US1860042A - Hosiery drying form - Google Patents

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May 24, 1932. c. LOVEN 1,860,042

HOSIERY DRYING FORM Filed May 18. 192 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Gap! ZZvew May 24, 1932. Q LQVEN 1,860,042

HOS IERY DRYING FORM Filed y 1 2 Sheets$heet 2 Patented May 24, 1932 UNITED STATES CARL LOVEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA HOSIERY DRYING FORM,

Application filed May 18,

This invention relates to improvements in hosiery drying forms, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a form which while not. departing in the mam from the accepted stocking-form standards'doesdepart in the toe portion to an extent affording a greater conformity in the toe portion of the finished stocking with the normal shape of the corresponding portion of the human 10 foot.

It is desirable to give the toe portion of the stocking a width and bluntness conforming as closely as possible to the normal shape of the human foot while not interfering with the accepted standard form in which hosiery is commonly marketed, and it is the principal object of the present invention to provide a form which while giving a finished article which in essential respects corresponds with hosiery finished on the forms now in common use will, nevertheless, so shape the toe as to afford a maximum comfort in that part to the wearer.

In the attached drawings: Figure 1 is a stocking form-or board made in accordance with my invention;

- Fig. 2 is a view of a stocking finished on my forming board;

Fig. 3 illustrates the manner in which a 3 stocking finished on the form may be folded to give a finished article which in general appearance is the same as the stocking finished on a forming board of the usual type;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the form, and Fig. 5 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawings, my stocking form may conform in general shape to the normal stocking form in the leg portion and in the major portion of the foot as indicated at 1 and 2 respectively. The toe 3, however, instead of terminating in the plane with the rest of the form is provided with a rounded transverse enlargement l which may be in the form of a separate piece attached after the manner shown in Fig. 1 to the flat board or may be an integral part of the form. Preferably this transverse portion fl at its forward end 5 is square with the plane of the flat portion of the board and extends an equal 50 distance on both sides so as to give aperresult that it wears longer and gives better p 1927. Serial 10- 192,44

fectly square toe in the finished stocking, and

so also that there maybe'no distinction between right and lefthand stockings as boarded on thisform. The broadforward end 5 of the toe piece '3 lies in a plane'w'm Fig.4, 5 which is disposed at right angles to the plane. of the foot portion 2 and bisects the said foot portion, being disposed substantially-equi distantly from and between the opposite edges 6, and 7 respectively of the said foot portion 2, so thatwhen a stocking is finished on the form the broadest portion of the toe of the stocking will be disposed substantially in line with the center of the'foot portion of the stocking, asshown in Fig. 3 ofzthedrawlngs. v V r The stockingis applied to the form in the usual manner, and when dried and stretched on the form'gives a finished stocking of the general form illustrated in Fig. 2, in which. 0 the toe instead of being fiat and in the plane of the rest of the stocking is spread'trans versely. By taking the transversely pressed toe, however, and folding it as shown in Fig.

3 so that the major portion'thereof lies flat against one-side of the footof the stocking,

the stocking assumes in contour the general shape of a stocking finished on the usual fiat forming board, this appearance being accentuated to some extent by. pressing down'the folded-over toe flap against the side of the stocking. With the exception of the toe, the stocking corresponds in all respects to a stocking finished on the usual form, and when the toe is folded as described, the article has the same pleasing appearance of an article finished on the type of board now in common use. The stockings of a pair being laid together in the usual manner may have the toe 7 portions folded against the adjacent faces so that the fold is entirely invisible except when the stockings of the pair are separated.

A stocking boarded on my form, however, has the great advantage of fitting naturally p and without: pressure upon the toesof the v wearer, and is in all respects more hygienic; Not only is undue pressure taken off the foot, but the stocking similarly relieved, with the service.

' foot portions and having atthe toe a. transverse extremity-whose forward edge extends I am aware that stocking forms having transverse toe portions have been suggested,

but so far as I am aware, no form has been provided which gives the usual flat finished shape to the stocking and affords a transverse toe portion which when folded in as described gives a finished article not departing in marked degreeand in contour from the: accepted stocking shape.

I claim: 7

l. A stocking formronsisting. of." 3,.S'llbZ-J stantially fiat body including both leg and foot portions and having at the toea rounded R transverse extremity whose forward edge eX-. tends substantially at right angles to the plane of'the said foot portion of the form in.

alplanebisecting thesaid footportion of the form.-

2;:Astocking'form consisting vof a substantially fiat body including, both leg and substantiallyatright angles to the planeof the said foot portion of the form in a plane bisecting'the 'said footp ortion of the form.

and which merges into the said flat foot portion in advanee of the ankle.

3. A. stocking form consisting of-legand foot-portions, said leg portion and apart of said foot portion being formed as a flat body,

the part of the foot which is included in the I flatlbody-consistingof aheel and ankle portion and apart in advance of the ankle, the

foot portion also including a toe portion conr sisting of a rounded transverse body; the forward edge ,of whic'h extends substantially at: right angles to the plane of said footportion and ina plane bisecting the said flat foot por-' tion, said rounded body tapering from its outer end toward the-opposite sides-of the fiat parto-f the-foot in advance ofthe ankle.

VGARL LOVEN.

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