US851642A - Skirt and garment marking device. - Google Patents

Description

YATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. M. BEERE. AND GARMENT MARKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2,1905.

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SKIRT AND GARMENT MARKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed November 2,1905. $erial No. 285,512.

To (all whom it 'HI/(I/lI/ concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BEERE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt and Garment Marking Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for marking upon garments, especially skirts, the distance from the floor at which it is desired to shorten them when too long.

The device is designed for use by those fitting ready-made skirts onto ladies, but is also useful for dressmakers in general, and even tailors or sellers of mens trousers may use it in marking the height from the floor the trousers are to be fitted.

In the accompanying drawing .Figure 1 is a front elevation of my marking device as applied to a portion of a garment shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, with fingers of a human hand added. Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2, showing the entire device made from sheet metal, while in Figs. 1 and 2 the main parts are supposed to be made of wood.

Referring to the drawing by letters of reference, A is a foot or base plate upon which a broad standard B is fixed. In front of'said standard is secured to the base the lower end of a vertically disposed scale plate C,

which in one edge is graduated with hori zontal notches D, and numbers adjacent thereto, as indicated in Fig. 1 by 1, 1;, 2, 2.}, 3, &c., representing inches and fractions of inches, or such other measure as may be customary to use. The scale starts from the floor line E and increases upward.

The scale C is hinged or pivoted at F to the base and provided with a stop G, which when resting on the base holds the scale in the inclined position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the skirt II may be easily dro ped down between the standard and the sea e. The scale is also springy, so that it may be sprung as at I in Fig. 2 against the surface of garments of various thicknesses at the lower edge. In Fig. 3 is shown that r l l l l l l l j l l I by making the scale of thin spring metal it may be so much sprung at I that it willneed no pivot, but can be riveted at F to the base. In Fig. is also shown that the base A, standard B, and even the linger catch J may be fin-med integral from a s ngle piece of sheet metal, while .in Figs. 1 and 2 the catch J is a peg secured into the base.

In using the device the tailor, dressmaker or litter sets the device on the floor, puts the skirt or other garment on the person it is to be fitted on, drops the lower edge of the garment down between the standard and the scale, then places one linger K back of the catch J, so as to hold the device firmly to the lloor and prevent .its moving away for the pressure of the thumb L against the scale C, by which the latter is held against the gar- .ment and holds it smooth against the standard while the operator places his marking chalk in one of the notches D and makes a horizontal mark, about like M in Fig. l, at the desired height from the floor; the scale is then released and the device moved along the lloor to other points of the garment, where further marks are made, either at the same height as the [irst mark, or changing gradually upward or dowmvard as may be desiret The garment is then removed, trimmed and sewed to the marks thus made. If the garment is too long to hang down between the standard and the scale then its lower edge is simply turned in and upward while the marking is being done. hen the scale is pivoted to the base a slight outward tilting of the device will throw the scale away from the standard, and when the scale is not pivoted, as in Fig. 3, it will spring'away from the standard as soon as released from the thumb.

It will be readily understood that this device is very handy and convenient, especially as compared to the old methods oi marking by the insertion of a lot of pins, or by handling sinulltaneously a tape-line, the chalk and a garment hanging free to swing away in any direction from the slightest touch, while this device steadies and holds the garment lirmly, provides its own measure or s :ale, furnishes guiding means for the chalk and the standard as a table supporting the garment against the chalk.

Having thus described my invention, its use and advantages, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A garment marking device comprising a foot piece with a standard thereon and a scale secured on the base and adapted to be pressed toward the standard, said base having a finger catch by which to hold it against the pressure exerted upon the scale, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A garment marking device comprising a foot or base, a standard projecting upwardly therefrom, and a scale secured to the base near the standard and adapted to swing to and from the same, said base and standard being formed integral of a single piece of sheet metal.

3. A garment marking device comprising a base or foot piece, a standard extending upward from the same, a graduated scale mounted on the base and adapted to swing to and from the standard, and be pressed against the latter, and a finger catch on said base; said base, standard and catch being made integral from a single piece of sheet metal.

4. A garment marking device comprising a base adapted to rest upon the floor, a standard fixed thereto, a vertically disposed grad uated scale secured to the base near the standard and adapted to be forced against a garment placed between it and the stand ard, said scale being springy near its lower end, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I afl m' my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. BEERE.

\Vitnesses:

A. M. OARLsEN, D. E. OARLSEN.

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