US1712094A - Stocking form - Google Patents

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May 7? 1/929. F. c. scHoLLER 1,712,094

' sTocKING FORM Filed March 5, 1926 Patented May 7, 1929.

`UNITE DIST-A rss eYATENT: oFFIes Irnnnnnreir c. sci-rennen', or rHILfiQDELPHIA; PENNsrLyiiNiii.y Y

*s srooKING FORM.

` Application filed -Mai-ch 5, 1926,. Serial No. 92,436.

My invention relates to formsforfstretch-4 ing stockings lor other garmentsjwhile they arebeing dried. f f i The purpose of my invention D y sirable space for air circulation in a 'form intended for domestic use. f l.

A further purposefis to provide for' stad,- ness and strength in' a form offering ventila` tion.

fication and in the claims. n

- I prefer to illustrate my invention by one general type only among` variousftypes in which it may appear, selectingone y which kis practical, effective and inexpensive and which at the same time well illustratesthe principles of my invention. Y

yFigure l is a side elevation ofthe form embodying my invention applied' to astocl ingform.v "f i Figure 2 is a ysection of Figure y1 takenon line 2 2, to whichthe sections of a stocking has been added'. Figure 8 is a section corresponding to the section in Figure 2y but 'omitting the stoclyingand showinga sheet metal construction.

' Fragmentary.Figures 4 and 5 show slightly different shapes in'section. ,i

In the drawings similar numerals like parts.

rIhe' veryY general washing of stockings and other garments by wearers and subsequent drying them without ironing has eniphasized the inadequacy of existing forms for properly holding` the garments while they are drying and at the same time giving` them shape; and my invention is intended to meet this increasing need. v

Because the invention finds its best applr cation as applied to hosiery I shall describe it in this use.

Mv form may be made of any suitable niaterial or combination of materials which will not stain or tarnish in use in a manner to injure the fabric.v Compositions. metals or alloys otherwise unsuitable may be finished with a lacquer or other protective coating for the same purpose.

The form comprises, generally, a flanged border 5 and a stiffening and supporting interior 6 shown in the form of a web. It is shown as of cast, molded or pressed material in the illustration of Figures l, 2, l and 5.

The border 5 presents `an edge 7 and laterally spacing flange meinbers,8, 8, stretching the fabric 9 free from the web as seen isto give de- Further purposes will appear in the specif vindicate i in Figure 2.V

in the sectio` of the stretched stocking shown Between the edge 7 and the spacing fianges 8, 8f, the contour is hollowed or relievedfat l0 so as to space the stocking from the form. here.v The contour at 11 curvestoward the center from the flanges 8 and 8 and the webs lie well between the planesdelined bythe crests of the flanges. y

. The web 6 is apertured as at l2 to allow free .o

passage` ofv air from one side toy the `other and lhence'tofpermit air to pass through the stocking without serious interference from the form. Iliave shown many small holes but the number, shape and sizeare of course, not material.

The web Gis reinforced by oppositely:ex` tending longitudinal reinforcing ribs land. 14 andtransverse ribsl.

The inwardly-turned contour of the flanges 8, 8( at 1ly and the thinness of the webprotect thesto'clring from contact with the form A between the flanges 8 and 8 on the one side and flanges 8 and 8 on the other facilitating the ventilation notedabove and greatly re-k ducing the time of drying. ,q i The border 5 inaybeapertured to ventilate between the flanges and the adjacent edges or at the flanges, aslat 18." .v 1 y f l' The corrugated or ribbed structure would itself space the stocking from the intervening body of the form and in combination. with the aperturesr providingl for air passage throughV the stocking and form would give desirable results thoughfnot as good as I secure-even without the additional lateral spacing given by the flanges. y

What for convenienceI have called flanges is in effect a rim oi' border giving lateral spacing and may form the actual rim; Thus,

vwhere the creases at the front and back are not desired, what I have named as the edge may berounded and part of theadvaiitage .of my inventiony ymay be secured without the relief of the material at 10, particularly be cause of the benefit of capillary attraction. By this attraction the moisture in the portion of the stocking which still remains wet liows out into adjoining portions which havedried, resulting in a flow from the more slowly drying portions in Contact with the flanges or rim into that portion 0f the stocking which is stretched across from flange to` flange and spaced from the web. I relieve at 10 so as to reduce the portions which will thus dry relatively slowly and reduce the distance which the moisture must travel to drier portions of' the stocking by capillary attraction. This relie-f at 10 can be used where its benefit is desired and omitted, making the contour here straight or convex as in Figures 4f and 5, where the drying is considered sufiiciently rapid for the purpose intended.

The illustration in Figure 3 corresponds in contour with Figure 2 but is made of' sheet material which extends outwardly from the web to form the flanges 8, 8 and is then turned back on itself at the edges 7 to form the other flanges 8, 8, terminating preferably at some such line as 16. lt is hollow at 17 and may be apertured as at 18 to provide air circula-- tion across from flange to flange, correspondweb.

The spacing and stifiiening fianges near the edge, the relief from contact between the flanges and the et and the stifening ribs in the web along with the apertures well carry out the intended function, giving quick drying with shaping and creasing.

In view of my invention other forms will doubtless occur to those skilled in the art, embodying all or a part of my invention and suiting the whim of' the designer or merely avoiding copying mine and I, therefore, intendto include herein all such as come within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is zt 1. A stocking form comprising a longitudinally corrugated web, a rim of greater thickness than the thickness given by the corrugations, extending about the web and relatively sharp edges about the rim.

ing generally with the circulation across the` 2. A stocking form comprising an apertured web, having longitudinal and transverse reinforcing ribs, a rim about the web and edges outside the rim, the thickness of the form being greater at the rim than the thickness of the body of the web.

3. A stocking form comprising an apertured web having longitudinal and transverse reinforcing ribs, flanges on opposite sides of the form about the web and edgesoutside the flanges, the thickness ofv the form being greater at the fianges than at the web and the contour being relieved between the flanges and the edges or' the form.

4. A stocking form having an apertured web bounded by flanges of greater thickness than the web on both sides of the form adj acent each edge, and having an edge outside the flanges.

5. A stocking form having a web bounded by flanges of greater' thickness than the web on both sides of the form adjacent each edge, and having an edge outside the flanges, ,the web and the space between the flanges-andthe edges being apertured.

6. A stocking form having a thin perforated web corrugated to form ribs extending longitudinally of the form and flanges,

thicker than the thickness given by the corrugations of the web about the edges of the form extending transversely in both directions from the main plane of the web.

7. A stocking form having an interior perforated web ribbed longitudinally and transversely, a flange about each edge of the web and an edge outside of each flange, the contour between the flange and edge being concaved to space the stocking from it.

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