US349529A - Cheistophee c - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER C. SHELBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., 'ASSIGNOR TO THE GANFIELD RUBBER COMPANY.

STAND FOR EXHIBITING SCARFS, COLLARS, 86C.

"SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 349,529, dated September 21, 1886. v

Application filed February 10, 1886. Serial No. 191,474. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHRISTOPHER O. SHEL- BY, of New York city, county, and State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands for Exhibiting Collars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which v Figures 1 and 2 are views of various embodiments of my invention, and Fig. 3' a view showing the manner in which the invention is applied.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts.

My invention consists of an improved stand for the exhibition of scarfs, bows, neckties, collars, and other like articles in show-win- (lows and elsewhere, and in the construction and combinations of parts, which I will first describe, and then point out'particularly in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a suitable base-piece, made of wood, metal, or other suitable material, but preferably of metal, to secure the proper weight. Extending upward from the base is a rod or wire, B, upon the upper end of which is secured in any suitable manner a clasp, O.

For holding an article like a collar, for instance, which requires to be supported at more than one place, I employ in connection with the stand proper an additional stay, D, which preferably consists of a wire looped at its lower end, (1', around the main rod or wire B, and provided at its upper end either with a clasp, E, similar to the clasp O, as shown in Fig. 2, or with a catch or clasp, F, such as represented in Fig. 3, formed by bending the wire back on itself, forming a loop which may serve as a support for the forward end of any article-a collar, for instance; or, if desired, the bent loop may be of spring metal, and thev ends bent in close together, so as to grasp the article tightly. A loop, cl, at the lower end of the stay-wire D-is preferably connected loosely to the wire B, so as to permit the staywire to be moved up and down to the position desired. When the forward part of an articlesuch as a collar, for exampleis held by the clasp O, and the rear part of the same by the clasp E or F on the stay-wire, the staywire can be adjusted up or down until the proper position is reached to display the article to the best advantage, the stay-wire remainingstationary whenever adjusted. WVhere the weight of the article exhibited might tend to cause the stand to fall over, the main wire or rod B may be inclinedforward from a point,

1), near the base, so as to throw the center ofgravity of the article between the main wire and stay and within the base, and thus maintain the article in position.

By means of my improved stands the various articles above mentioned, as well as numberless other ones,can be exhibited to the best advantage with convenience and with trifling expense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new 1. The combination,with the base and the main rod or wire secured thereto and having the clasp at its upper end, of the stay-wire and its clasp mounted upon the main rod or wire, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the base and the main rod or wire secured thereto and having the clasp, of the stay-wire adjustable upon the main wire and having the clasp at its upper end, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the base, of the main wire inclined outward at or near the base and having the clasp upon its end, with the stay-wire and its clasp, substantially as described.

- CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY.

Witnesses:

D. M. BALDWIN, JAMES S. STEARNs.

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