pivotal loops. These strips of cloth are of some width, and along their opposing edges are provided with eyelets and lacin g f. By tightening or loosening the lacing the bustle is made to fit the person.

A belt Gr is had for securing the bustle to the person in the usual manner, and the belt is usually made broad enough to wrap around the strap B, to serve as a cover for the latter.

What I claim is- In a bustle, the combination of a wire frame comprising parallel side bars, a lower crossbar connecting the lower ends of said parallel side bars at right angles thereto and an upper cross-bar connecting said side bars near their upper ends and extending at right angles to said side bars, said frame having eyes at intervals along the side bars integral therewith, a series of spring-bows hinged to said eyes, the pivotal points of the lowermost springbow being above the plane of thelower cross bar, a flexible strip connected at its upper end to the upper cross-bar and at intervals along its length to said hinged spring-bows, and a contractile spring connected at one end to the lower spring-bow and at the other end to the lower cross-bar of said frame.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of June, 1887.

ALONZO CATHAN.

\Vitnesses:

OHAs. H. Donna, ALBERT E. LYNCH.

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