US2201546A - Measuring device - Google Patents

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May 21, 1940. J. REINER MEASURING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 20, 1939 INVENTOR. Jb na 5 R eine v J-Qai A ORNEYS lha May 21, 1940. J. REINER MEASURING DEVICE Filed Jan. 20, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 imm- Patented May 21, 1940 UNITED STATES ATENT oFFca" 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in, measuring devices particularly of the type adapted for. use in measuring a person for the purposeof making a garment for him and for making the necessary measurements in fitting the garment on the person.

The general object of the invention is to provide a simple portable measuring device of this nature by means of which the desired measurements in connection with the fitting of a garment may be facilitated.

The various detailed objects of the invention involving the structural features thereof will be apparent from the following detailed description of one form of device in accordance with this invention.

This invention resides substantially in the combination, construction, arrangement and relative location of parts as set forth below. v

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of one form of the device in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is aside elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectiontal View taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 5.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the structure of Figure 4 from the rear, with some parts broken away and some parts shown in crosssection.

As those skilled in the art can fully appreciate, little development has occurred in measuring devices which facilitate the rapid measurement of garments and persons wearing them in preparation for making the garment and for fitting it after it is made. In accordance with this invention there is provided a device which is equipped to quickly and accurately take the usual measurements of this type, such as the length of the garment, the hip, waist and bust measurements of the person to wear the garment, and the like.

' As shown in the drawings, a suitable form of the device consists of a base plate I having extending upwardly therefrom a vertical column or stanchion shown in the form of a tube 2. Slidably mounted on the column 2 are a plurality of sliding members in the form of sleeves 3, 4 and 5. The lowermost sleeve is provided. at its lower end with a horizontally projecting arm 6 and at its upper end with a handle .1

a forming part of a locking device for clamping the sleeve at desired vertical positions on the column.

The sleeve 8 is provided with a short horizontally extending arm 8 which will be described: in more detail in connection with Figure 4 and is likewise provided with a handle 9 forming part of a clamping device for this sleeve. Theup permost sleeve 5 is provided at its upper end with a horizontally extending arm iii which is preferably curved in the direction of itslength as 10 clearly indicated in Figure 3. The sleeve 5 also has a handle ll forming part of a clamping device for this sleeve.

Mounted for movement with the uppermost sleeve 5 as on the arm I0 for example, is a 15 measuring tape I2. This tape is preferably of the type consisting of a. graduated strip 13 which coils up within a housing preferably by some suitable form of spring action so that when the graduated strip is released it will move backl into the housing automatically. There are several well known forms of this type of measuring device.- The measuring device I2 is so positioned that the graduated strip l3 can be grasped at the end and moved down to engage a rear extension Be on the arm 6.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the sleeve 4 is provided with a strap M which is secured thereon by means of a screw 16. The strap-is so formed as to provide a pair of parallel arms in which the handle 9 is pivotally mounted on a pivot pin 23. The short end 9' of the handle 9 is shaped to provide a cam surface which bears on a strip 4b of hardened metal such as spring steel which is secured in any suitable manner on a finger 4a formed in the sleeve 4 by slotting, as is clearly shown in'Figure 5. The cam end of the lever is so shaped that when it is in a horizontal position, as shown in Figure 4, it tightly pinches the finger 4b between it and the column 2, securely locking the sleeve 4 thereon. The hardened strip 4b is desirably used where the sleeve 4' is of some soft material such as brass to minimize wear. With respect to the clamping device, it is of the same construction for all of the sleeves.

The arm 8 which is shown in Figure 4 as secured to the sleeve 4b} means of screws-2|, is bifurcated at the end and provided with a transversely extending screw 22 by means of which 5d the spacing between the arms 8' formied by the bifurcation may be varied. rThese arms are hook shaped at their terminal ends and formed to receive and clamp between them a strip l8 of spring metal such as spring steel for example and a graduated measuring strip [9 which is secured to the ends of the strip I8 by means of clips or clamping strips IS. The strip [8 is more rigid than the graduated measuring strip l9 and serves to support it. The strip I9 may be made of metal, fabric, or other materials commonly used for such purposes.

It will be seen that the screw 22 is employed to clamp the strips l 8 and [9 on the arm 8. A pair of clips 20 of any suitable construction is provided into which the ends of the graduated measuring strip may be slipped when they are coiled to the back as indicated by the dot-dash lines in Figure 3 to hold them out of the way.

Those skilled in the art will, no doubt, from the above description fully appreciate the many uses to which a device of this type may be put. As shown in Figure 2 the sleeves 3 and 4 may be positioned so that the arms 6 and ill engage the bottom of a skirt and the shoulder respectively of a wearer thereof. The graduated strip l3 may then be pulled down to measure the distance between the arms 6 and In, giving the length of the garment. The graduated strip I3 may be pulled down to contact the plate I and a reading taken at the arm Ill and at the arm 6 which when subtracted gives the distance of the bottom of the skirt above the floor. The sleeve 4 may be moved up and down and clamped in place to provide a measurement of the circumference of the skirt and/or the hips, waist and bust of the wearer. Thus there is provided in one compact instrument the means by which all the usual measurements in connection with the making of custom garments may be quickly and accurately taken.

I am well aware that those skilled in the art will upon reading this disclosure appreciate that various changes in the details of construction of the device may be made. I do not, therefore, desire to be strictly limited to the disclosure as given for purposes of illustration, but rather to the scope of the appended claims granted me.

What is claimed is:

1. In a measuring device of the type described, the combination including a vertical column, a pair of sleeves mounted on said column for sliding movement thereon, means on each of said sleeves including an integral finger and a cam for clamping them at desired positions on the column, arms extending horizontally from said sleeves, and a measuring device mounted on the uppermost of said arms and extendable to the lowermost arm and/or to the bottom of said column to measure the distance between said arms, the distance between the uppermost arm and the bottom of the column and the distance between the lowermost arm and the bottom 01 the column.

2. In a device of the type described the combination including a vertical column, a plurality of sleeves slidably mounted on said column, each of said sleeves being slotted to form a finger, means for independently forcing the fingers of said sleeves into locking engagement with said column, and means on said arms for effecting measurements in two directions at right angles to each other. JONAS REINER.

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