US2177836A

US2177836A - Garment display form

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Publication number: US2177836A
Application number: US124698A
Authority: US
Inventors: Messer Samuel; Messer George
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-02-08
Filing date: 1937-02-08
Publication date: 1939-10-31
Anticipated expiration: 1956-10-31

Description

Oct. 31, .1939. SMESSER ETAL 2,177,836

GARMENT DISPLAY FORM Filed Feb. 8, 1937 SAMUEL MES-SEQ GEORGE MESSEB INVENTORS WWW A ORNEY Patented a. 31, 1939 GARMENT DISPLAY FORM Samuel Messer, Rockaway Park, and Georg Messer, Flushing, N. Y.

ApplicationFebrual-y s, 1937, Serial No. 124,698

4 Claims.

This invention relates to garment display forms, and deals more particularly with forms upon which a garment may be effectively draped and displayed so as to present a pleasing and ,5 appealing silhouette to the observer.

In its generally broad aspect, theinvention contemplates the provision of a form, simulating a considerable portion of the human torso, upon which the garment is arranged and having grip, or otherwise engage excess material of the garment so the front thereof is pleasingly draped topresent a slender silhouette. I

More specifically, the invention contemplates a form which is moulded of a suitable material, substantially rigid in use, but which may be provided with resilient portions adapted to serve to engage excess material of a garment draped thereon in order to obviatethe use of pins or other such means which tend to mutilate the garment.

Qthernovel features of the invention reside in the provision of a form adapted for interchangeable use in association with a display standard or any common form of garment hanger; .in the convenient manner in which the form may beapplied to a display standard; and inthe several disclosed structural features which will be more clearlyapparent as the description of the invention progresses.

The mentioned and other pertinent objects, features, and advantages are realizedin the. invention asdisclosed in the accompanying drawing in which several preferred forms thereof are illustrated. While quite detailed, the drawing is intended only to disclose the invention in some of its aspects and does hot exhaust the possible applications thereof.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of a garment form as at present contemplated and as mounted upon a display standard of usual design.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the form, the standard being shown in cross section.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of an alternate, form of garment form. I

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view of another modified form of garment form and shown as suspended from a garment hanger.

Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of other modified garment forms. I

Fig. '7 is a rear perspective View ofa form incorporating shoulder and neck portions.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of still another modi- 55 fied garment form.

preferably integral portions adapted to clamp,

The invention, as shown in, Figures 1' and 2, comprises a garment form which simulates the "torso of the human body and has a vertical extent between the breasts and hips. However, in order to present a slim silhouette as viewed from the front, the periphery, as viewed from the top, is somewhat smaller than the similar normal dimensions of the human body. Hence, when a garment is fitted .to the form,;a considerable amount of excess material must be gathered together and neatly and painstakingly arranged-at the back of the form. Heretofore, this was accomplished by means of pins or the like, and other haphazard means which made the fitting operation a cumbersome and tedious task. In addition, the above makeshift means, caused mutilation of the garment which was thus rendered unfit for sale at the price for which it. was made to retail. Itis apparent that the losses thus incurred were considerable. H

With the above in mind, the form I8 is provided with a slit as at It. This slitmay be arranged at the back, as shown, or may be along the side, or at any point of the form, other than the front. Since it is contemplated to make the form of a substantially rigid yet pliable material such I as fabric-covered fibre or the like, it is at once apparent that the slit II .will at all times tend to remain closed but can readily be opened for the insertion therein of excess material. This material is effectively gripped between the smooth, round edges I2 for the length of the form and in this manner the garment may be quickly and artisticly fitted in a relatively short time and without'injury to the garment material. In addition, the rear of the garmentwill be presentable, which certainly was not the case when previous draping methods were employed.

As can be seen from Figure 3, the form, in addition to the slit I0, may be provided with one or more clamping or gripping slits l3, preferably positioned near the sides of the form and each provided with a pocket portion M for the accommodation of garment material forced through said slits. In this form either the slit II or the slits l3 may be used, or in some instances, both may be used.

As illustrated in Figure 4, the material of the form may be terminated along the spaced edges 15 and metallic or other suitable members l6 may be fixed to the form to provide the coacting edges M -42 between which the slit Il is formed. As shown, the members [6 are in spaced relation-to provide plural gripping means but can be continuous if desired, in accordance with the form shown in Figure 1. It will be noted that this form is shown as somewhat longer than the form in Figure 1 and it will be understood that either of these may be made of the length of the other or any other suitable length.

The form illustrated in Figure 5 has its slit ll directed laterally being formed between the overlapping portions |2 -I2 of the body. This is a convenient type of construction since it is necessary to only flex one of the rear walls of the form to effectively tuck the material between the portions |2 --l2 Fig. 6 illustrates still another form of the invention, being designed along the lines of the form shown in Figure 4. In this instance, the clamping members 5 are omitted to leave unobstructed the space between the edges IE but adjacent these edges, the form is provided with gripping slits l3 and pockets M substantially similar to the construction of Figure 3. The gap between the edges l5, of course, is concealed by the garment fitted to the form.

Another variation of the invention is depicted in Figure '7 wherein the form is provided with a shoulder and neck upper portion IT, a gap l8 being provided to allow the form portion to function in the manner above described. As is apparent from the drawing, the form may be a complete usable device in itself and may be used for displaying girdles, brassieres, corsets, etc., by merely being set upright upon a display counter or shop window floor.

As shown in Figure 8, the form may be continuous in contour with the slit I I omitted. The gripping slits l3 may be positioned at the sides of the form as shown so that both the front and the back of the garment displayed thereon present a pleasing and undisturbed appearance.

When used in association with a display standard 20 such as shown in Figure 1, the form may be adjustably secured in relation to the garment hanger 2| by suitable means such as shown at 22 in Figures 1 and 2 and at 23 in Figure 3. In this connection, the slit II has an added function which is to facilitate mounting the form on the standard without necessitating the removal of the hanger 2|. The resiliency of the form adjacent the slit efiectively permits the form to be snapped past the standard so the securing means 22 or 23 may readily engage said standard. Similarly, removal of the form may be expeditiously accomplished. As shown in Figure 8, the lateral portions of the form are left free of any of the form supporting means which as shown, are aflixed to the front and/or back thereof as by the means 22 In this manner, the form portions adjacent the slits l3 are free to be flexed during insertion of material in the pockets I4.

The form may be supported by suspending it from the hanger 2| (as shown in Figure 4) as by bands, ribbons, or wires 24. In this type of mounting the hanger need not be necessarily carried by a standard but may be otherwise supported as by hanging it from a point from above.

While the invention is quite simple in its conception, it can be seen from the foregoing disclosure that it may be employed in many ways. For this reason, the prior art, rather than the present specific disclosure should form the basis of interpretation of the scope of the invention as claimed.

We claim:

1. A .display form comprising a hollow body simulating a portion of the human torso, said body having a substantially oval contour as viewed from the top and provided with substantially parallel spaced edges to form an uninterrupted space in the rear of the form extending from topv to bottom thereof, and means fixed to said form at said edges comprising reentrantly bent portions constituting coacting gripping jaws between which excess material of a garment draped on the form may be tucked for yielding retention thereby.

2. A display form comprising a tubular body having a front garment displaying portion and edge portions at the rear thereof directed toward each other, the contiguous edges of said latter portions being inturned to constitute gripping portions for gripping the rear of a garment draped on the form.

3. A display form comprising a tubular body of flexible sheet material formed to simulate a portion of the human torso, said body having vertical edges which are disposed adjacent each other at the rear of the form and inturned to present coacting curved gripping jaws, the curved edges of the gripping jaws being resiliently yieldable to receive and yieldably retain between them excess material of a garment draped on the form.

4. A display form comprising a tubular body simulating a portion of the human torso, said body being oval in contour as viewed from the top and formed at the rear with cooperating portions having normally contiguous edges, said portions being adapted to be flexed to separate said edges to receive and to grip therebetween excess material of a garment draped on said form.

SAMUEL MESSER. GEORGE MESSER.