US1518304A - Dress folder - Google Patents

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Dec. 1924. 1,518,304

B. CAHN' DRES S FOLDER Filed Sept. 23, 1922 I N VEN TOR. B ernaz'd Cam TTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, BERNARD CAHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress Folders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application. v 4

This invention relates to improvements in devices or means used in wrapping up womens dresses and similar garments for delivery from the store in which they are sold to the customer.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a semirigid member on which the dress is temporarily mounted and wrapped or folded around, and a stand for support ing this member while the garment is being folded, and wrapped.

A second object is to provide a stand so constructed that the'rigid member or wrapping board will be firmly held against movement in one direction, so that it may be positioned at an angle convenient to the wrap ping clerk, while the initial folding of the sleeves etc. of the garment is being done. At the same time, this board may freely rotate in the other direction, so asto all-ow of the garment, which longer than the board, being then wr pped ar und said b rd a a core, Without having to remove the board from the stand while so doing.

The advantages gained bythe use of this device over the ordinary method. of garment wrapping are many.

The space necessary for the operation is lessened, the garment may be more quickly and easily wrapped or folded, and results a heater wrapping being had, and so that the garment will be in perfect condition hen unw app d y the custome Further, the need of tissue paper, now extensively used, is eliminated, since the wrapping board is shaped in such a manner that when the folded dress is placed into the usual pasteboard box for delivery to the cu tomer, the garment is held from movement in [116 box and from edges of the board and from coming in contact with the sides of the box.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my stand with the wrapping board installed thereon and positioned ready for the initial wrapping or folding operation.

Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged fragmentary side and end views respectively of the upper end of one of the stand-posts, showing a board engaging clip and a pawl and ratchet mechanism operating in connection therewith.

Fig. 4L is an enlarged fragmentary vertical or longitudinal section of the wrapping board.

Figs; 5 and 6 are fragmentary longitudinal and transverse sections respectively of the board, with a garment wrapped thereabout, showing the same as set in an ordinary suit box.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a suitable form of base, adapted to be secured as by screws 2 to a wrapping desk or counter 3, or to the wall or ceiling of the room in which the wrapping operations are conducted.

Projecting up from, or at right angles to, the base members in transversely spaced relation are rigid posts Turnably mounted in one of said posts and projecting therethrough in the direction of fllGOPPOSltB post is a pin or shaft 5 on the end of which nearest said other post is fixed a channel shaped clip 6, set at right angles to said shaft, and open along the edge opposite to the shaft.

011 the opposite end of the shaft is a ratchet wheel 7, engaged by a springpressed pawl 8, which is provided with a pin 9 projecting therefrom to enable said pawl to be moved from engagement with the ratchet. wheel at will.v This ratchet wheel and pawl are arranged to allow rotation of the shaft in one direction only.

Turnably and slidably mounted in the other post t and in alinen ent with the shaft 5 is another shaft 10, having on its inner end a clip 11 similar to the clip (5 but of course oppositely disposed with respect thereto. Between the clip 11 and the adjacent face of the post t in which it is mounted is a spring 12, placed about the shaft 10 and acting to force the shaft and clip toward the opposite clip. On the opposite or outer end of said shaft is a knob or. handle 10.

Adapted to be removably held by and between the clips is a wrapping or folding board 13, of any suitable light yet semirigid material, such as straw or paste board and the like.

This board is of a size suitable for its purpose, which is to fold or wrap a garment thereon, the size of the stand being such that the distance between the posts 4 is greater than the width of. the board, while the distance from the shafts 5 and 10 to the base 1 in a straight line is somewhat greater than half the height or length of the board.

The side edges of the latter are slotted as at 14, at a point half way from the ends, to receive the clips and enable the board to beheld from longitudinal slippage.

The opposite end edges of the board are inset from the corners for the greater portion of their. width as shown at 15, so as to leave projecting corner flanges 15.

A short distance from one of said edges the board has a pair of alined slots 16 with a cross bar 17 therebetween to form a sup port for the hook 18 of a rod 19 on the .lower end of which is turnably mounted an ordinary wooden coat hanger 20, which is notched adjacent its ends as at 21. A loop 22 of string or similar material may be fastened to the board by means of one of the slots 16, so that the board may be hung up; in a vertical position if desired when removed from the stand.

In operation, the board, one of which is of course given to each individual buyer of a garment, is placed between and held by the clips by first pulling out on the knob ,IO to separate the clips.

The extent to which the shaft 10 may slide is such as to enable boards of different widths being held on the one stand.

This operation done, the board is set at an angle convenient to the wrappin clerk, as shown, the pawl and ratchet mec ianism being so disposed that if the lower half of the board projects from the stand toward the worker, it can only be rotated in the dirlection which will raise said end still furt ier.

The garment 23 to be folded is then hung on the hanger 20, the notches 21 helping to hold it in place, the garment resting against the board. The sleeves of the garment are then suitably folded over, and while holding them in place, theoperator draws the garment away from the board sufficiently to enable the garment to be reversed in p0- sition so that the sleeves rest against the board; the hanger turning on the rod 19 and the hook of the latter pivoting on the member 17 as an axis.

The portion of the garment then depending below the board is then folded so as to lie completely within the adjacent lugs 15, and the stand is then rotated so as to wrap or fold the garment about the board from end to end, the number of wraps or folds of course depending on the length of the garment relative to that of the board.

The board, with the garment wrapped thereon, is then removed from the stand by again pulling out on the knob 10, and the board is placed in an ordinary suit box 24, a paper slip or similar open ended enclosure being first placed over the board and garment if necessary.

It will then be evident that when the garment is packed in the box, in which the board 13 fits snugly both ways as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, neither the side edges nor the folds of the garment touch the sides of the box, owing to the fact that the garment is wound on the board as on a spool, the flanges 15 not only projecting beyond the folds of the garment and protecting them from contact with the box, but serving as stops to prevent the side edges of the garment from slipping out to the side edges of the board.

Therefore, in delivering the box to the customer, no matter how much shaking u) the former may get, the garment will sti .1 be in perfect shape when removed from the box.

The board may then be hung up in a clothes closet by means of the loop 22, while the permanently mounted hanger 20 affords a means for again hanging the dress should the owner desire.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have aroduced such a. device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as to not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A unitary garment support and wrapping element for the purpose noted comprising a thin board about which the garment is to be wrapped by rotation of such board, and independent means carried by the board on which to first support and arrange the garment prior to \vrapping it about the board. k

2. A unitary garment support and wrapping element for the purpose noted comprising a thin board about Which the garment is to be wrapped by rotation thereof, and a garment hanger mounted on the board whereby the garment may first be mounted in fixed position relative to the board and then folded about the board by rotation of the latter.

3. A unitary garment support and Wrapping element for the purpose noted comprising a thin board about which the garment is to be Wrapped by rotation thereof, and a hanger mounted on the board and having a turntable movement on its support whereby a garment may be first supported and folded laterally on the hanger, the hanger being then turned to hold the folds of the garment against the board and the board then rotated to fold the garment longitudinally about the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

BERNARD (1' HN.

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