US2026325A - Adjustable garment form - Google Patents

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Dec; 31, 1935. M 1 SCHREIER 2,026,325

- ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM Filed Oct. 23, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR MAX L..SCHREIER B Y 6 A TTORN:

Dem 1935- M. L. SCHREIER ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM Filed Oct, 23, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR MAX L. SCHRE/ER I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 31, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM Max L. Schreier, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application October 23, 1933, SerialNo. 694,757

5 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvementsin an adjustable garment form.

The present application relates to the subject matter in my abandoned application filed on April 17, 1930, Serial Number 445,117.

The invention has for an object the construction of an article as mentioned which is characterized by an arrangement whereby certain portions of the form may be expanded (and also contracted) in,a pre-determined fashion so as to vary the shape and size of the form.

More particularly, the invention proposes to arrange the adjustable garment form with a skirt portion having a skirt upper and a skirt lower, and arranging the garment form with a waist portion having a waist upper and a waist lower, these various parts beingadjustable in a certain predetermined relation.

As another object of this invention it is intended. to provide an arrangement whereby the skirt upper and lower portions may be expanded horizontally and the waist lower portion expanded horizontally and verticallyrelative to the skirt portion, and the waist upper portion expanded horizontally and vertically relative to the waist lower portion.

Still further, the invention proposes the construction of a device as mentioned which is simple and durable and which may be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention,

and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is aperspective view of an adjustable garment form according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the garment form illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged detailed view of a portion of Fig. 2 illustrating in particular the parallel post.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal enlarged sectional view taken on the line 6-4:, of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of a portion of the upper portion of the post of thedevice.

Fig. 8'is. a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 88. of Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 9-9of Fig. 2.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line Ill-l0 of Fig. 2.

The adjustable garment form, according to this invention, comprises a waist portion consisting of a Waist upper portion I0 anda waist lower portion H, and a skirt portion consisting of a. skirt upper portion I2 and a skirt. lowerportion 10 i3, and certain mechanism. for, adjusting and holding these portions in. predetermined,- posi-. tions. The waist portion and the upper, skirt portion comprise a plurality of overlapping leaves, while the skirt lower portion comprises merely a plurality of vertical wires.

The adjustable form is supported upon;- members and frames hereinafter described in detail which in turn are supported upon a vertical post Hi. This vertical post. is hollow and is rotatively immediately below the-flange l8 and. resiliently supported by a spring 23 which isinterpoSedbetween the bearing 22 and a washer 24 resting. upon the member 20. The bearing 2211's. of the horizontal type and serves to rotativelysupport the post l5 when the jaws 42, normally holding the post l5, are inactive. In Fig- 3. the. parts 40 and I9 are shown broken between. the bearing. 22 and the washer 241 to indicate that. these. parts. are of additional length. Similarly the spring 23 is of additional length. Thelength shouldbe 40 sunicient so as to allow the interior post l5 and the parts carried by this post to move downwards to a position in. which a bumper includingv the piston element 93, hereinafter describedingreater detail, strikes against a triangular member 4| on a rod 40 as hereinafter described, When the. jaws 32 are inactive the post l5 may move down and compress the spring 23 and reach a neutral position in which the bearing 22 is supported; on the spring. This neutral position is slightly higher than the arrested position of the bumper which includes the piston element 93. The arrangement is such that when the jaws 42 are released, and the post l5 and the parts carried end of the post l4.

portion, that is, the piston element 93 strikes against the triangular member 4| and so arrests the downward motion. The parts will come to a position of rest in which the spring 23 slightly lifts the post i so that the piston 93 does not rest upon the triangular post ii but the post I5 is supported on the bearing 22.

A spring 25 rested on the flange I8 is coaxially mounted upon the post l5 and acts against a washer 25 in intimate contact with a flange 21 upon a short tubular member 28 which rotatively supports a beveled gear 29 having a hub portion 35 in intimate contact with pins 3! fixed upon a collar 32, said pins 3i being fixedly attached on post l5 and supporting the lower hub portion of another gear 33 which is rigidly fixed to the lower A gear 3A is rotative upon the end of one of the pins 33 and simultaneously meshes with the gears 23 and 33. This gear 35 isformed with a handle 35 so that it may be manually easily rotated. A flange 36 is arranged upon the tubular member 28 and has a peg 3i engaging in a vertical slot 38 in the tubular member 28 so as to support the flange 36 non-rotative relative to the tubular member 28. A pointer as 'is attached upon the gear 29 and works along the periphery of the flange 36 for indicating upon a scale, not illustrated in the drawings, to give the size of the form. The function of the spring 25 is to urge the tubular member 28 upwards so that the bottom of the slot 38 engages against the peg S1 and lifts the flange 35 which in turn engages the gear 29 and lifts the gear into mesh contact with the gear 34 and causes the hub portion 35 of the gear 25 to engage against the pins 3 i A means is provided for holding the post 5 at relatively vertical fixed positions upon the hollow rod !9 to support the form at various elevated positions. This means comprises a rod as extended through the hollow rod l9 and formed with a triangular head portion 4i. A catch mechanism is arranged immediately below this triangular shaped head 4! and comprises a pair of pivoted jaws 42 adapted to expand and engage the teeth or grooves upon the interior or" the post [5. A spring 53 is arranged between the ends of the jaws 42 to normally contract or move the jaws together. The arrangement is such that when the rod 40 is moved downwards the triangular member 41 engages between the jaws 42 to spread the jaws against the action of the spring &3 and so accomplish holding of the jaws and the post H5. The lower end of the rod 5! connects with the lever 35 which is pivotally mounted on a rod 46 attached upon the feet 21. The arrangement is such that one end of the lever 2-5 may be depressed for moving the post Ail upwards. A spring 4? is interposed between the washer 48 fixed on the rod 48 and the bottom of the member 25 so as to normally urge the rod 46 downwards. The rod 45 is illustrated in its raised position as though someone were stepping on the end of the lever 45.

A means is provided for horizontally expanding the lower portion E3 of the skirt portion of the device. This means comprises a frame consisting of hub portions 53 rotatively mounted upon the post M by reason of rings 5|. A plurality of rods .52 are connected between the hub portions 55 and are formed with horizontal portions for the purpose hereinafter described. Bushings 53 are slidably arranged on the horizontal portions of the rods 52 and carry members 54 which are attached at their free ends upon'the wires l3. It is necessary that a member 54 be providedfor each of the wires 13. or have a group of the wires connected as a unit. While the drawings illustrate only one member 52 in detail projecting from the hubs 53, the construction actually is a plurality of these members radially projecting. This construction 5 is indicated in Fig. 2 wherein these members are shown broken 01f. The arrangement is such that the skirt portion i3 may be expanded horizontally when desired.

A means is provided for accomplishing the expansion of the skirt portion and comprises a bushing 55 attach d upon each of the members 55. Each of the bushings 55 has a projecting thread 55 which threadedly engages into a beveled gear 5i. Each of the beveled gears 5'1 is rotative upon studs 58 which are slidable in a peripheral groove 53 formed upon a hub portion 63 rotative upon the post 54. A beveled gear 5! is fixed upon the post it and meshes with the gear 57! which in turn meshes with another gear 32 rotative upon the post id. The arrangement is such that when the post it is rotated the gear 5% will move and rotate the gear 5'! which causes extension and retraction of the thread 55 and so moves each bushing 55 and all the members 54 radially. The gear 62 is merely an idler gear for helping in steadying the gear 5?.

The means for radially expanding the leaves 52, that isthe upper skirt portions, comprises a frame consisting of hub portions 62 free upon the post Hiand supporting a plurality of connecting members 33 having horizontal portions. Bearings 53 are slidably mounted upon the horizontal portions and support members 65 which have their free ends formed with enlarged heads working in vertical grooves 61 formed in brackets 68 attached upon the leaves I2. A standard 63 projects from each of the members 55 and supports tubular members 32 for the purpose hereinafter described. Gears H with a gear 75 slidable upon the post M, except for the fact that a pin 73 engages through the hub portion of the gear 15 and through a vertical opening ll in the post. A plurality of pins 78 project from the gears M and 75 and work in annular grooves formed in the said hub member E3. The arrangement is such that when the post l4 rotates the pin 13 will cause the gear 15 to rotate which in turn rotates the gears II rotating the gear M which causes the entire frame to move upwards upon the post (of course depending upon the. direction of rotation). The screw members l5 project from the gears H and threadediy engage the standard 69.

Hub portions 19 are rotative upon the post i4 and have a plurality of projecting radial telescopic arms 85 constituting something in the fashion of spiders. Certain of these telescopic arms connect in the vicinity of the upper edge of the skirt leaves i2 and other of these telescopic arms connect with the upper edge of the wire portions iii of the skirt portion. A rod 3! is connected between the spider arms 83 and a tubular member 82 is slidably mounted upon the rod 81. The members 69 are fixed upon the tubular members 82. The arrangement is such 70 that the upper and lower portions of the skirt, that is, the leaves I2 of the skirt portion i3 are connected in a unit against vertical expansion. At the same time, the frame which expands the leaves I2 is capable of operating. More than this, the upper ends of the members which. engage the brackets 68 are arranged so that the brackets are at an inclination and consequently as the members 82 are moved upwards, the upper edges of the leaves l2 will be expanded at a different rate than the lower edges of these leaves.

The construction previously described operates in the following fashion:-Rotati0nsfrom the post l4 cause the threaded members 10 to. move the members 65 outwards which naturally expand the leaves 12. Simultaneously the structure consisting of the hubs 62 and members 63 will move vertically upwards due to the construction illustrated in Fig. 7 and this upward motion will cause the members 82 to move upwards so that the heads 66 move in the opening 61 and the upper ends of the members 82 will expand the upper edges of the leaves l2 relative to the lower edges of the leaves l2.

An arrangement is also provided for horizontally expanding and simultaneously vertically moving the lower leaves ll of the waist portion. This means comprises a frame which consists of the hubs 62 and the joining members 63 as previously described. The mechanism also includes the gear arrangement illustrated in Fig. 7. The only variation lies in the fact that the threads are of a greater pitch than the threads previously mentioned. This will be better understood by examining Fig. 2. It will be noted that the threads are drawn at a greater pitch in the vicinity of the post [4 and the waist portion of the form than at the upper portion of the skirt portion. This arrangement will cause the upper frame to move upwards relative to the lower frame even though the lower frame is simultaneously moving upwards. Members 83 are slidably mounted upon the members 63 and connect with the upper edges of the leaves l2. The members 83 rigidly connect with elements 84 threadedly connected with the threaded member 10 projecting from the gears H as previously described. A hub 85 is rotative but fixed against longitudinal sliding upon the post [4 and is provided with a plurality of radial telescopic arms 86 which have their outer ends connected with the upper portions I0 of the waist portion of the form. A rod 81 is extended between each of the telescopic arms 86 and the members 84. A tube 88 is slidably mounted on each of the rods 81 and each of these tubes are provided with brackets 89 which connect with the members 83.

The construction described in the previous paragraph operates as followsz-After the post l4 rotates the frame will be raised due to the construction illustrated in Fig. 7 to cause the leaves H to move vertically upwards and simultaneously each of the gears II will be rotated to cause horizontal extension of the leaves II.

The form is also provided with a neckpiece 89 threadedly engaged. upon the upper end of the post I4. Several pins 90 project from the hubs 85 and slidably engage into openings in the bottom of the neck portion so as to hold the neck portion against rotation as the post I rotates. This will cause the neck portion to move upwards (or downwards depending upon the rotation of the post). A horizontal bearing 9! is mounted within the upper end of the post 14 and connects with a piston arrangement comprising a rod 92 connected with piston elements 93 slidable within the inner wall of the post M. This construction at the top of the post !4 constitutes a bumper so that in the event that the garment form is lowered to its fullest extent then the piston 93 engages against. the upper end of the triangular member 4! and sosupports the form. The form, after rotation, will then be rotative upon the bearings 9| and also; upon the bearings 22.

It is thought that the operation of the device will be fully understood from the above description which was structural and functional combined.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedfclaims.

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

1. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, a rod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top, a pair of inner-engaging hollow rods rotatively connected with each other and slidable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside of the inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted on the interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the inner face of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rods in vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws into inoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into a position wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operative positions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectional garment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjusting the sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod is rotated.

2. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, a rod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top, a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively connected with each other and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside of the inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted on the interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the inner face of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rods in vertically adjusted positions,'means urging said jaws into inoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into a position wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operative positions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectional garment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjusting the sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod is rotated, said manual means for rotating the outer hollow rod comprising a horizontal pivotal gear fixed on the lower end of the outer hollow rod, a vertical bevelled gear meshing with said pivotal gear and supported on the intermediate hollow rod, and a handle for turning said vertical gear.

3. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, a rod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top, a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively connected with each other and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside of the inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted on the interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the inner face of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rods in vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws into inoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into a position wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operative positions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectional garment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjusting the sections of said garment form when the said-hollow rod is rotated, a bearing being arranged upon the bottom of the intermediate rod, and resilient means interposed between said bearing and a stationary part.

4. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, a rod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top, a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively conneoted with each other and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside of the inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted on the interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the inner face of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rods in vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws into inoperative positions,'releasable means for urging said rod into a position wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operative positions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectional garment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjusting the sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod aoeaeas is rotated, a bearing being arranged upon the bottom of the intermediate rod, and resilient means interposed between said bearing and a stationary part, a bearing mounted in the top of the outer post, a plunger extending downwards from said bearing and adapted to engage the top of said rod when the outer and intermediate hollow posts are relatively lower to the inner post.

5. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, :1 rod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top, a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively conheated with each other and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside of the inner one of said pair or" interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted on the interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the inner face of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rods in vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws into inoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into a position wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operative positions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectional garment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjusting the sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod is rotated, said means for urging said jaws into inoperative positions comprising of a foot pedal connected with said rod to operate the rod.

MAX L. SCHREIER.

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