US2099652A - Support for hosiery display forms - Google Patents

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Patented Nov. 16,Y 1937 Unirse STATE vstaren SUPPORT FOR HGSIER;7 DISPLAY FORMS Henry Janssen, Wyomissing, Pa., assigner to Textile Machine Works, Wyomissing', Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application September 12, 1936, Serial No. 100,458

1 Claim.

My invention relates tor hosiery display devices, and particularly to base structures o-f ornamental character for supporting stocking forms. Y

In devices of this character, particularly for displaying ladies ne silk stockings, it has been usual to provide forms simulating the natural legs and feet of the wearers, and ornamental supports for the forms, fromfwhich the forms may Vreadily be lifted for replacement or close inspection 'of the stockings. Y

It being desirable to show as much of a stocking as possible,'for reasons such as to illustrate the structure of, or improvements in, the foot portion, and. to avoid unsightly coverage, or interruption of the surface or the graceful contour of a stocking form simulating the'human leg, supports or bases for such forms have been employed, each including la portion conforming to the bottom portion of a shoe, and a top seat surface simulating the bottomsurface of a foot. The top seat surface is slightly depressed in conformity to the bottom surface of the foot, and thereby, although not alone ensuring absolute stable support, affords a certain amount of stability for a form having a bottom surface in close conformity to the top surface of the base, depending on the balance or distribution of weight of the remainder of Vthe form. Y

However, irrespective ofthe degree of stability .thus accomplished in certain cases, the-devices of this character are, Vin general, subject to trouble from knocking the forms over, ,by accident or jarring, and the balancing of a form on a vantages, of such prior structures, whereby a form with a stocking thereon may be substantially freely placed on, and removed from, a base, and be interlocked to the base by means utilizing certain areas of theform for effective holding relation thereto, but covering substantially a minimum of such areas.

Other features include the provision of a comv posite base, of which the shoe-conforming portion and a support therefor constitute separate component members, a sole portion is provided witha downward bottom extension, the support is so provided with a depressed top portion for the reception of the sole extension in perpendicular intertting relation thereto as to submerge the extension, and other features-of construction are Figure -1 is a perspective view'of a structure enil bodying the invention, showing the novel and improved support or base in full lines, and a stocking form thereon in broken lines;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, on a reduced scale, of

Ythe base of Fig, l;

Fig. 3 is a view, in side elevation,-of the device of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view, in front elevation, of the device of Figs. 2 and 3;

Fig. 5 is a View, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6'is a View, on the scale of Fig. 5, taken Ysubstantially along the line G-t of Fig. 2.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the composite device comprises, in general, one component member in the form of a panel or disk I0, and a separate component member I2 simulating the bottom of a high heeled shoe, and including a heel portion I4, an arch I5 and a sole portion Il. Clips I8 and I9, embedded inthe base at opposite sides of the sole portion I'I, operate to interlockingly hold a leg form 2|, see Fig.1, on the topVY surface or seat of the shoe-conforming member I2. Withdrawn from the base, by slipping it from Yunder theclips, it is positively held or locked against movement in other directions.

As indicated, the clips structed of tenuous elements, such as wires, and

'are of inverted substantially U-shape in upright position on the baseV whereby to embrace relatively extensive areas of the form for effectively gripping the same, without actually covering-more than substantially a minimum of such areas. That is, these clips have substantially the same gripping effect over the areas embraced thereby That is, although the form 2I may be quickly v I8 and I9, are confio as would be had by imperforate sheet metal clips covering the areas defined by the wires.

The clips, viewed from the front of the base, as in Figs. 4 and 6, are bowed toward each other, from bottom to top, or toward the position of he form, with the clip I8 longer than, and of slightly different curvature from, the clip I9, in conformity to the shape of the adjacent foot portion of the form 24. The clips, also in accordance with the shape of the foot form, are disposed in oiset relation to each other along the form on a line diagonally across the sole portion il, viewed from the top. The clips thus, although of tenuous or open work character are, in effect, molded or shaped to portions of the foot form, whereby to snugly and evenly t the latter, without unduly obstructing a View of, or injuring, a stocking.

The top surface of the shoe-conforming member i2 is molded nearly t0 the exact bottom. contour of a human foot, to provide maximum surface contact between the form and the base, and add to the stability of the form on the base. However, in order to display as much of the stocking as possible, consistent with stable support,

the foot-bottom-conforming upper surface of the member i2 is depressed only slightly, or, in other words is not brought upwardly to any appreciable extent about the sides of the foot portion.

Dependingr largely upon the size, weight, shape and balance of the form, and also upon the tiit or slope of the arch I5, the form alone has more or less stable support on a base of this kind, although not protected, without the clips IS and i9, against accidental knocking from the base.

With these clips, the form may easily be inserted in position by a downward and forward motion, whereby the form. lts readily between the clips, securely held in position against the likelihood of knocking over relative to the base as above stated, and may substantially as readily be withdrawn, as though the clips were not present. The clips may be slightly resilient to not offer too rigid resistance to movement of the stocking on the form against the clips in any way. This yieidability of the clips also permits the form to be urged forwardly at the last portions of its forward movement into position, to receive a gripping action.

Detailed construction of the base is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. rIhe disk or panel member it, is herein better illustrated as of inverted shallow dish-like shape, being preferably constructed of metal, such as cast aluminum. Its upper surf face 23 is conca-ve, having a portion to receive the heel portion ll-l conforming thereto, and a further depressed portion 24 into which extends a downward extension 25 of the sole portion i?. This arrangement gives the separate members i@ and ld more the appearance of one homogeneousiy integral piece, with nothing of the sole extension 25 showing above the concave surface 23, and the sole portion il apparently resting on the concave surface. It also, assists in rmly accurately positioning the separate members ii! and I2, and aids in the assembly of these members for the reception of holding elements or screws 2l and 28 extending upwardly, through openings in bosses 29 in the top of the member it, into holding relation to cooperating means, such as drilled and tapped portions accessible from the bottoms of the heel and sole-extension portions.

The clips I8 and I9, Fig, 6, have lower end portions extending downwardly through portions of the base I into inserts 32 and 33, respectively, of metal such as brass. These inserts are, as shown, of inverted substantially frusto-conical or disk-like shape, cast into the aluminum base, and thereby very securely and permanently held in position to hold the clips more securely than ii they were anchored directly in the aluminum of the base.

As indicated, the lower ends of the clips I8 and i9, are rst secured to the inserts 32 and 33 in openings thereof, as by soldering or welding, indicated by joints 35, and then inserted into a mold for the reception of the aluminum :forming the remainder of the base. Each of the clips I 3 and I9 has a short-bend portion 35, Fig. 6, extending convexly toward the other, impinging against the side of the sole portion I'I, and an upper portion of wider bend extending concavely from the other.

A rabbet groovelike portion 39, Fig. 5, is provided in the bottom resting edge 4Q oi the panel lll for the reception of an underside cover plate or disk 42, as of metal, which is secured to the panel I0, as by screws 43 extending through the plate i2 into drilled and tapped bosses 44 which are uniformly distributed about the inner periphery of the panel I0. A felt pad or layer 45, or the like, pasted or otherwise secured to the plate 42, may be provided as a protective cushion for surfaces on which the device may be placed.

The device is of light weight, readily portable, and` of simple, economical manufacture and assembly, but may be heavy relative to the form 2|, which may be of very thin shell paperlike composition, or other construction, thereby to provide proper balance between the form and the base.

The improvements specifically shownV and described, by which the above-described results are obtained, may be modied in Various ways, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as herein disclosed and claimed.

I claim:

A composite display base for a stocking form comprising a component member substantially conforming to the bottom of a shoe having a top surface seat simulating the under surface of a foot, a heel portion having a vertical tapped v bore portion accessible from the underside of the heel portion, an arch, a sole portion and a downward extension of the sole portion having a vertical tapped bore portion accessible from the underside of the extension, and a separate component support member for the shoe-conforming member of inverted shallow substantially dish shape having a portion of its top surface depressed to receive the downward sole extension, vertically apertured portions for register with said tapped bore portions, screws in said apertured and tapped bore portions for holding the component base members together, insert ele ments cast into underside portions of the support member, and wire-like clips of inverted substantially iJ-shape having upper portions bowed toward each other from opposite sides of the sole portion for holding the stocking form in position, and having lower ends extending downwardly through the upper portion of the support member into said insert elements and secured to the latter.

HENRY JANSSEN.

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