US1716682A - Garment folder - Google Patents

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M. P. BRIDGES GARMENT FOLDER June 11, 1929.

Filed Dec. 4, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

HA UDSZPBBZDGES ATTORNEY.

M. P. BRIDGES GARMENT FOLDER June 11, 1929.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec 4, 1926 A TTORNE Y.

Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED STATES MAUDE BRIDGES, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

GARMENT FOLDER.

Application filed. December 4, 1926. Serial No. 152,582.

This invention relates to a wrapping device or folder, to be used in wrapping coats, dresses, negligees, blouses, waists and similar garments, for delivery from the manufacturor, store, cleaner and laundry, in fact wherever garments of practically any nature that are liable to wrinkle are placed in shipping boxes for delivery purposes.

An important object of my invention of this garment folder is to provide a device on which the garment is placed, thereby preventing the garment from crushing.

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

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

In the drawings similar characters of refer ence indicate corresponding parts in the several views and modifications.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention in use, showing the garment ready for packing.

Figure 2 shows the invention as in extended position.

Figure 3 shows a modified construction of the invention in extended position.

Figure 4: shows another modified construction of the invention in extended position.

Figure 5 shows still another modified construction of the invention in extended position.

Referring now more particularly to the character of reference on the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes the garment folder as a Whole in general. The wrinkle proof folder 10 is made of heavy soft paper and the nature of the paper would depend upon the nature of the article upon which it is to be used, thus a thin paper would be used with a light dress, while a heavier and much stiffer paper might be used with an overcoat, and near the opposite end side portions thereof, openings 11 and 12 are provided therein in order to indicate the folding location for the fold 13 of the device, and also to facilitate the folding as well as avoiding unnecessary frictional contact with the garment at the contact corners adjacent to said openings 11 and 12.

Referring now to Figure 2, a second series of openings 14 and 15 are placed in parallel relation to the first mentioned openings 11 and 12 and serve the same functions as these first Figure 3 shows a form having a third series of openings 20 and 21 with fold 22 there- 111, in order to provide for a third folding over for use in garment that are of considerable length.

Figure 4 shows another modification but with only one series of openings, for use with articles of short length, as a shirt.

Figure 5, is somewhat like Figure 3, but is shown to illustrate that these openings may be placed in any desirable location to obtain any desirable length for boxes of various sizes.

The garment is laid out on a suitable surface in extended position and then the folder is placed on the garment 23 and substantially covers the whole area of said garment. The folds 17 and 18 are then made thereby reducing the area of the exposed surface by about one-half. In completing the folding as the case may be, folds 13 and 16 respectively follow: and the garment and garment folder are ready to be placed into a box for transportation purposes, whereby the article may be shipped long distances, yet be ready for instant use by the receiver without the necessity of repressing the article. Thus, articles of clothing may be sent to a central cleaning establishment and returned long distances, pressed and ready for use, thus making for greater economies in the use of larger cleaning establishments and consequent lowering of costs through the use of large scale operation. It is likewise very useful, for the same purpose by manufacturers of articles of clothing, who may then pack them with less expense and yet withbetter results than under the present means and methods.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced 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 garment folder comprising a unitary body portion having substantially uniform cross sectional area except one of the end portions being cut away, a series of holes in spaced relation in said body portion, folds in said folder extending in parallelism and at right angles to each other and also extending through said holes, and as for the purpose set forth.

2. A garment folder device for the purpose noted comprising a unitary body portion made out of suitable material, a series of spaced openings in said device, a plurality of folds extending lengthwise and parallel to the border of said device, said folds also passing through said openings, another fold extending in a right angle direction to said first mentioned folds, thereby also passing through said series of spaced openings.

A garment folder device for the purpose noted comprising a unitary body portion made out of suitable material, a series of spaced openings in said device, a plurality of folds extending lengthwise and parallel to the border of said device, said folds also passing through said openings, a plurality of parallel folds extending in right angle direction to said first mentioned folds, thereby also passing through said series of spaced openlngs.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

MAUDE P. BRIDGES.

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