US2204876A - Form for displaying clothing - Google Patents

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Jun 1940. R. R. WILLIAMSON 2,204,876

' FORM FOR DISiLAYING CLOTHING Filed Aug. 24, 1938 EussELL A. MLL/mvso/Y h g a,\) 4

Attorneys Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED STATES rnrsur orricr.

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a novel form for the display of mens clothing, particularly shirts, and has for its object a number of advantages and adaptations, among them the following:

1. The display-form is capable of receiving a garment, as a mans shirt, and exhibiting it, without having to unfold the garment in putting it on the form and. removing it therefrom, where- I by the garment is not rumpled and does not need 19 to be laundered or pressed or otherwise treated after being exhibited on the display form and removed therefrom.

2. Another feature of my invention is the construction of the display-form with an opening in 15 its front within which to place the shirt and a filler adapted to occupy the opening in the shirt, the filler acting to keep the shirt bosom smooth and slightly curved as it is when being worn, thus making a dicky out of any folded stock shirt.

3. Another feature of this invention is the simplicity and inexpensiveness of the construction of the display-form, the material cut from the display-form to exhibit the shirt being used as the filler which is adapted to occupy the interior 25 in the shirt and support the shirt in the form.

4. The result of these capacities of the coat form is that the shirt when removed from the form is in the condition in which it was received from the factory and may be immediately sold or 30 returned to stock.

5. Another advantage of the invention is the saving of work-time of the display man, as a folded stock shirt can be applied in a minutes time to this display form, without the necessity 35 of unfolding and unpinning the shirt and then stretching it over the form, and can be instantly removed from the display-form and placed back in stock or sold without the necessity of laundering and/or pressing the shirt and pinning it back 49 to the condition in which it was originally received from the factory.

6. Another advantage of my invention is its adaptability for use in either dummy models or mannequin models.

45 These and other capabilities and advantages will be more fully discussed in the specification.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a form with a shirt mounted within it and the bosom of the 50 shirt in full display.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the display form on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, with a cross-section also of a shirt, the general body of the shirt being within the display-form for its protection and the as bosom thereof located on the outside of the form.

Figure 3 is a view of a filler or device which is adapted to be placed. in the opening of the bosom of the display-form and thence pushed on into the inside of the shirt.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the display- 5 form with the filler removed and the opening for the filler clearly shown.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through a portion of the wall 5 showing a beveled opening and a part of the filler also having beveled ends, these parts being separated to facilitate their illustration.

Figure 5a is a sectional view on the line 5a--5a of Figure 1, showing a part of the shirt bosom, the lower end of the filler and a portion of the wall of the display-form. v

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing one type of filler in which the collar form is made integral with the filler.

The improvements herein illustrated in Figure 1 to Figure 6 inclusive show my shirtholder or exhibitor for soft shirts for day-time wear. I will describe my invention by resort to Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, as they refer particularly to the means for exhibiting in an attractive way soft shirts for daytime wear.

In Figure l I have shown a perspective view of my improved display-form, with a mans shirt 2 mounted in the form. One of the features of the invention is the collar-form 3. This collar-form can be mounted on the upper portion of the filler as seen at 5 in Figure 3 or can be made integral with such filler 4 as seen in Figure 6.

This shirt is inserted through the front opening of the display-form and is housed inside of this 85 form I. The form receives the shirt which is held in place by the wall 6 of the display-form and the filler 4. The wall is cut away to give opportunity for the insertion and retention of the filler 4. The material cut from the display- 0 form I in making the opening 8 I use to make or constitute the filler Q. But, of course, I can make the filler of a separate piece.

The filler 4 is held in place and prevented from falling or slipping inward of the wall 6 by the cooperating bevels Ad of the filler i and 6a of the wall 6, as seen in Figure 5; and the bevel 4b of the filler 4 and the cooperating bevel 6b of the wall 6 will prevent the filler from any accidental falling from its position outwardly, as seen in Figure 5a..

It will be seen more fully from Figure 4 that the opening 8 in the bosom of the display-form receives and exposes the bosom l of the shirt when these features are assembled as shown in Figure 1.

And further the filler 4 is also kept in place by being pressed downward into the shirt as shown in Figure 3. Thus the form carries the shirt and the shirt receives within it the filler 4; so that, in effect, the filler 4 and the bosom "I of the shirt both enter the form I through the opening 8, the filler 4 being first inserted in the shirt.

Of these several features of the form and its added and assembled features I have produced a practical, easily made and conveniently operated form for displaying men's shirts.

Thus my invention comprehends a shirt exhibitor having a part of the form cut out for the insertion of a filler which is adapted to be positioned within the shirt.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as come within the scope of the claim and the invention.

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

An exhibitor device for displaying folded stock shirts, comprising a bust shaped display-form constituting a hollow body having a front opening with beveled walls, a filler shaped to simulate the neck and chest portion of the human body 30 having complementary beveled edges to fit said filler within said beveled wall opening, said filler being slightly smaller than said opening and adapted to be inserted in a folded shirt and retain the bosom portion of the shirt between the beveled walls of said opening and said filler to display the shirt front and collar band.

RUSSELL R. WILLIAMSON.

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