US1001159A - Skirt-gage. - Google Patents

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E. NIELSEN.

SKIRT GAGE. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1910.

1,001,159. Patnted Aug. 22, 1911.

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SKIRT-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed July 25, 1910.

Serial No. 573,819.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH NIELSEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-- Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for use in dress-making, for the purpose of gaging and marking the length of a skirt.

The object of the invention is to produce a skirt-gage of simple and convenient form, which shall hold the bottom of the skirt securely in natural position, while permitting the material of the skirt to be conveniently and accurately marked to indicate the proper length.

To this end the invention comprises a skirt-gage having, among other novel and useful features of construction, two hoopshaped members of different diameters adapted to be adjusted vertically and to confine the material of the skirt in natural position between them, one of these members serving conveniently as a guide for a marking pencil, while the other member serves as a support for the material while it is being marked.

Other features of the invention will be set forth in connection with the following description of the illustrated embodiment of the invention.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of a skirt-gage embodying the present invention.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the outer gage member, or guide, 1 is in the form of a hoop of sheet-metal, or other suitable material, and the inner member, or support, 2 is similar in form and construction, but of less diameter than the member 1. The latter is provided with three clamps 4 in which are set'screws 5, and by these means the member 1 is supported upon three uprights 3, being movable thereon, when the set-screws 5 are loosened, to permit vertical adjustment of the gagemember. To assist in this adjustment the outer surfaces of the uprights 3 are graduated, as shown in the drawing.

The inner gage-member 2 is mounted upon uprights 6, being adjustably secured thereto by clamps and set-screws similar to those used in connection with the outer member 1.

The uprights 3 and '6 are connected together in pairs, by horizontal portions 7, and may be, in fact, formed integral therewith, as shown. To support all the uprights in proper position, they are connected together by a hoop 8. This hoop-is secured to the uprights by means of screws 9 and wing-nuts 10, so that when the device is not inuse the uprights may be readily removed from the hoops to permit the parts to be packed or stored in compact form.

When the device above described is in use the person or model for whom the skirt is to be gaged stands within the hoops, with the toes against the hoop 8, which latter thus serves as an abutment to determine the proper position of the device with respect to the model. The material of the skirt then hangs between the two members 1 and 2, the space between these members, due to their different diameters, being such as to permit the material to hang naturally. The outer member 1 is then adjusted to the height above the floor at which the lower edge of the skirt is to hang, and the inner member 2 is then adjusted somewhat higher than the outer member, so that its outer surface will constitutean abutment or support opposite the upper edge of the outer member. By means of a pencil or chalk the material of the skirt is then marked, using the upper edge of the outer member 1 as a guide, while the material is supported against the outer surface of the inner member 2.

I claim 1. A skirt-gage comprising substantially rigid inner and outer annular members of different diameters fixedly spaced apart so as to allow the skirt to hang loosely between them, and means for supporting said members independently with provision. for vertical adjustment thereof.

2. A skirt-gage comprising a set of uprights, an outer annular member supported and vertically adjustable thereon, a second set of uprights, an inner annular member mounted and vertically adjustable thereon, and means fixed to the uprights and located beneath the inner member so as to constitute an abutment to engage the toes of the model and locate the skirt-gage.

3. A skirt-gage comprlsing a plurality of V U-shaped supports each having two vertical members, a hoop connecting, and removably attached to, the inner vertical members of said supports, and an inner and an outer annular gage member supported, and vertically ad ustable upon, said vertical members, respectively.

4:. A skirt-gage comprising inner and outer annular members of different diameters adapted to receive the skirt'betvveen them, means for supporting said members independently With provision for vertical adjustment thereof, and an annular abutment arranged beneath said members and fixed to said supporting means, the abutment being adapted to engage the toes of the model to locate the skirt-gage With respect thereto.

5. A skirt-gage comprising an inner annular substantially rigid member, an outer annular substantially rigid member of greater diameter, an inner set of uprights supporting said inner member With provision for vertical adjustment thereof, and an outer set of uprights connected with said inner set at the lower ends only of the uprights and supporting said outer annular member With provision for Vertical adjustment thereof.

ELIZABETH NIELSEN.

Witnesses D. GURNEE, FARNUM F. DORSEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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