US2066713A - Adjustable head size form - Google Patents

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v Jan. 5, 1937. A owL ND 2,066,713

ADJUSTABLE HEAD SIZE FORM Filed June 18 1934 Raf/7 Bow/and INVENT OR Patented Jan. 5, 1937 PATENT OFFICE 2,066,713 ADJUSTABLE HEAD SIZE FORM Ruth A. Bowland, Tulsa, Okla.

Application June 18, 1934;SrialNo. 731,177

7 Claims. (01. 223425) The invention relates to head forms or molds, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which is particularly adapted for use by milliners so that forms for head sizes of customers may be easily and quickly taken for future reference where it is desired to furnish the customer with a hat without the necessity of the customer appearing'for try-on.

A further object is to provide a head form of an adjustable type comprising a pluralityof fabric sections having chambers therein filled with parafiin and which sections, when the paraffin is heated, may assume positions conforming to the contour of the head and upon cooling of the parafiin will retain the head shape. vide connecting means for the adjacent edges of the form sections for contracting the form sections on the head and allowing the easy removal of the form from the head after the cooling operation.

A further object is to hingedly connect the upper end of the form sections to a central portion, thereby allowing said sections to be hinged upwardly during the form removing operation. Also to provide slide fastener connections between the form sections for allowing rapid manipulation of the device.

A further object is to provide the outer ends of the form sections with contractible elastic members so that said outer ends will be shortened during the hardening of the parafiin for properly cupping the sections and bringing the marginal edge of the form inwardly.

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the form showing the same flattened, for instance when the paraffin is melted in the device.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device.

Figure 3 is a rear perspective view showing the form on a head.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section through one side of the device to better illustrate the fabric covering, and chamber therein.

Referring to the drawing the numeral l designates the top rectangular central portion of the form, which has hingedly connected to it at 2 front and rear sections 3 and 4 and side sections Also to prothe thread line I in Figure 2,-therefore it will be seen that the sections will conform to the convexity of the head when the device is applied. The hinged connections'2 are formed by stitching lines, thereby forming chambers 8 in the sections and in the top member I, in which paraffin 9 is placed and which parafiin may have any melting point desired. The form sections 3, 4 and 5 adjacent their outer edges are provided with lines of stitching Ill, thereby forming a hem in which elastic members are disposed, and which elastic members are anchored at their ends by stitchings I2, so they will contract the lower marginal edge of the form when in position. Beneath flaps 13 carried by the adjacent edges of the form sections are conventional slide fasteners It, which are moved to closed position after the device is placed on the head and allow the device to be easily removed after the paraffin 9 in the various sections has solidified. Flaps l3 prevent the slide fasteners from catching in the hair when the device is being applied.

It has been found that many women do not like to go to a store every time they need a hat, and at the same time hats are sold through mail order houses, therefore it will be seen that with this form the merchant can obtain the head shape of a customer and keep the same, so that particular customer can order future hats without going to the store. This is particularly advantageous for mail order houses where the bulk of goods is sold from a catalogue.

In applying the device for making a head form, the form is heated so that the parafiin therein will be sufliciently soft whereby it will assume the head form when the device is placed on the head. After placing the device on the head the slide fasteners M are pulled downwardly until they are at the lower edge of the form. This action will contract the form on the head and at the same time will form a connection around the lower marginal edge of the device for stretching the elastic members II for contracting the form against the head. After the application of the device to the head cold towels are preferably placed on the device which will solidify the parafiin and after which the device may be easily removed by moving the slide fas-.

teners I4 to their upper positions adjacent the member I and then the sections 3, 4, and 5 of the form may be hingedly moved so that the mold may be removed from the head. After the removal operation the slide fasteners are again moved to closed positions and the form stored in a cool place for future use.

From the above it will be seen that a form is provided for taking head sizes for future use, and that said form may be easily and quickly applied and removed.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A head form comprising a central crown portion, a plurality of form sections hingedly connected to the crown portion, chambers in said crown portion and hinged sections and in which a plastic solidifying material is disposed, slide fastener connections between the adjacent edges of said hinged connected sections, said form being adapted to be placed on a head in a plastic condition and solidified to form.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 including contractible border members for the form sections and forming means for contracting inwardly the lower edge of the form when in position on the head.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 including contractible means for the lower ends of the form sections, said slide fasteners being positioned whereby when moved to closed position for making a form of a head they will cooperate with said contractible means in a line entirely around the lower end of the form.

4. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the chambers are formed from inner and outer layers of fabric with stitching therethrough to form the separate chambers in the crown portion and the hinged sections.

5. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the chambers are formed from inner and outer layers of fabric with stitching therebetween to form the separate chambers in the crown portion and the hinged sections, said fabric being on a bias whereby the sections will easily conform to the head contour.

6. A head form comprising a central crown portion, a plurality of form sections hingedly connected to the crown portion, chambers in said crown portion and hinged section and in which a plastic solidifying material is disposed, connections between the adjacent sides of said hinged connected sections whereby said sections may be separably connected, said form being adapted to be placed on a head in a plastic condition and solidified to form.

7. A head form comprising a plurality of tapered, gore-shaped, pliable, chambered members extending radially from a common center, a solidifying material within the chambers of the gore-shaped members, the small ends of the gore-shaped members merging together at the crown of the head, and means for separably connecting adjacent edges of the gore-shaped members operable for conforming said sections to the shape of the head and for holding the sections in shaped, assembled relation.

RUTH A. BOWLAND.

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