US1221490A - Adjustable dress-form. - Google Patents

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C. A UFFORD.

- ADJUSTABLE DRESS FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1913.

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ADJUSTABLE DRESS-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

Application filed May 28, 1913. Serial No. 770,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Cinemas A. Urrono, a cit1zen of the United States, res1d1ng at Boston, county of Suflolk, State of Massachulike characters on the drawing representing.

like parts.

This invention relates to adjustable dress forms and has for its principal object to provide a novel construction by which the size and shape of the dress form at different places can be adjusted without affecting the size and shape at other parts and without causing any distortion of the general outline of the form, and also to provide a novel construction by which the skirt portion can be folded up against the body portion when the device is not in use or is to be transported, thus providing a construction which permits the form to be packed in a small compass.

More particularly, the invention relates to novel neck adjustment by which the neck can be expanded or contracted and the shoulder sections raised or lowered without interfering with the adjustment of the neck, to provide a novel construction at the waist of the body portion which permits the waist to be enlarged or reduced without requiring any change of adjustment at the hips or at the shoulder, to provide a novel construc tion for clamping and holding the hip sections in their adjusted position vand to otherwise improve dress forms, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings wherein T have illus rated a selected embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a front view of the body portion of an adjustable dress form having my improvement applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the shoulder portion;

3 is a section on the line U-f1 Fig. 2; is an underside plan view of a portion of the shoulder;

5 is a section through thewaist on the line y Fig. 1.;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line ao Fig. 5;

F 7 is a. section on the line bb, Fig. 1 looking upwardly;

Fig. 8 shows a pair of hip sections with the retaining plates thereto.

Fig. 8, is a top plan view of a pair of hip sections with their positioning plates.

F 9 is a perspective view of one of the retaining plates detached;

Fig. 10 is a front view of the dress form showing in full lines the skirt portion folded up against the body portion and in dotted lines the skirt portion in extended position ready for use;

Fig. 11 is a top plan view of the skirt portion when folded upwardly against the body portion;

Fig. 12 is a section. through the skirt portion on the lino c-c, Fig. 10;

1.3 is a view of a joint in the central supporting rod; which may be used.

Fig. 14L is a sectional view through the neck showing the neck adjustment.

Fig. 15 is an enlarged sectional view on the line c-c Fig. 10 showing one of the con nections between the adjacent skirt sections.

Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 13 showin g another form of joint.

I have shown in Fig. 1 the body portion of an expansible dress form which is di- Vided centrally across the shoulders to pro vide the front and rear halves, which is divided centrally from front to back, as at 1, and vertically at each side of the central division 1 along the lines 2, and horizontally below the bust, as at 3, and also horizontally across the bust, as at 4-, this being a common way of dividing adjustable dress forms. The manner of dividing the form produces front and rear shoulder sections 5 and 6, front and rear neck sections 7 and 8, a plurality of bust sections 9, 10 and a plurality of hip sections 11, 12, 13 and 14. Any suitable means may be employed for holding these various sections of the form in adjusted position relative to each other, and as my invention does not pertain to the means for thus effecting the adjustment of the sections, I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate any such means herein.

The skirt portion of the form is designated generally by 1.00 and I propose to make it of such a construction that it'can be folded up against the body portion thus enabling the entire form to bepacked in a small compass for storage or transportion. To accomplish this I propose to make the skirt portion in a plurality of sections 101, there being one such section for each of the hip sections of the form. These skirt sections are herein shown as each made from paratively small compass. I have herein .provided means for detachably connecting two sidemembers 102 which are suitably connected together at various intervals by Fig. to the full line position in which latter position it lies against the body portion and thus makes a form which can be packed for shipment or storage in a comthe various skirt sections, which means permits the skirt to be expanded or contracted more or less and I will preferably employ I skirt portion.

- tion being provided so that the connecting means which are adapted to hold the skirt sections in their proper relation to each other either in the extended or the folded position. In the construction herein shown each skirt section 101 has secured thereto a slotted connecting member 133 which is adapted to overlie the inner face of the adjacent skirt section and said adjacent skirt section has a clamping bolt 10a secured therein which extends through the slot in the member 103 and carries a clamping nut 105 by which the parts are clamped together. The slotted construction permits the skirt sections to be separated more or less thereby to vary the diameter of the These connecting members 133 are preferably hinged to the skirt sections as shown at 106, this hinged construcmembers may be used for holding the skirt sections in their folded position as shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

When it is desired to fold the skirt portion against the body portion, the clamping nuts 105 are removed from the clamping bolts 104 and then the skirt sections are folded upwardly into the full line position and the hinged connecting members 133 are then connected to the adjacent skirt sections by the clamping bolts 104, as shown in Fig. 11. The hinged connection'106 permits the connecting members to extend substantially parallel 'to the adjacent skirt sections when the'skirt sections are foldedso that said connecting .members do not ex tend out any appreciable distance from the folded skirt section, as would be the case if they were rigid with the skirt sections.

The dress form is sustained on a central supporting rod or standard which rises from .a base 107 as usual in devicesrof this character. The central supporting rod is made in sections which can be taken apart so that when the dress form is folded for storage or transportation, the supporting rod can be readily packed in a small coinpass. In the present construction this supporting rod comprises an upper section 33 which extends up through the body portion of the form and a lower section 108 which is detachably connected to the upper section and also to the base 107. The lower section 108 of the supporting rod may simply be screwed in the base -107 The upper section 33 of the supporting rod is shown as tubular at its lower end as at 109 and the upper end of the lower section 108 telescopes into the tubular lower end 100. The lower section 108 may be clamped to the portion 109 of the upper section in any suitable way without departing from the invention. In Fig. 13 I haveshown the lower portion 109 as provided with oppositely disposed notches 111 and the rod section 108 is provided with a clamping screw 110 which enters these notches, thereby holding the two parts from turning relative to each other. The clamping screw 110 carries a clamping nut 112 by which the two parts may be firmly clamped together.

In Fig. 10 I have shown an embodiment of the invention in which the tubular portion 109 is formed by a sleeve which is fitted over the lower end of the rod section 33 and which extends beyond said lower end to form a socket in which the upper end of therod section 108 may be entered. The two rod sections 33 and 108 have their end faces beveled as shown at 190. The tubular member 109 is rigid vith the rod section 33 and carries a clamping screw 191 which is clamped against the rod section 108 thereby to conriect the two rod sections together.

In order to hold the lower end of the skirt portion 100 properly centered on the supporting rod and yet to provide for folding" the skirt sections 101 up against the body portion of the form I will preferably employ the construction shown in Fig. 12 wherein certain of the skirt sections have hinged thereto arms 152 which coiiperate. with arms 151 that extend radially from a ring 150 which encircles the rod sections 108. The arms 152 are each provided at their ends with laterally extending fingers 153 which bear against the arms 151 and a clamping sleeve 154 encircles the two arms 151 and 152 and is slidably mounted thereon. When the clamping sleeve 151 is moved toward the finger 153, the latter is caused to bite against the arm 151 thereby clamping the two arms 151 and 152 together. When the clamping sleeve is moved outwardly the clamping action is relieved and the two arms 151 and 152 can be withdrawn from each other, thereby permitting the skirt sections to be folded up against the body sections. This construction constitutes an adjustable centering device for the lower end of the skirt portion by which the skirt can be held in desired position relative to the centering rod, and can be expanded or contracted in size and can be disconnected from the supporting rod when it is to be folded up against the body portion.

In my present invention I have provided means covering and closing the opening between the front and rear shoulder sections and G and also the opening along the division lines 2 when the shoulder sections of the form are expanded to increase the width or breadth of the shoulder. It will be noted that the division lines 2 cross the gap or space between the front and rear shoulder sections, so that when the form is expanded or adjusted to broaden the shoulder by opening the spaces 2 and to thicken the shoulder by opening the gap or space 15, there will exist on the top of the shoulder an open space of considerable proportion depending on the amount of adjustment given to the form, wiich open space interferes with socuring a perfect fit over the shoulder because of the fact that the waist being fitted has no proper support at this point. To provide such support I propose to use 'a filling member 16 which will preferably be of comparatively thin sheet material and which is situated to overlie and cover the openings at the top of the shoulder, as clearly seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. In the embodiment of the invention herein shown this filling member 16 is permanently secured to the rear neck section 8 and has an adjustable connection with the front neck section 7 and with both shoulder sections 5, 6. The connection between the filling member and the rear neck section can conveniently be made by riveting the filling member to the neck section, as shown at 17. This filling memher is also provided with a slot 18 which receives a clamping bolt 19 that is anchored in the rear shoulder section 6. The filling member is further provided with two slots 20 and 21 which receive clamping bolts 22 and 23 that adjustably connect the filling men'iber to the front neck section 7 and front shoulder section 5. The clamping bolt 22 is anchored in the neck section 7 and the clamping bolt 23 eitends through the slot 21 in the filling member and through a slot in a plate 24 which is rigidly secured at one end to the front shoulder section 5, the latter being cut away as at 99 so that the bolt 23 doesnot pass therethrough. The slot in this plate 2-1- is long enough to embrace or receive the clamping bolt 22, as seen in Fig. With this construction it will be seen that the gap or space 15 can be opened up to give the shoulder greater thickness by simply loosening the clamping screws 22 and 23 and drawing the front and rear sections of the form apart, said clamping screws moving down in the slots 20 and 21 during this operation. If it is desired to give the shoulders greater breadth, the nuts on the clamping screws are all loosened and the shoulder sections 5 and 6 are pulled outwardly to separate them from the neck sections 7 and 8. During this operation the clamping bolt 19 moves outwardly in the slot 18 of the filling member and the slotted plate 24, which is connected to the front shoulder section 5, moves outwardly along the clamping bolts 22 and 23. By tightening the nuts on the clamping bolts the four sections of the form are rigidly held in their adjusted position.

The filling member 16 constitutes, therefore, not only a means for filling and covering the opening between the various sec tions of the form, but also a means for holding the sections of the form in their adjusted position at the shoulder. The neck sections 7, 8 of the form can be adjusted radially to increase or decrease the size of the neck as shown in adjustable dress forms. Ii have herein provided a novel means for clamping and holding the neck sections in their adjusted position, which is so constructed that the shoulders and neck of the form can be raised or lowered to lengthen or shorten the waist without disturbing the neck adjustment.

It will be remembered that the body portion of the dress form is divided horizontally along the line 3 and the means for connecting the sections of the dress form together (which means are not shown herein as they may be of any suitable construction) permit the shoulder and bust portions of the form to be separated. from the hip sections thereby to lengthen the waist, this operation involving the raising of the shoulder and neck portion of the form relative to the hip portion. To permit of this upward and downward adjustment of the shoulder portion of the form without disturbing the neck adjustment I have provided the construction which is perhaps best seen in Figs. 1 and 14:. The neck sections of the form are each provided with a radially extending slotted neck plate 98, the slots in said plates overlying each other. The upper section 33 of the central supporting rod extends through the slots in the neck plates 98 and has loosely mounted thereon a sleeve 97 which is confined between a shoulder 96 in the form of a collar or pin and the hand-nut 95 which is secured onto the upper end of the rod section 33. Surrounding the sleeve 97 is a clamping device adapted to clamp the neck plates 98 in adjusted position relative to each other and constructed so that it can be raised or lowered on the sleeve 97. This clamping device comprises two clamping members, one in the form of a nut 94 which is screwed to a bushing 93 that loosely surrounds the sleeve 97 and extends up through the slots in the neck plates 98 and the other in the form of a nut 92 which is screw-threaded to the upper end of the bushing 93 and will preferably be provided with arms or thumb pieces 91 by which it may be turned. 90 is a washer or plate confined between'the clamping member 92 and the neck plates. The clamping member 92 carries a set screw 89 by which the clamping device may be held in any adjusted position vertically on the sleeve 97. The clamping member 94 is held from rotation in some suitable way'as for instance by being provided with a fiat side which engages a rib- 87 formed on the lower neck plate.

With this construction, it will be observed that by loosening the set screw 89, the clamping device and the neck plates can be raised and lowered on the sleeve 97 without affecting the adjustment of the neck sections or loosening the clamping device, and furthermore by simply loosening the hand-nut 95 sufficiently to allow the sleeve 97 to turn freely on the rod section 33,the clamping nut 92 may be loosened thereby to permit of a readjustment of the neck sections without any danger that the vertical position of the neck sections will be changed or afi'ected by such adjustment of the clamping device, for since the sleeve 97 is free to turn on the rod 33, the clamping member 92 can be turned to .loosen the clamp,

I while the set screw 89 is still set tight against the sleeve 97 and so long as the set screw 89 is tight the neck sections cannot be raised and lowered.

raised and lowered without affecting the lateral adjustment.

The hip sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 are con- .nected together at their bottom edges for adjustment relative to each other by means shown in Figs. 7, S and 9. Each hip section has secured thereto a metalplate 3O herein referred to as a retaining plate, and these plates are arranged in pairs so that a single clamping bolt is sufficient for holding both plates of any pair in any adjusted position. The dress form herein shown is divided into eight hip sections and there are, therefore, four pairs of retaining plates. The retaining plates of each pair have the construction shown best in Fig. 8, that is, each retaining plate of a pair is provided with an extension 86 which overlaps the extension of the other retaining plate when the parts are in operative position, and both retaining plates are provided with slots 36 which are in alinement and overlap each other when the retaining plates are in operative position. The

i central supporting'rod has secured thereto a supporting member 85 which is provided with a radially slotted arm for each of the pairs of over lapping retaining plates. In the embodiment herein shown where there are four of such pairs the supporting member 85 will have four radial slotted arms, said arms being designated as 31 and 32 respectively and being provided with radial slots 34 and 35 respectively. The slots 36 in the retaining plates are arranged to extend at substantially right angles to the slots 3i and 35 in the supporting member, and each pair of retaining plates is clamped to the corresponding arm of the supporting member by a clamping bolt which extends through the alined slots 36 of the retaining plates 30 and the slot of the supporting member. In the construction herein shown there are four such clamping bolts designated 39, and 80 respectively and each clamping bolt adjustably secures a pair of hip sections to the supporting member. The slots 36 in the retaining plates allow the hip sections to be adjusted toward and from each other and the slots 34 and 35 allow the hip sections to be adjusted radially and these two adjustments provide for changing the hip sections into any desired position. By means of this construction there will need to be only one half as many clamping bolts at the hip as there are hip sections and hence where there are eight hip sections as shown in Fig. 7, four clamping bolts will suffice. This is a desirable feature, as it facilitates the adjustment of the form.

The retaining plates 30 are herein shown 7 as formed from a blank which has the outer edge slit in two or more places as shown at 79 and the portions between the slits bent at right angles to form the attaching portions 78 that lie against the inner face of the hip sections and may be secured thereto by nails, rivets or similar devices. By thus slitting the edge of the retaining plates and bending up the slit portion, the edge of the retaining plate which lies against the inner face of the hip sections can be given a slight curve which will fit the hip section by simply bendin the portions 78 along the proper line. f prefer to bend the portions 78 in opposite directions as shown in Fig. 9 which construction provides a simple but very stout manner of securing the plates to the hip sections.

My invention further provides means whereby the form can be readily expanded or contracted at the waist line for increasing or decreasing the size of the waist without afl'ecting the shape of the form at any other part. I secure this end by making each of the hip sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 in two parts and by providing a three-way hinge connection for connecting the parts of each section and for holding said parts in their adjusted position. As herein shown, the hip sections are divided at about the waist line along the line g y, Fig. 1 thereby to provide a series of sections 75 at the waist, which series I will hereinafter term the waist sections, each waist section being secured to its hip section.

The positioning members that are secured to the hinges for the front and rear hip sections 11 and 14 are in the form of slotted plates 43 which are preferably pivoted to the leaves 42, as shown at 44, so as to allow the plates 48 to have a lateral swinging movement. The positioning members which are secured to the side hip sections 12 and 13 are in the form of plates 45 which have openings 46 of considerable size therethrough. 47 is an anchoring plate to which the positioning members 43 and 45 are adjustably connected, said anchoring plate having an aperture therein through which the central supporting rod section 33 extends. This rod section 33 holds the anchoring plate in position and the anchoring plate in turn provides a means for adjustably holding the positioning members in adjusted position. The four positioning members 43, 45 on each side of the form overlap each other, as shown clearly in Fig. 5, and a single clamping bolt 80 extends through the slots in the positioning members 43 through the openings 46 in the positioning members 45, and through a slot 49 formed in the anchoring 47 The slots 49 extend from side to side of the form, and the slots in the positioning members 43 .extend sub stantially at right angles to the slots 49. By loosening the clamping screws or bolts 80 the positioning members can be adjusted outwardly or inwardly thereby to contract or expand the form at the waist line as shown in dotted line, Fig. 6 and when the proper dimensions have been secured the tightening of the clamping bolts 80 will'result in firmly holding the sections in their adjusted position. When the form is expanded or contracted at the waist line without changing the size of the hip or bust, the hip and waist sections will have a swinging movement about their lower and upper edges, respectively, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 6. Such swinging movement is provided by the three-way hinge connection above described without putting any of the connecting parts under undue strain. The plates 30 at the bottom of the hip sectlons are preferably sufficiently resilient, so that they will allow of this swinging angular movement of the hip sections without bringing undue strain on the connecting devices at the bottom of the form. Furthermore this three- Way hinge allow such swinging movement without subjecting the positioning members 43, 45 to any twisting or other strain.

I have herein shown a construction wherein the positioning plates 43, 45 can be clamped or unclamped from beneath the hip sections of the form thus obviating the necessity of the operator reaching into the interior of the waist section to effect an adjustment at the waist. I secure this end by employing the clamping bolts 80 for clamping both the positioning members at the waist and the retaining plates at the hip. These clamping bolts 80 are of sufficient length to extend from beneath the retaining plates at the hip up through the slots in the positioning plates at the waist and each clamping bolt passes through a tubular spacing member 71 which is received between the p0sitioning plates and retaining plates. I will preferably provide rounded washers 70 on the clamping bolts 80 which engage the positioning and retaining plates and constitute part of the clamping means for clamping the plates together. Each clamping bolt 80 carries a clamping nut 69 on its lower end which is accessible beneath the retaining plates and from this. it will be seen that by merely tightening the clamping nuts 69 the retaining and positioning plates will both be clamped in adjusted position. The positioning .plates are so constructed that two clamping bolts 80 are sufficient for holding them in their adjusted position, each clamping bolt passing through and operating to clamp four of the positioning plates in position. These two clamping bolts 80 are herein shown as the ones which clamp the side hip sections 12 and 13 in their adjusted position.

I will preferably provide a yielding clamping device for the positioning plates, this being herein accomplished by placing a coiled spring 68 on each of the clamping bolts 80 above the positioning plates and between the head 67 of the bolt and a washer 66 thereon. This provides a yielding clamp which has the advantage that a greater or less clamping pressure may be applied to the positioning plates as desired. In fact, a sufficient clamping pressure may be applied to these plates to hold them normally in their desired position while permitting the plates to be shifted relative to each other to expand or contract the waist without the necessity of loosening the clamping nuts 69.

While I have illustrated herein some preferred embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the constructional features shown.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. In a dress form the combination with a waist and bust portion divided horizontally at the waist and vertically in a plurality of places, thereby to form hip sections and waist sections, of a hinge connection between each hip section and waist section, .a horizontally extending clamping plate hinged to form a plurality of hip and waist sections each of which is made in two parts hinged together at substantially the waist line, of a central supporting member, slotted clamping plates adjustable radially and connected to the hinged connections of the hip and waist sections.

3. In a dress form the combination with a waist and bust portion divided vertically in a plurality of places to constitute a plurality of hip and waist sections each of which is made in two parts, a three-way hinged connection for each hip and waist section, each connection comprising three leaves two of which are secured to the two parts of the hip and waist sections and a radially extending clamping plate secured to the other leaf of each connection, and means for adjustably clamping said plates together.

4. The combination with a dress form divided horizontally at the waist and divided verticallyin a plurality of places, of a supporting rod on which the dress form is supported clamping plates secured to the sections at the waist, retaining plates secured to the sections at the hip and means separate fromfsaid rod and operable from below the hip sections for clamping both the retaining plates and the clamping plates in adjusted position. 7 p

5. The combination with a dress form divided vertically and horizontally in a plurality of places, of a slotted clamping plate secured to each section at the waist line, a slotted retaining plate secured to each section at the hip and a plurality of clamping screws extending through both plates and operable from below the hips for clamping said plates in adjusted position.

6.. The combination with a dress form divided vertically in a plurality of places, of a slotted retaining plate secured to each section at the hip, a slotted clamping plate secured to each section above the hips, a plurality. of clamping bolts extending through both sets of plates and operable y from below the retaining plates for clampcentral: supporting rod on which said form ing said plates in adjusted position.

7. The combination with a dress form divided vertically in a plurality of places, of a is sustained, slotted retaining plates secured to the sections at the hip, slotted clamping plates, secured to the sections above the hips, clamping bolts separate from said rod extending through both sets of plates and op- I erable from below the retaining plates for clamping said plates in adjusted position and means associated with the bolts for holding the clamping and retaining plates spaced from each other.

8. The combination with a dress form divided in a plurality of places to constitute a plurality of sections, of slotted retaining plates secured to the form at the hip portion said plates overlapping each other, slotted clamping plates secured to the sections above the hip portion said clamping plates also overlapping each other and yielding clamping means operable from beneath the retaining plates for clamping both sets of plates in adjusted position.

9. The combination with a dress form divided in a plurality of places to constitute a plurality of sections, of slotted retaining platessecured to the form at the hip portion said plates overlapping each other, slotted clamping plates secured to the sections above the hip portion said clamping plates also overlapping each other and clamping bolts extending through the slots of the overlapping plates, a washer on each bolt and engaging the clamping plates, a spring encircling the bolt and engaging the washer and a clamping nut on each bolt operable from beneath the retaining plates.

10. In a dress form, the combination with a waist, bust and hip portion, of a skirt portion presenting separate skirt sections, each hinged to the first-named portion and foldable upwardly thereagainst.

11. In a dress form, the combination with a body portion, of a skirt portion divided to present separate skirt sections, and meaiis for pivotally connecting each skirt section to the body portion of the dress form to permit each section to be folded upwardly against said body portion independently of the other skirt sections.

12. In a dress form the combination with a hip, bust and waist portion divided vertically in a plurality of places to constitute separable sections, of a skirt portion comprising a plurality of sections one for each of the hip sections and a hinged connection between each skirt section and the corresponding hip section which permits the skirt section to fold upwardly against the. exterior of the waist and bust portion.

13. In a dress form the combination with a hip, bust and waist portion divided vertically in a plurality of places to constitute separable sections of a skirt portion comprising a plurality of sections one for each of the hip sections and a hinged connection between each skirt section and the correspond ing hip section which permits the skirt section to fold upwardly against the exterior of the waist and bust portion, a connecting member hinged to each skirt section and means to clamp said connecting member to the adjacent skirt portion.

14:. In a dress form the combination with a Waist portion divided vertically from side to side through the shoulders and divided vertically from front to rear through the shoulders, of a filling plate for each shoulder, means to secure the filling plate to one of the sections on the shoulder and adjust ably secure said plate to the other sections whereby the shoulder sections can be adjusted relative to each other and a continuous surface will be presented at the top of the shoulder in all adjusted positions of the shoulder section.

15. In a dress form, the combination with a waist portion divided vertically from side to side and from front to rear through the shoulders, of a filling plate for each shoulder to preserve the continuity of the shoulder outline when the shoulder sections are separated from each other, and means securing said filling plate to the shoulder sections which permits adjustment of the shoulder sections relative to each other.

16. In a dress form the combination with a shoulder and neck portion divided vertically to present a plurality of neck sections, of a slotted neck plate secured to each neck section, a central supporting rod, a

sleeve loosely mounted on the rod and ex tending through the slots of the neck sections, a clamping member slidably mounted on said sleeve for clamping the neck sections in position whereby the neck sections can be raised and lowered relative to the supporting rod and freely turn thereabout.

17. In a dress form the combination with a neck and shoulder portion divided vertically to provide a plurality of neck sections, of a slotted neck plate connected to each neck section a central supporting rod extending through the slots of the neck plates, a sleeve loosely surrounding said rod and also extending through the slots of said neck plates, a clamping device comprising two clamping members and means to operate them for clamping the neck plates in ad justed position said clamping device being adjustable longitudinally of the sleeve and means to hold the clamping device in its adjusted position on the sleeve.

18. In a dress form the combination with a body portion, of a sectional skirt portion, means for hinging each section of the skirt portion to the body portion, a central supporting rod on which the form is sustained and separable adjustable means for securing the skirt sections to said rod.

19. In a dress form the combination with a body portion, of a sectional skirt portion, means for hinging each section of the skirt portion to the body portion, a central supporting rod on which the form is sustained and separable adjustable means for securing the skirt sections to said rod, said means comprising arms extending radially from the central supporting rod, cooperating arms hinged to the skirt sections and overlapping the first named arms and means for adjustably clamping the overlapping arms t0- gether.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. UFFORD.

Witnesses:

Louis C. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

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