US1469653A - Dress or garment form - Google Patents

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Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,653

v.1. c. JANKus DRESS OR GARMENTr FORM Filed June 26. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ct. 2 w23. L4953 J. C. JANKUS DRESS 0R GARMENT FORM v Filed' June 26. 19.20 2 Sheets-She'et 2 Patented oef, 2,1923.

useful improvements in Dress or-'Garinent` i.

or noMnsTionTs moNorfnELAWAnn i webwml@ r To all wiofmz'zf may concern.'

zen ofthe United States, residing1 at S oranv ton, in the county orLaelrayvanna andigState Y:

of' Pennsylvania`, have invented new and Foru-is, of Whie hfthe lfollowing. is'e-ispeoification '1 :Thi s invention relates to dress orl garment? ViorinsV and the objects are to provide af form 1'suitable"means',y such' as by c heuseofV an ad- ;he'sive, and the 'flanged portionstriinmed ofi' which shall `befinexpensiveTof manufacture,

a relatively small Aspaoe,fthe`reby' 'facilitating' storage and shipping, and.Whichfshal-l be 15 readilydetaohable in all of its partssofthat it may be easilyf handledf'fvvith fa view toffe# Y 'cilitatinglandrenderingless arduous theopLV eratione of fittinggarnie'ntsthereon.' 1 With the aboveand other;objects in'view, my invention eo'ns1sts^ 'of` certain Afeatures of structure, combination and frelation ivhioh lwillbe more vfully fset'forthhereinafter. r: f

` .j proved form;

1:1r` have illustrated'sone embodimentof'flny invention in thejacoornpanying''dIaWi-ngs5-` y y 1 'Y bybe-,divirled into two equalseetionsfand "sop wherein:

Figure ljis Figure 2 is a vertical section through' .a

portion my improved form and standard.

Figure 3 isaV perspective .View ofl my Ainiproved form assembled for paoking'f!4 i Figure' 4 is a 'frontelevationfof! 1n f a fforni of one of lthe bustseotions Figure 5 is a rear elevationof fied Vforni illustrated in Figure" l.

`Figure 6 is a'cross-section-throuigh @pairv of Jthe sections showing theside flanges.

' YFigure 7 is aview similar to Figure 6v showing the Hangt-3s trimmed E in finished form.

'Rferring'to the drawings, in` its coiniv y pleted'oonditionla dress form constructed'ac-V Cordiiig to my invention consists primarily of two parts, the upper'orbustportion la and 1 thelower or skirtl portion Q whioh are; inl praetice, readily detachable, Vone from the"A i' other. In order'toaeilitate andcheap'en the manufactureof this artiole, I preferto inake i i the forni of papier-mch Vonpaper pulp and to construct eachvdetaohable section of the forni in two parts, by means of an apparatus suh "as is described and Claimed in my copending application Serial No.`39l,8-73`, tiled J une 26, 1920, and whereby the i sections are Be it known rthaftlg JACK Ci demnos; abiti;r

Sat this time 2 to position fthe center line body the modi? videdV ivithfsidelange portions, as `at Baiid,V

Figures 6 and 7);1'andjlina'y :be -providedxvith centerline body grooves,""as atie',- as` indicated the grooves Abea'ra certain deiniter'relation' tot-he 'fsidezlangeportions Whichrnayalsobe 'Y l used'fonfa similar. purpose. @Itis-preferred,

grooves .softhat each section 1 part lu'rill'ifthereV- thel provisionVv of the side flanges 'and the re feadiiyfdiseernibie guidegeare'pmidedi for the position-iingfoi" the garrnentfonfthe'forin.f :1 l It Yisfpreferdtofprvide these `four v indi- 'eating linesivitha viewito"havingmeans'afoi f f; y the ittingof thedifferent styles'of'garmentg it being Well known' that, certain garments,` 'are provided VWith'olosures at' Vthe Y centerline of the body," others being` adapted toolo'se zatl y thesidejand af-forrn'oonstruote'd-vinaccord;

k'andevvith-niy invention Will`autonuati'cally 'V indicate the proper andtrue lineal0ng'Whionsuehclosure'should lie aridwill also'facili- "V 1 i tate the vproper positioning and distancing;

of the -variousseams of'fthe garment?-I'tlis Y i -Yfurtherfwithin the'conter'nplation ofj-thisin--y ventiou that the front and back centerline y bodygrooves may `beilletil Withffan insert of .YQ 'felt or other materialfvvherebyf portionsfo y yfthe garment maybe pinned thfereto and that,V the forrnseotions may be Covered withjerseyolothv oro-ther equivalent material, if ldeiY sired; n0 special lclaim being made to this A feature.'

f "losfs 'Referringto the preferredfo'rm ofiny inj volition-, illustrated in Figures -l'toof theyf' Q drawings, in order toerlfectivelyfsebure the v bust lportion of the form upon the skirt por-V tion the bust portion is p-rovided at its lower part With an annular yflange vor ,collar 5. -Tliis flange lor collar is fniade of any suitable material and infsoine eases may beY cast integral with the portion from which" it depends. A i

` The skirt potion 2 is closed'at itsup'per end by means of a spider or ,disk 6 iv-hiel; provides a seat for the depending flange of thek bust portion. vThis spider nis :formed 1 with an axial recess 47 Which is adapted to V-iiig' device.

receive the; adjusting 'rod 8 ofthe -form standard.rvr lhis adjusting rod in-ay Lbe of` any suitable size or shape fand is freely slid-V able and telescopes uponV the .standard rod .9. The adjustii'igrod-inay be secured `at any desired height by means of aset screw suoli as is illustrated at `lO, or othersuita'ble Yfasten- Thel standard rod Y -is sCrQW- t-nreaded into arbase portion 1l.

ln order to `-faciliate storing andv ship-ping of the Various-units of tliedfress or'in they' are 'so propgrtioned that, as illustrated in Figure 3 of'tliedrawing, the j-bust form may be inserted in the lower part of Y the skirt form,thest'andard rod 9 detached -trom the base and the adjusting rod ftele'scoped there- Y Y on, Wliereuponthe funitsinay be lassembled the formindicated in the gurejofjdrawing yreferred to and thereby' oceupying'a Vrelatively sniall space.

lt is apparent from the `foregoing `descriptiongtlia'ttlie device inay be lused eitlierfas ra V`Waist (ir-'skirt -o-rni Vfor as a combination of the two, in the rstfuse, the bust formbeing detached ronitiheskirt form, in whichaposi? 'i tion itgis adapted tobe placed in 'the/slap v ofthe personWorkingjthereon or on a taib'e, 40

, isalsoapparent that't'hez'sarneoperatiqn may Y be eonduetediwith the skirt form-When .only Y 415A l 1 chair lor 'any other convenientloation,there; by rendering thelftting offt'lie' gaifnients theretoinucliieasierY Tfor 'the :operator: lit

that portion isto be used.

156mm:- Y ,i Y l. In a dress form, the vcombinationrof a '3l-sust nienibei liaving anr annular flange pro,`

ecting from vtheflower part thereof,Y a skirt form, and a supporting standard, said `*Skirt form `Yhav`ing a member secured thereto adjacent its upper edge, said 'member providing a seat for theannilar flange 'and vbeing pro vided With an aXial recess for receiving one end oi:-` said supporting standard.v

y2. In fa dress form, the combination oi a bust portion formed with an annularv iaiige lat the 'lower end thereof, a skirt portion,

for supporting said skirt form, and a second' standard teleso'oping within said first named standard,'wliereby said'bust and skirt portioiis'and standards can be readily disassembled and placed in compact'form'V by inserting y the bust within the* lskirtportioi'iand arranging "the standards in telescoping'relation. 'f

v3. :ln a dressiform, the combination of a bust `vportion lprovidedV with' an annular Hange at its lowerend, a. skirt portion, a

:disk attached to the upper end offsa'id skirtk 'portion providing a. seat Jr'or Ysaid annularA 1 rl'an'gasaid diskhaying ank axial oircularrecess formed therein, ia: supporting standard having 'a'slia'ft' Vformed Withravey-lindrical .portion 'adapted to engage :in said recess for tions'.

lnVK testimony Whereofl have/hereunto X'Otambly supo'tlgthe bust and skirt per- Vset "hand fin :presence of two subscribing Witnesses.v n n c Y n ,Y 'JACK G. JANKUS. Witnesses:f f y

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