US1338602A - Dress-marker - Google Patents

Description

L. A. WHEELER.

- DRESS MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.9, IsIa.

1,338,602. Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

l0 E /o 0L7 /5 LAURA .AMY WHEELER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DRESS-MARKER.

Application filed November 9, 1918.

nepin and State of lvlinnesota, have invented new and useful improvements in Dress-lilaikers, of which the following is a specification.,

rlhe invention relates to dress-marking devices and has for an object to provide a simple device for use in the marking of dresses and more particularly skirts, in the course of the making thereof, oi' when the length of a skirt is to be altered.

Among other features the invention comprehends a simple device, consisting of few parts that cannot readily get out of order, and with which the length of a skirt can be determined by the wearer, whether the skirt be in the course of the making or is to be altered as to its length, and it is to be pai'- ticularly noted that the device can be operated by the person wearing the skirt, the

user ofthe device needing no outside assistance to operate the device.

l am aware that various forms of skirtmarking devices have been used heretofore, involving scales and tapes for measuring purposes, but in most of these instances it is found necessary to employ the services of some other person to determine the length of the skirt, and just at whatportions thereof the same is to be hemmed; whereas, with the use of my device all of these things can be accomplished by the person wearing the skirt, and thus the desired length of the skirt can be accurately determined by the person, while the skirt is on the figure thereof.

ln the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this specilicati on, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device showing the same in use.l

Fig, 2 is a front elevation of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the device.

Referring more particularly to the views,

the numeral 10 indicates a stand, consisting Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Api'. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 261,905.

of a base 'l1 and an upright 12, the upright being provided with a series of numbers in the nature of a scale 13, denoting inches or parts of an inch, as the case may be, with a longitudinal or vertical slot 14: formed in the upright, the slot being closed at its upper and lower ends. T he skirt marker is indicated by the numeral 15 and consists of an integral piece of wire bent to form a sti-aight side 16, and having the ends thereof bent to converge and meet to form a shank 17', said ends being suitably secured together and passing through the slot in the upright, with a thumb screw 18 threaded on to the extremities of the ends, after having been passed through the slot, said thumb screw being adapted when screwed up to frictionally bear against the upright and hold the marker in a stationary position thereon. It will be noted that the marker extends horizontally, and it will be clearly seen that by means of the thumb screw, the marker can be adjusted vertically on the upright.

ln the use of the device described the person wearing the skirt, indicated by the numeral 19, takes a quantity of crayon or chalk of a color distinctive of the color of the skirt, and marks the straight edge of the marker with the chalk or crayon, after which the person wearing the skirt 19 raises or lowers the marker upon the upright to what the person considers the desired distance, and then standing adjacent to the skirt-marking device with the skirt hanging so that it will bear against the straight chalked edge of the marker, turns slowly around, thus causing the crayon 0r chalk on the straight edge to describe a delicate line or mark upon the material of the skirt, so that when the person has turned completely around, the mark made by the crayon or chalk upon the skirt, will clearly show how much of the skirt is to be taken up in a hem, or let down, as the case may be. It will of course be apparent that with the use of a mirror, the operation of the device can be greatly facilitated, and that by placing the device upon a table or chair, childrens dresses can also be readily marked with the skirt marker described.

As mentioned heretofore, the device is simple, consists of few parts that cannot readily get out of order, can be cheaply manufactured, and with the use of the same the person Wearing the skirt or other article of clothing can readily determine the degree of length thereof.

I Claim: Y

In a skirt marker the combination With a stand including a base and a longitudinal slotted upright having a scale adjacent the slot, and a marking` element on said upright,

10 said marking element consisting` of a single piece of wire-like material bent to form a straight portion and having its ends formed to provide a shank passing through the slot in the upright and a nut threaded on the shank to engage against the upright for holding), the marking element against movement on the upright. 4

In testimon;7 whereof I aHiX my signature.

LAURA AMY WHEELER.

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