US1143478A - Measuring-stick. - Google Patents

Description

M. l- ZOFNES'S.

MEASURING STICK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-24. 1914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

llllllllllllll lll'llll Witnesses Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS C0,. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C,

a re 4i MEASURING-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed November 24, 1914. Serial No. 873,757.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MARTIN I. ZOFNESS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bartlesville, in the county of Washington and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Measuring-Stick, of which the following is a specification. I

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to beemployed for the purpose of taking measurements to determine the length of the inside seam of a pair of trousers from the crotch downwardly.

The invention aims to provide novel means for operatively connecting the upright and the cross arm for relative movement and for holding them against'movement.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 shows the invention in front elevation; Fig.

- 2 is a fragmental rear elevation, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4. is a section on the line al-- 1 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided an upright 1 and a cross arm 2. The upright 1 is graduated as shown at 3, and if desired the cross arm 2 may be graduated as shown at 4. The graduations 4, however, are of minor importance and they may be omitted if desired.

Attached to the cross arm 2 as clearly shown in Fig. 2 is a guide 5 having feet 6 which bear upon one side face of the cross arm 2. The feet 6 of the guide 5 are connected with the cross arm 2 by means of securing elements 7 of any desired sort. It is within the contour of the guide 5 that the upright 1 moves vertically.

In one of its edges, the upright 2 is pro vided with a plurality of teeth 9. Upon the guide 5 is formed an integral lip. 8, adapted to be engaged between any of the teeth 9. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the upright 1 is capable of transverse movement within the guide 5, to the end that the lip 8 may be disposed in and out of engagement with the teeth 9, it being obvious that the lip must be disengaged from the teeth when the upright 1 is raised or lowered.

Fixed to one of the feet 6 of the guide 5 is a U-shaped standard 10 held in place by a securing element 11. The standard 10 carries a pivot element 12 supporting a latch lever 14 having a head 15 adapted to enter an opening 16 in the guide 5, the head 15 being beveled along one edge as shown at 17 to engage with one edge of the upright 1. A spring 18 is held at one end by the securing element 11 and the other end of the spring 18 bears against the latch lever 1 1 to one side of the pivot element 12 so as to maintain the beveled head 15 normally in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In practical operation, the cross arm a is placed in the crotch, and the lever 14: is pressed, so as to withdraw the head 15 from engagement with the upright 1. Thereupon the upright 1 may he slid transversely until the lip 8 no longer is engaged between certain of the teeth 9. Then the upright 1 is slid downwardly in the guide 5 to the de sired extent and until the length of the inseam of the trouser leg has been determined. Then, the latch leverla is released. The beveled head 15 enters the opening 16 and engages one edge of the upright l, the upright 1 being crowded laterally until the lip 8 passes between certain of the teeth 9. Thus, by a single operation, namely the release of the lever 4, the upright l is moved transversely and is interlocked with the cross arm 2.

It is to be observed that one wall 50 of the guide 5 coacts with the teeth carrying edge of the upright l to dispose the cross arm 2 at right angles to the upright, the lip 8 constituting a part of the wall 50.

Although the structure hereinbefore described has been mentioned as of use in determining the length of trouser legs from the crotch downwardly, it is obvious that the structure may be employed for other purposes, such as determining waist lengths.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, an upright; an arm disposed transversely of the upright; a guide on the arm and receiving the upright; and a movable member pivoted on the arm, the movable member having a head which enters within the contour the upright being movable in the guide 1ongitudinally of the arm to disengage the lip from the teeth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN I. ZOFNESS.

Witnesses WV. F. SKAER, JAMES J. Zornnss.

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

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