No, 741,184. PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903, H. H, TAYLOR. BUSTLE, APPLLOATION FILED AUG. 7, 1908 INveNToR AA Sey lor — ike: oe se15 25 30 35 40 so Wo, 741,184, Unrrep STATEs Patented October 15, 1908, PaTENT OFFICE HENRY H. TAYLOR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. BUSTLE. SPECIFICATION forming part of Lottors Patent No, 741,184, dated Ootober 1, 1008. Applcntin Sle Angst 72008, Sia No, 168,000, Co odsld To all whom it may concern: Beit known that I, Henry H.Tavton, aciti- zen of tho United States, residing at Bridge- port, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles; and T do hereby declare the following tobea full, clear, and exact deseription of the invention, suck aswillenableothersskilled in the art to whieh it apportaing to make and nse the same. My invention relates to certain Improve- menis in bustles, and has for its object to provide avery simple and economical device Of this charactor which shall readily adjust itself to th person of the wearer; and with ‘these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction, such as will be hereinafter fally sot forth and then spe- cifically designated by the elaims. Tn the accompanying drawings, whieh form a part of this application, Figure 1 is an ele- vation of an approved form of bustle con- structed In accordance with my improvement, Figs, 2and 3are elevations showing slightly- modified forms of my improvement, and Fig. 4issectional elevation at the linew. of Fig. 1. Similar numbers of referenee denote like paris in the several figures of the drawings. ‘My improved bustle is made by stitching togethor two pieces of sheet-cotton wadding with an Intermediate stufing of loose eotton, curled hair, or the like. 112 represent the eotton-wadding sheets, and 3 tho intermediate stufiing. ‘The bustleis made of any approved shape and fs finished with a waistband 4 at the top in the usual manner. ‘Phe manner of stitehing together the sheets of cotton wadding is quite important, since the stitches must be laid in such a manner as not to interfere with the stretehing of the ‘bustle, Referring to Vig. 1, 5 represents stitches, which extend radially from a eommon cen: ter and which converge toward tho middle of the waistband and diverge to the periphery. of tho bustle. Tt will be readily understood ‘that this style of stitehing will permit of the streteliing of the bustle and that a series of parallel rowsof stitchingextending vertically between the waistband and the outside of the ‘Dustle would not answor the purposes of my invention, because such stitching wonld hold the bustle firmly. In order to make the bustle a little more substantial, I prefer to lay eoncentrie rows of stitehes, as’seon at and 7, and it will be Glear that such stitebes will’ not materially interfere with the stretehing of the bustle. In Big. 21 have shown a modifeation of my improvement in which I have dispensed ‘with the radial Iines of stitehing but have re- tained concentrie rows of stitehes § 9, these rows of stitehes being preferably interrupted at their central portions by two vertical rows of stitches 10 11, which extend from the in- ner concentric stitches 8 to the outside of the bustle, ‘While a bustle made as is shown at Fig. 2 is not eapable of stretching as uniformly as the bustle made at Fig. 1, nevertheless there isno great difference between these two styles of bustles, since neither the radial nor the eoneentrie stitching militates against such stretching. In Fig. 3 1 have shown a modified form of Dastle like that shown at Fig. 1, except that the concentrie rows of stitehing are dispensed swith, Inothor words, the construction shown, at Figs, 2 and 3 Is like that shown at Fig. 1, except that in Fig. 2 the radial stitohing is Gispensed with, while in the construction shown at Fig. 3 thore are no concentric rows of stitches, prefer to make the outside coverings of the bustle from some sich substance as sheet- cotton wadding, beeauso this will streteh and adapt itself to the form of the wearer very readily; but it will of course be clear that T ean use any material that isnot woven, since ‘a Woven material will hold its shape and will not stretch unless under considerable ten- jon, Of course there is practically no ten- ion whatever on the bustle when the same is used, and I must use a material for the outside of the bustle which will readily yield and adapt itself to the form of the wearer an der such pressure as would be afforded by the clothing of the wearer. Tean therofore utll- ize for an outside covering any non-textile material, such as soft felt, and therefore I do not wish’ to be limited in'this respect except to the employment of a non-textile material. Having thus deseribed my invention, what 5s be 7° 80 85 9°2 Telaim as now, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is— 1. A’bustle comprising outside coverings of non-textile material with an intermediate stuffing, and a waistband at the top of the bustle, said coverings being held in place by rows of stitehing whieh diverge from the ecn- ter of tho waistband to tho periphery of the Dastle, substantially as set forth. 2. A bustle comprising outside coverings of non-textile material, and a waistband se- cured to the upper edge of the bustle, said 741,184 coverings being secured together by rows of stitehes which diverge from the middle of the ‘waistband to the periphery of the bustle and also by concontrie rows of stitching which interseot the first-named rows, substantially as set forth. Tn testimony whereof I aflix my signature in prosence of two wiluosses. HENRY H. TAYLOR. ‘Witnesses: F. W. Sata, Jr., MM. T. LonepEn.