US793996A - Skirt-gage. - Google Patents

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No. 793,@96. PATENTED JULY L? 1905. l?. M. DE LEUK,

SKIRT GAGE APPLIUATXON FILED OUT. 3. 19011.

lttto. 793,996,

Unite Startet Patented July' 4t, ltQ.

PATENT titte..

LLEMIHTNGE f SPECIFCATIN it'ormng part of Letters Patent No. 793,996, dated July llt, ltQ. Application tiled October 8,1904. Serial No. 227,669.

le it known that l, l `izaNens Mosn De lucen, a eitizen ol the United States, and a resident ot' the eity oil' New Yorlt, borough o't lt'l'anhattan7 in the eounty and rstate otNew `York, hare inventeal a` new and lniproved ttlltirttiage, ot.I whieh the tollowing is a tull. elear, and exaet deseription. i

This invention relates to dresslnaling. and eeneerns itsel't espeeially with the eonstruetion ol a skirt-gage, which is to 'l'aeilitate the titting ot the skirt with respeet to its length.

The objeet ot the ii-n'ention is to prmluee a gage which will not only enable the skirt to he lnarlcetl at the desired point at which the lower edge should be turned up, but also to provide an arrangement whereby the aeeuraey et the nieasln'einent is inueh enhaneeifl.

The invention consists in the eonstruetion and eolnhination ol Yparts to be inore 'fully deserihed hereinafter, and detinitely set, `tort'h in the elaiins.

l'telierenee is to be had to the. aeeoinp.ui \j ing drawings, `lorniing a, part; ol' this speeit lation, in whieh siinilar Charm-,ters ot rel'er" enee indieate eorresponding parts in all the ignres.

Figure l is a perspeetiye View olt the gage. Fig. is a` diagrannnatie View ot a shirt and illustrating the nianner in whieh the gage is used. Fig. El is i, plan showing the manner o't using the gage tor marking the shirt at ditl'erent points near its lower edge, and Fig. -l in z, plan representing a portion ot the deyiee as broken away and illustrating its ain'ilieation in marking the skirt at the rear,

ltelerring niore particularly to the parts, l represents a` base-plate. which is ot elon gated torni, as shown. To this plate is at1- taehed a gage har or stall 2, whieh projects upwardly there'l'roin, as indieated. '.l`his g.age,stat'li preterably consists o'li :1` lat har. provided will] a plurality ot openings il, disA posed in pairs` as shown. Above the baseplate. l there is provided a nuirlcingplate 14|-, to the upper Vtaee whereo'lE there is altaehed a sleeve 5, whieh slips over the gage-statiA and whieh is in aliiienient with an openingl in the gagwplate l, through which the stally passes. as will hereadily understood. .lit :t suitable point the body ol the sleeve, 5 is providedV with a pafir o'l oppositely-disposed openings T, which are adapted to aline, re speetirely. with any pair o'lE the openings 2l in the stati". l `ro|n this arrangeinent the inarltiug-plate lr nlay he tixed at any desired height; by ineans olf a locking-pin S. having `snhstantially the torni ol a staple, as shown` the saine iriassiug through the sleeve 5 and the stall', as will be readily understood.

To return again to a further deseription ot the base.plate l, it should be stated that its inner edge El is preferably ot suliistantially the torni shown. rl`his torni is sneh as to present a lobe l0. the edge \\hereo'l projects, as shown. rl`his lobe is substantially een trally disposed with respeet to the gaggje-statt 2, and at eaeh side ol. the lobe the. edge ot the base-plate is tornied with iiulentations or reeesses l1, whieh are syunnietrieally plaeed with respeet to the lobe l() and with respeet to a longitudinal axis o't the plate passing through the stall' 2.

ln praetiee the device would be used alt'er the upper port-ion ol' the skirt had been litted and substantially linished. 'lhe nianner ot using the deviee is nlost elearly illustrated in ltigs. 2 and 2S. ll'hen it is desired to niark the shirt'I at the side, the wonian being litted would stand ereet and the base-plate 1 would be set upon the loor at her side. rthe gage would he nioved inwardly until the edge o'll the lobe Vltlrested against the side olf the toot as shown in l'ull lilies in Fig. ltthen the gage is arranged in this manner, the outer edge 'l2 o'l the niarlting-plate `lY Vwould lie ad- Iiat-ent to the inner side oll the lower portion ol the skirt .13, hanging naturally in position` asshown in Fig. 'llhe nmrking-phne lharing been adjustedV as to height.` the outer side ot the skirt Ywould be inarhed at the edge Vl2 by nieans ot' a pieee ol' tailor`s chalk or soapstinie. lVhere it is desired to niark the slirtv at the trout, the gage would be niored around so as to oeeupy substantially the V|viosition in whieh it shown in dotted lines in Fig. B. at whieh time the recesses ll in the edge 9 would be applied to the toes of the shoes. In this manner the marking edge l2 of the lnatrkingsplate el would he maintained at a distance from the hody, insuring aeeuraey in marking the skirt. The gage attords means for marking the skirt aeeurately at the hack hy applying the gage with the edge t.) at the heels et the shoes. the lobe 10 resting' against' the heels placed together1 as in Fig. l. ln this manner eyidently the lower edge ol: the skirt may he marked aeeurately at all net-essary points. ily reason ot the eharaeter ot the edge 9 the art-uraey ot the mz'irking is assured. lt is of eourse Vunderstood that the amount by which the lohe l() projects beyond the depth o'l the recesses llA eompensates for the increased distanee 'trom the skirt to the. foot at the side. lin other words. the ilform of the edge S) is eompleinentary with respeet to the feet. so that the marking edge maintains itself at a substantially unitorm distance 'from the renter ot the body. Yln practiee it the skirt is required to have a dip at'. any partitailar point a markingplate olf the required shape is suhstituted in plaee of the one ordinarily used tor short skirts.

The marking` edge l2 oit the plate l is of just sullieient curvature to give a straight edge to the hottoln ot the skirt. ln practice this marking' edge is Formed with a radius olI ahout twenty inches. The ends ol? the marking-plate are prelerahly eut on an ineline, as shown at lil.

rllhe operation of lit't'ing a skirt as to length without a gage is a tedious one`r and eyen where gages ha \'e heen used hereto'liore their eonstruetiou has been sueli as to make it', neeessary to turn the edge of the skirt up ahoye the surliaee ot the upper plate ot the gage.

i l l The gage deserili ed alioye is emisidered espeeially use/ful hy reason oi? the taetthat. it enables a skirt to he marked immediately z t the desired point and dispenses with the necessity Jtor the use of pins, as the skirt may be readily turned up to the proper point atter heing taken oli". ln order to laeilitate the marking operation, ther marking edge l2 is pre'lierahly beveled. as shown most clearly in Fig. '2.

'llhe arrangement t'or bringing ahout the proper placing ot the gage-plate before marking the skirtl is considered highly advantageous. heeause it mueh enhances the aeeuraey oll the operation, as will be readily understood.

l'laying elaim as new and desire Patentl1. lu a skirt-gage. in combination. a haseplater` a sta tlVA earried thereby` and a plate earried hy said stall"` the inner edge ot said baseA plate haring a projeeting portion adapted to he. applied to the side ol one`s toot and a reeeding portion adapted to lie applied to the toe of one`s foot.

2. ln a skirt-gage. in Combination, a haseplate. a statlf projecting upwardly therefrom. a marking-plate, and means tor locking said marking-plate to said stati' in a plurality of positions` the inner edge et said liaise-plate presenting a projecting edge substantially centrally disposed with respectV to said sta tt and recesses heyond said pro i,eeting edge.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this spetltilieation in the presence of two suhserihing witnes es.

FRANCES Moi'sr. DE

lllitnesses:

J. llhuxrm: ll'lxr'rs. Manni Moise HYMnN.

thus` deseribed my invention, Yl to seem-e, hy Letters LEON.

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