US1102596A - Adjustable garment-form. - Google Patents

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ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1914.

Application filed November as, 1912. Serial No. 733,252.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, ISAAC LEVIN, a c tizen of the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Gar-- ment-Forms, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in garment-forms and has for an object to provide a form of this character that can be adjusted to suit the configuration of various female forms, not only as to waist, hip and bust measurements, but also to conform to various abnormal formations, such asunusuall large hips, abdomens, buttocks, shoul er enlargements or the like. To adapt theform for adjustment at the waist, hip, bust and other portions thereof, I form the same out of sections which are 'adjustably connected together, each of said sections being formed out of a plurality of blocks which are connected by a pliable element that can be forced, by a slight pressure, outwardly or inwardly to cause the sections to assume a formation out of the ordinary.

A further feature of my invention is a special means for adjusting the form vertically on the support therefor, the said means being preferably operated by the foot and located on the base portion of the sup ort for the form. In connection with the orm I prefer to employ a foldable skirt portion, so that the whole form can be collapsed and greatly reduced in height and easily packed in a cabinet. To render the hip and bust portions of the form readily adjustable relatively to each other, I preferably connect the same so that they can be moved vertically relative to each other, that is to say, I provide a waist-section to which the hip portion is hinged, the bust portion being connected to the waist section by vertically movable rods.

My invention comprises other details of improvement and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

I will now proceed to describe my inventhere tion in detail, the novel features of which I Wlll point out in the appended claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved bust-form; Fig. 2 is a. perspective view showingthe form collapsed and placed in a cabinet; Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical,

sectional view of the form, the section being taken on a line oa in Fig. 1 certain parts being shown in elevation; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper end of the support for the form; 'Flg '5 is an enlarged detail view, partly in sec tion, of the adjusting arms for the lower end of the hip portion; Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan .view of the supporting plate or; F i .7 is an enlarged lan view of the hip portlon of the form; liig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of one of the hip-portion sections and attached waistband section; Fig.. 9 is an enlarged detail rear view of two of the form sections; Fig. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary detail end view of two of the form sections; Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of one of the sections showin the manner-of connecting the blocks to t e pliable strips and also howing another manner of forming the blocks; Flg. 12 is a detail view showing how the pliable strips can.be curved or forced out of the normal position; Fig. 13 is a side view of the form, partly broken away, to show the support therefor, the form being shown diagrammatically; Fig. 14 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the releasable clamp for the dress-form support; Fig. 15 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 16 is an elevation thereof; Figs. 17, 18 and 19 'are diagrammatic views i lustratingsome of the various shapes which the form can be caused to assume.

Referring now to the drawings, my improved dress-form comprises a torso-portion A and a skirt. portion B, both of which are adjustably-connected together and mounted upon a supporting means C. The torsoportion of my improved form comprises a ust-portion 1 and a hip-portion The bust-portion is made up of a plurality of sections (in this instance eight) four of which are indicated by 3 and represent the shoulder element; the remaining four, indicated by 4, are the chest and back elements or members. The hip-portion 2 is made up (in this instance) of eight members, four ofwhich are indicated by 5 and represent the front and back hip members, while 6 indicates the abdominal and buttock members,

8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), which is .pliable so that the sections can be forced out of t eir normal position as shown in Fi .12, and by the dotted lines 9 in Fig. 3. T e element 8 may be made out of lead, a composite metal,

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able element or strips 8, I employ m'thisor any structure that is pliable, or that can be forced to assume and retain diflerent To secure the blocks 7 to the pliinstance, rivets (10) (Fig. 11) and behind that head of the rivet 10 which is adjacent .the strips-8, I place a washer 11 having a spherical face 12 which permits the strips 8 to bend freely between the points of securement to the blocks 7. If desirable the blocks 7 can be rounded as at 13.

A further element of my improved form is a waist portion comprising apluralit-y of sections 14 (see Fig. 7) there bemg a waist section 14 for every hip section. Each waist section 14 carries hinge-jaw members 15 between which the eye 16 of a hasp member 17, on an adjacent hip section is pivoted. Each waist section 14 carries. 'a'j' bracket 18 provided with an opening 19 through which a rod 20, carried by an adjacent bust portion section, freely passes. end of each rod 20 is pivotally connected at 21 to its bust-section. By hinging the bustsections and hip-sections together, as above described, I am ableto obtain adjustments which are not possible with the ordinary adjustable. garment-forms. For instance, the diameter of'the lower end of the hip portion can be changed without changingthe dimensions at .the waist-line. In other words, any of the hip-sections can be moved outwardly or inwardly independently of each other, or all of them can be so moved at the lower end thereof by the manipulation of adjusting elements or radial arms 22 see Figs. 3 and 5) which I will now describe. Each radially movable arm 22' is secured at one end thereof to a plate 23 carried by.

a rod 242, which comprises one of the supporting elements for the form. The outer end of each element 22 is pivotally secured at 25 to a hip section. The radially movable arms 22 consist (in this instance) of two members 26 and 27, each of which is provided with teeth 28. The member 27 The upper carrying teeth 33- which engage the teeth 34 of a hub 35 on the plate 23. A spring 36.-keeps the teeth 33 and 34 normally in engagement. To keep the teeth 28 on the members 26 and 27 normally in engagement,v

I provide a block 37 which straddles the members 26 and 27 and which is secured to the members 27, at 38 as shown. To keep the said teeth 28 in engagement, I preferably employ a leaf-spring 39' which bears 1 upon the member 26 and tends to draw the said members 26 and 27 together, whereby the teeth 28' are held'in engagement. The spring 39 is secured to a support 40 carried by'the block 37. Should a hip-section be pulled out, or pushed in, the teeth 28 will jump, whereby the proper adjustment'radially can be obtained. Should the required adjustment be greater than the limits of the members 26 and 27 will permit, the rod 29 can be adjusted by releasing the setscrew 30. The above described adjusting.

element'22 can be moved inwardly or outwardly and will automatically lock itself in the adjusted position. to move 7 the adjustable element radially with respect to the other adjacent elements of a like character, that is to say, should I desire to move .a hip-section sidewise in.

order to center-it withrespect to the adjacent sections, I; would move the said section to the right-or left, thereby causing the" Should I desire teeth 33 and 34- to jump and settle in the.

adjusted position, 'in which position they will'remain by 'virtueof the pressure of the spring 36. It will be evident that by reason of the hinged connection of the hip-sections toxthe'waist-section and by reason of the nature of the adjustable bracing elements or arms 22, I am able to obtain most any adjustment of the hip-portion'that can be desired, and it should be remembered that the adjustments above described are possible without in anyway changing the waist dimensions of the form, and furthermore the said adjustments can be obtained under normal conditions without placing the hands within the form. The only time that it will be necessarv to place the hands within the form will be when the adjustment required is abnormal, at which time the rod 29 will have to be moved in the member 27. Such instances will, however, be rare.

I will'now describe a further feature ofmy invention, referring again to the hipportion. Asthe human'form is subject to mean variation, it becomes necessary to provide a form with some means whereby such variations can be met. While there may be, and in fact .is,.- a standard measurement for the perfect form, such 'erfect forms are somewhat rare. While it lsa comparatively sim le ,matterto construct a garment form wit adjustable elements adapted to change the dimensions of the form to meet those of the so-called perfect human forms, it is not a simple matter, and I may say it has heretofore been impossible, so far as known to me, to change the curvesuof such garment forms to meet the configurations of those human forms which are not perfect with any degree of exactitude. To adapt the form to be changed to meet the above conditions is one of the important features of my invention. In order to change the contour or lines of the hip rtion, "I have constructed or built up the sections thereof out of the pliably connected or assembled blocks 7 hereinbefore referred to. Should I desire to increase the hip. contour of the form, as shown in Fig. 17 I would simply force the necessary sections outwardlyat the point where the enlargement is to be produced. The pliable strips 8 permit the sections to yield at whatever point the pres-.

sure is applied. After having been manipulated, the altered section or sections will.

remain in the changed or adjusted positions, due to the fact that the supporting elements therefor are pliable and not. elastic or' yieldable.

To sum up my improvement, as applied to the hipportion, I have a hip portion which,

can be enlarger or reduced in d1ameter,atthe lower end thereof, at the same time retain-I ing the general contour, without changing the .waist measurement.

I can also change,

the contour of the said hip portion With-5 out changing any of the diametrical dimensions, or I can do both.

can be changed at will. It will of course, be

apparent that I can change the contour of both the bust and hip portions if I so desire, as "shown in Figs. 18 and 19, to increase the abdominal lines, or the lines of the buttocks, or both. V

Further adjustments of my improved form involve the coiiperation of the support 0. While the manipulation of the devices which are employed to increase the dimensions of the hip and neck portions,'and the devices themselves generally are set forth in my previous U. S. Patent No. 905,334 of Dec. 1, 1908, I will refer to themsufliciently for a more complete understanding of my present invention.

By referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the "element or rod 24 of the support 0 has secured thereto a'sleeve 42 rovi ed with right andleft thread 43 an 44, the said threads ,having in engagement therewith nuts 45 and 46, respectively, which by means of radial rods 47 and 48, are connected to the hip-sections. Adjacent'the upper end of 5 the rod 24, I locate a longitudinally movable sleeve 49 threads 50 and51 which actuate nuts 52 and provided with right and left 53, respectively, which by means of radial rods 54, are connected to the neck sections 55. The rod 24 also carries a spring 56 which, at the lower end thereof, rests upon a fixed plate 57. The upper end of the ;spring,56 ,tends to force the sleeve 49 upwardly, but 'a hand-wheel 58 acts to prevent the upward movement of the said sleeve,

unless the said hand-wheel is actuated for the accomplishment of such movement. To

i alterthe hip dimension of the form the rod will-be rotated by means of the handiwheel 59, at which time the threaded sleeve 42 will cause the nuts 45 and 46'to approach 1 or recede from eachother. To alter the di- ;mensions of the neck the sleeve 49 will be ;rotated by means of the handle 60, which is 1 secured to said will be manipulated. To shorten the waistline, the said hand-wheel will be screwed idownwardly on the threaded portion 61 of the rod 24, which movement will force the bust-portion downwardly against the ten- :sion of the spring 56, To lengthen the Waist-line the hand-wheel 58 will be screwed upwardly, thereby allowing the reacting spring 56 to force the bust-portion up- ,wardly. Whether the bust-portion moves ,upwardly or downwardly, the'pivotal rods :20, carried by the bust-portion, will move gfreely in the brackets 18 of the waist-sec- Ztions 14. The hand-wheel 58 can be locked iagainst movement by the nut 61*.

. I desire to call the attention of those whom it may concern to this feature of my imiprovement, namely, that the bust and hip.

portions are not dlrectly connected together, that is to say, the bust-portion is not by any medium rendered movably connected to the hip portion, but is connected to a waist-section which in turn is, by an entirely separate medium, both in operation and structure connected to the hip section; Therefore, the said bust and hip sections canbe readily ad- 'justed independently of each other.

j I will now proceed to describe my special means for automatically releasing the connectionbetween the supporting-rod 24, for the form, and the frame or socket which in turn retains the said rod. In describing this latter device, Figs. 13, 14, 15 and 16 will be referred to. The function of the above mentioned device is to enable an operator'to fautomatically'release the connection between- To lengthen. or

the rod and support therefor, so that both tubular-support or socket (32 which retains tlie'rod24g, is provided with a locking mechanisnr63. The locking mechanism 63 (see Fig. 14) consists of a movable table 64 to which is securedthe upper end of a link 65, the lower end of which is connected to .a pedal '66' pivotally secured to the base 67 of the supporting device 0. The table 64 is longitudinally movable upon a, thimble 68 secured to the upper end of the tubular support 62 A key 69 is provided to prevent the rotation of the table 64 on the thimble (ESL In the thimble 68 I rotatably mount a bushing 70, to the upper end of which is secured a collar 71. The collar 71 prevents the bushing 70 from being withdrawn from the thimble 68, but does not prevent the rotation thereof. As can be seen in Fig. 14, the rod 2* passes through the bushing 70 and is secured thereto by means of a threaded spindle 72, which passes through one wall of the collar 71 and bushing 70. The outer end' of the spindle 72 carries an arm 73 against which the table will strike when said table is raised by the depression of the pedal 66. A spring 74 restores the pedal andtable after the'actuation thereof. The spindle v72 is kept in contact with the rod 24 by a spring 75. Should I desire to raise'or lower the form, I would depress the pedal 66, thereby-raising the table (54, which movement would swing the lever 73, whereby the spindle 72 would move away from the rod 24, permitting the form to be raised or lowered. Upon the release of the pedal the table would lower, thereby permitting the spring 75 to rotate the spindle 72 and causeit to again press against the rod 24, thereby locking the same in the adjusted position. Should the form be rotated, the bushing will rotate with it. v

The foldable shirtportion B preferably employed'in .connection with my improved garment-form consists of the band members 76, adjustably connected as at 77 (Fig. 1) and the vertical strip members 78, whichare pivot-ally secured to the band members as at 7 9, the skirt portion being adapted for folding as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be noted thatthe strips 8 used in my garment-form are shaped into a frame normally conforming to the configuration of a standard figure, and to these strips the blocks 7 are secured to complete the form.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure .by Letters Patcut is:

1. A garment-form comprising a bustportion consisting of a plurality of sections curedto said pliable element independently of each other, and means for adjustably con necting. saidsectlons. I r 2. A. garment form comprlsing' a bustportion consisting of a plurality of sections,

sections, an independent waist-portion consisting of a plurality of sectlons, a pivotal oint connecting each hip-section with an adjacent waist-section, a rod pivotally connected toeach bust-section, and means carried by each waist-section adapted to engage an adjacent rod.

3. A garment-form comprising a plural ity of bust-sections, a-plurality of hip-sections, and a I plurality of waist-sections, means forpivotally connecting each hip-section with an adjacent waist-section, and meansfor pivotally mounting said bust-sections on said waist-sections.

4:. In combination, a garment-form, a sup-- port therefor, a retainer for said support, a

base for said retainer, a threaded spindle carried by said retainer adaptedto impinge upon said support, and means carried by said base adapted to actuate said spindle.

5. In combination, a garment-form, a support therefor, a retainer for said support, a base for said retainer, a threaded spindle carried by said retainer, an arm carried by said spindle, a vertically movable table adapted to actuate said arm, and means carried by said base adapted to actuate said table.

, 6. In combination, a garment-form, a support therefor, a retainer for said support, a base for said retainer, a threaded spindle carried by said retainer, an arm carried by said spindle, a vertically movable table.

adapted to actuate said arm, a pedal carried by said base, and a link connecting said table and-said pedal.

7. A garment-form, comprising a plural-- ity of bust-sections, a plurality of waist-sections and a plurality of hip-sections hinged to said Waist-sections, a bracket carried by each of said waist-sections, and a rod pivotally secured at its upper end, to each of said bust-sections and adapted to slidably engage a bracket on an adjacent waist-section.

8. A garment-form consisting of a plurality of sections adjustably connected, each section consisting of a plurality of juxtaposed blocks arranged in parallelism, and a pliable element connecting said blocks.

9. A arment form consisting of a pluyieldably connected blocks arranged in parallelism.

"a. hip portion also comprising a plurality of vrality 0 sections, each section consistin of a plurality of juxtaposed separated ahned 10. A garment-form comprising sections connecting the blocks and the pliable elemade up of a plurality of rigid blocks conment. 10 nected together in parallelism with pliable Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 22 strips. day of November, 1912.

11. A garment-form comprising a plu- ISAAC LEVIN. rality of separated rounded juxtaposed Witnesses: ri id blocks, a pliable element connecting EDWARD A. JARVIS,

said blocks in parallelism, and means for MA RICE BLOCK.

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