US2056740A

US2056740A - Flexible model form

Info

Publication number: US2056740A
Application number: US65182A
Authority: US
Inventors: Rosenfeld Isidor
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-02-24
Filing date: 1936-02-24
Publication date: 1936-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1953-10-06

Description

Oct. 6, 1936. l. RosEN'FELD FLEXIBLE MODEL FORM Filed Feb. 24, 193e .1 fl@ TI j a.

lNvENToR Isidor Hosen/eid B Patented Oct. 6, 1936 UNITED STATESv PATENTOFFICE FLEXIBLE vMODEL-Form1 v kyIsidor Rosenfeld, New York, N. Y. Application February 24, 1936, Serial No. 65,182 svclaims. (c1. 22S- 68) My invention relates tomodel forms, Ythat is,

simulations of the human body used by cloth,

ing manufacturers in the fitting and modelling of garments.

Most model forms have a hard, unyielding, non-resilient and infiexible surface, which makes it a matter of some diiculty to properly mold and fit certain garments. It has been proposed to make model forms with inflatable air cushion coverings, but these too will not be practical because their surfaces will go to the other extreme, and will be too yielding for practical fitting and modelling purposes. It is, therefore, the main object of my invention to provide a model form which will be exible and yielding to the touch and rm and resistant enough to permit proper fitting and modelling.

A further object of my invention is to provide a model form of the character described which has a relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers of soft and resilient material.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which has a relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers of material of different degrees of softness and resiliency.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which has a relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers of resilient material which are relatively movable to the body portion.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which has a. relatively hard and unyielding body portion with a plurality of layers of soft and resilient materials which are relatively movable to the body portion and to each other.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which has a relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers of resilient material air cushioned from one another and to the body portion.

Other objects will in part be apparent, and in part be pointed out hereinbelow in connection with a description of an illustrative embodiment. In the drawing annexed hereto and made a part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through on embodiment of a, model form constructed according to and embodying my said invention; and

Fig. 2 is an exaggerated enlarged view of the portion Within the circle indicated on Fig. 1 by reference character 2.

Referring to- Fig. 1, model form I8 is formed and secured on conventional frame I2 which is with smooth rubberized

coatings

32, 32.

mounted on a movable platform base I4. Body I6 of the form is of a relatively hard and inflexible material such as papier-mch, or compressed cardboard, molded ror otherwise formed into the desired shape size. Body I6 represents the base portion, the very foundation of my improved model form.

Directly over body I6, I place a covering layer I8, of sheets of porous rubber. This layer I8 comprises a rather loose, granular and air filled interior 28, and is provided on both sides thereof with smooth rubberized

coatings

22, 22. If desired, layer I8 may be merely composed of sheets of the loose, porous and granular rubber with smoothed and evened surfaces. I form a number of perforations 24, extending through the thickness of layer I8, to make for greater compressibility thereof.

Layer I8 is secured to body I6 only at the upper portion thereof, by cementing, etc., as shown at 26, so that the major portion of layer I8 is relatively movable with respect to body I6. If desired, layer I8 may be entirely cemented, or otherwise immovably secured to body I6, but I have found the preferable construction to be one Where the covering layer is movable with respect to the body, as described.

A second layer 28, similarly of granular and porous rubber, is placed over layer I8. Layer 28, at the interior 30 thereof, also is porous, and this inside material is covered on both sides If, as stated in connection with layer I8, it is desired, layer 28 may consist merely of the granular material with smoothed and evened surfaces. This second layer, while somewhat similar to covering I8, differs therefrom to a very considerable degree in the character of the porous rubber cores. While both are of granular composition, layer 28 has much less air and smaller air cells therein, has much more rubber material, and is consequently much less soft and has much less resiliency, by which term I mean yieldability to pressure and Working.

The resulting arrangement of the superpositioning of layer 28 over layer I8 provides a relatively unyielding surface 28 over a very yieldable interior I8 backed up by a hard and absolutely unyielding foundation I6, al1 more or less in simulation of the human body.

Such arrangement permits of easy working in connection with the fitting and modelling of garments, for Whenever necessary, a portion of the form can be compressed within a desired 55 compass, or moved over a bit to gain any desired effect.

The similarity to the human form is heightened by the fact that the layers I8, 28, are relatively slidable, not only to each other but also to the body portion I6. Layer I8 is secured to body I6 at its upper end, at 26, and layer 28, over and on top of layer I8, is similarly secured only at the top end, as at 34. The smooth rubberized

coatings

22, 32 will aid in allowing the two layers free play in sliding along one another and along body I6.

Over this` built-up structure, and to complete the form, I place a covering 36 of silk, cotton, canvas or other suitable material, and cap the top of the form by a head piece 38V which fits over the top and down the sides thereof. At the bottom 40 of the form covering 36 is merely folded around and up along the inside of body portion I6. Due to the character of covering 36, air will pass therethrough and up between layers I8, 28, and body portion I6 to provide air spaces 42, 42 and thus give an additional cushioning eiect between the layers and promote a better sliding relationship therebetween.

It should be understood that air spaces 42, 42,

have no definite character as to size and shape and are created solely because layers I8, 28 and body portion I6 are not secured together, except at the upper ends thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A model form comprising a rigid body member substantially in simulation of the human form, and a plurality of layers of resilient material thereon, said layers following the outline of the body member and taking its shape, and being of different degrees of resiliency.

2. A model form comprising a rigid body member substantially in simulation of the human form, and a plurality of layers of resilient material thereon, said layers being of substantially uniform thickness and following the outline of the body member and taking its shape, said layers being slidable relative to each other.

3. A model form comprising a rm, inflexible body member substantially in simulation of the human form, a plurality of layers thereover of resilient material, said layers having smooth surfaces and being shiftable and slidable relative to each other and to the body member.

ISIDOR ROSENFELD.