Measuring corset assembly for tailors' shops

Claim 1

ADJUSTABLE CORSET ASSEMBLY FOR TAILORS'' SHOPS, ADAPTED TO BE TRIED ON A CUSTOMER''S BODY TO DETERMINE THE ALTERATIONS TO BE MADE ON A NORMAL GARMENT OUTLINE, TO BE TRACED ON A CLOTH BY MEANS OF A PATTERN CORRESPONDING TO SAID CORSET ASSEMBLY IN ITS NORMAL STATE, SAID CORSET ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, ON THE ONE HAND A CORSET HAVING A REAR PORTION AND TWO FRONT PORTIONS, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, A NECK AND SHOULDER HARNESS; SAID HARNESS COMPRISING: A NECK AND SHOULDER BAND HAVING A MIDDLE BAND PORTION ADAPTED TO SURROUND THE REAR PART OF THE NECK AND TWO SIDE BAND PORTIONS ADAPTED TO COVER THE UPPER SIDE OF THE SHOULDERS OF THE PERSON FOR WHOM THE GARMENT IS BEING MADE, TWO PLIANT INNER FRONT MEASURING STRIPS ARTICULATED TO THE INNER ENDS OF SAID SIDE BAND PORTIONS AND ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED TO THE INNER UPPER EDGES OF SAID FRONT PORTIONS OF THE CORSET, RESPECTIVELY, TWO PLIANT OUTER FRONT MEASURING STRIPS ARTICULATED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID SIDE BAND PORTIONS AND FREELY HANGING AGAINST THE UPPER PARTS OF SAID FRONT PORTIONS OF THE CORSET, TWO PLIANT OUTER REAR MEASURING STRIPS ARTICULATED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID SIDE BAND PORTIONS AND ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO THE OUTER ENDS OF THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR PORTIONS OF THE CORSET, AND A PLIANT MIDDLE REAR MEASURING STRIP ARTICULATED TO THE MIDDLE OF SAID NECK BAND AND THE MIDDLE TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR PORTION OF THE CORSET.