US2367171A

US2367171A - Collapsible model form

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Publication number: US2367171A
Application number: US508795A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kroll Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-11-03
Filing date: 1943-11-03
Publication date: 1945-01-09
Anticipated expiration: 1962-01-09

Description

Jan. 9, 1945. 'J, KROLL 2,367,171 OLLAPSIBLE MODEL FORM Filed Nov. 3, 1943 4 y 55 L 54 4a 6 2 3 56 47 3 52 5 19 f INVENTOR JOSZ'PH KPOLL.

v i 7 BY I 25 o 28 28 W ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 9, 1 945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .COLL'APSIBLE MODEL FORM fJoseph Kroll, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application November 3, 1943, Serial No. 508,795

I 4 Claims. .(cl. 223-458) This invention .relates to garment forms'and more particularly to a type having collapsible parts for adjusting thesections of which'said 7 forms are composed for'the'purpose of adjusting said form to the size and cut of the garments to be supported thereupona's'wellas to facilitate the removal of said garment therefrom'after the same has been assembled and without danger of tearing the same. a T

It is accordingly the primary object of thisinvention' to achieve the above mentioned purposes by providing a form with retractile and extensible side- -'and shoulder portions-which portions are hinged at their lower ends tov said form and shaped for telescoping lateralmovem'ent' inwardly and outwardly therefrom through the medium of a link and screw: mechanism arranged within said form and adjustably by hand manipulationexternally of said form.

Other objects of the invention are, the provisionof mechanism in a form of the-character referred to which is solid andi'positive in operation, simplified in structure and of the requisite and. combination of parts 'andinthe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed,

it being understood" that'changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed With- "out departing from the spirit of the invention.'-

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawing, wherein: Figure l is a front view of the collapsible form with parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an elevational detail view of the hinge pin.

Referring to the drawing in detail, I denotes a garment form made by molding any suitable material such as papier-mach, or by'stretching fabric on a suitable frame, to ,form the hollow body portions I I and I 2 above and below'the waist respectively in a unitary structure having shoul-,

degree of strength, which canibe readily assembled inside the form, to provide improvedimeans '25 der opening I3 which include a part of. the bust portion I4 of the form IEI. It is to be understood that the garment form may be given a variety of shapes to thereby provide forms for mens, ladies and childrens garments, and that the type of.

ments being pivotally connected together'by a readily removable hinge pin I8. The hinge pin I8 is constituted by a cylindrical pin or rod comprising a shank I9 formed at one end with an eye 20 and. slotted at its other end as at 2I to receive one end of a lock bar 22 pivotally held therein by a pivot pin 23, the lock bar having a width not greater than the diameter of the hinge pin Thus, to insert the hinge pin l8 in position the lock bar 22 is moved into coextensive relation with the shank I9, and after insertion the lock bar 22 is moved down to thereby lock the hinge pin in place as clearly shown in Figure 2; and in a like manner the hinge pin I8 maybe readily removed to effect removal of a shoulder portion I5 when necessary to permit of adjustment or repair of the mechanism within the form I6 as will'be hereinafter described. I

The form I0 is closed-at its bottom by a panel 25 through which extends'a'tubularstandard 26 rigidly secured at its lower end to a'base 21 mounted on casters 2B. The standard 26 ex- ,tend upwardly into the form I0 in the vertical axis thereof, and its upper end terminates in a flanged head 29 lying somewhat above'the plane 0f-the hinge axis, see Figure l. Fitted in the .fianged head 29 is a set screw 3I, and telescopiby a collar 36 rigidly secured to said neck portion, and provided with an axial opening 31. Extending through said opening 31 is a sleeve 38 which surrounds the upperend portion of the rod 32. The rod 32 extends beyond the upper end of said sleeve 38. A knob 40 has threaded engagement with the end of the rod 32, said knob including a cylindrical cap 4| arranged to seat in seating on a washer 41 positioned on the rod 32 i and held in place thereon by a pin 48. A cross head 50 comprising a cylindrical internally threaded boss 5| and a pair of diametrically opposed arms 52 is seated on the washer 41, the threaded end 46 of the sleeve 38 having threaded engagement with the boss 5|. Seated on the terminal end of each of the cross-head arms 52 is one end of a link 54 pivotally held thereto by a pin 55 and cotter-pin 56, as clearly shown in Figure 1. Each link 54 is provided at its other end with an eye 51 connected to an eye-bracket 58 which latter is secured in any desired manner to a shoulder portion l5. Provided on the boss 5! is a set screw 59 which is adapted to clamp the cross-head 5D in adjusted position on the sleeve 38, if so desired.

It will be apparent that the links 54 connecting the shoulder portions l5 to the cross-head 51] will hold the latter from turning. Thus, rotation of the knob 40 will efiect rotation of the sleeve 38 such as to impart vertical movement to the crosshead 50, either up or down, depending on which direction the knob is turned. In the position of the parts shown in F gure the cross-head 50 is in its lowermost position and the shoulder portions I5 are moved outwardly to their maximum extent. Inward movement, i. e., collapsing movement of the shoulder portions I5 is ellected by rotation of the knob 40 in the appropriate direction so as to cause upward movement of the cross-head 50 on the sleeve 38. Where it is desirable to lock the cross-head 50 in any selected adjusted position of the shoulder portions l5, the set-screw 59 is set down, this being accomplished by first detaching a hinge pin H! to permit partial removal of a shoulder portion I5 from the shoulder opening l3 so as to permit access to the interior of the form.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A garment form comprising a hollow body portion having shoulder openings, shoulder portions hinged at their lower ends in said openings for rectractile movement from a maximum extended position to a closed position, a vertical rod extending axially through said garment form, a tubular standard mounted on a base for telescopically supporting said rod, means on said standardfor locking said rod in adjusted position, said rod extending upwardly beyond said form, manual manipulative means on said rod externally of said form, and means within said form mounted in concentric relation to said rod and actuated by said manual manipulative means and movable vertically relative to said rod and connected to said shoulder portions to simultaneously move the same to a selected adjusted position.

2. A garment form comprising a hollow body portion having shoulder openings, a shoulder portion fitted to each shoulder opening, a hinge comprising two hinge elements connecting the lower end of each shoulder opening to said body portion, and a readily detachable hinge pin joining said hinge elements including a pivoted locking bar so arranged when said hinge pin'is in place as to prevent accidental removal thereof, and manually actuated means connected to said shoulder portions to simultaneously move the same to a selected adjusted position.

3. A garment form comprising a hollow body portion having shoulder openings, a shoulder portion fitted to each shoulder opening, a hinge comprising two hinge elements connecting thelower end of each shoulder opening to said body portion, and a readily detachable hinge pin joining said hinge elements including a pivoted locking bar so arranged when said hinge pin is in place as to prevent accidental removal thereof, a vertical ro extending axially hr ugh said g men form, a standard mounted on a base for supportme said rod, and manually actu ed means movable vertically rela ive to sai rod and connecte to said shoulder portions to simultane usly move the same to a selected adjusted position.

4. A garment form comprising a hollow body portion having shoulder openings, a shoulder portion fitted to each shoulder opening, a hinge comprising two hinge elements connecting the lower end of each shoulder opening to said body portion, and a readily detachable hinge pin joining said hinge elements including a pivoted locking bar so arranged when said hinge pin is in place as to rod end for locking said knob in adjusted position,

means on said knob for locking the same to said sleeve, a cross-head having threaded engagement with the lower end of said sleeve and link means connecting said cross-head and shoulder portions, whereby rotation of said sleeve in one direction or the other will impart raising or lowering of said cross-head to effect a lateral inward or outward movement of said shoulder portions.

- JOSEPH KROLL.