US1254719A - Garment form and hanger. - Google Patents

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H. MOSCHCOWITZ.

GARMENT FORM AND HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1914.

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5 I400 ntoz HERMAN MOSCHCOWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed September 25, 1914. Serial No, 863,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN MosoHoowrrz, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, clty, county,

and State of New York, have invented cer-* rack or trunk, and on removal of the garment with my device in it from the store rack or trunk for purposes of display and inspection, the means for support can be made to immediately assume a form adapted to properly display the garment. Heretofore and up to the tlme of my invention of the new and useful improvements herein set forth, garments were supported in store racks or trunks by ordinary hangers known to the art. For purposes of display to prospective buyers they then were transferred to, forms or models which consumed much time and efi'ort. By my new and useful invention herein set forth, that with a slight effort the device used in hanging or supporting the garment can be made to assume a form adapted for the suitable display of the garment to prospective buyers and my improvement is such that the form can easily be made to assume its function as a hanger or support for the garment when the display or inspection is finished. One result of my invention, though not the only result, will be to enable traveling salesmen and others to carry garment in trunks on proper and suitable hangers or supporters of very light weight which can be immediately converted into means for displaying garments when required.

The object of my invention is to provide a hanger for garments which can easily and readily be converted into a form in conformity with the human figure for displaying a garment and which can be readily made to assume its form as a garment hanger or supporter when the form for display or inspection i vno longer required. I at-. tain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvement in the form most adaptable as a garment hanger or supporter. Fig. 2 is a front view of my improvement as it appears when ,to the hanger A at the points a adapted to be used as a form for purposes of displaying garments. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the hanger A, at the points a, b, are mounted two light but durable wires E, F. At the points g, 1' on the wires E, F is firmly mounted the wire 0. At the points 4;, 10, at the extremities of the wires E, F, is mounted the irregular wire form D by the hinges e, f. The wire form C, so formed as to constitute the bust on a conventional dress form and having the wire P with the extension X is hinged onthe cross wire 0 of the supporting frameso as to move in a plane at right angles thereto. The wire form 13 comprises means for displaying the chest and upper breast of a garment and consists in the wire B having curvedfends b 6 attached a by the hlnges Ia and Z and adapted to move in a plane at right angles to hanger A is "fitted with a hook G which has two arms H, I made long enough and adjusted to operate the connecting rods M and N and thereby the forms B, G; D, by slippmg up and down in the holes J, K in the hanger A. The arm H of the hook G is connected to the arm I of the hook G by connecting rod N which after being connected at the extremities of the arms H, I of the hook G is so, bent as to constitute a shank at the point L andis then connected to the neck X at the point The wire frame B is connected to the shank in the connecting rod N at the point m by the rod The bands S, T of tape or other material connect the form D to the form C at the points t, 2?, t t. The connecting rods M, N and the tape or other material connecting the forms C and D are so adjusted that when the hook G is moved, the wire forms B, C and D are made to lie flat against the supporting wires E, F, or are so extended as to properly display the garment. The figures shown in the drawings and the devices described herein represent one form ofmy invention, but I amaware that other forms of devices may be used without departing from thespirit of my invention.

described my invention,

the hanger A. The I wires mounted on the hanger and a wire cross-piece connecting the two wires midway of their lengths, firmly attached to the same; a dress form consisting of three wire parts adapted to display the chest, bust and hips of a garment, the chest part hinged to the hanger and the bust and hip parts hinged to the supporting means at separate points thereon and capable of moving in a Plane at rightangles to said supporting means; and means for moving the said forms from a point in the same plane with the supporting means to a plane at right angles thereto, consisting of a hook passing through the hanger and capable of moving freely therein and attached by suitable connecting rods to the chest and bust forms and readily capable of controlling the same; and the hip form connected by suitable means to the bust form.

2.'*In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of a garment hanger with supporting means comprising two wires mounted upon the hanger, a wire cross-piece midway of the lengths of the two supporting wires firmly attached to the same; a wire form adapted to display the bust of a garment consisting of a wire frame of irregular shape, two of its sides being connected by a transverse wire hinged to the said cross wire 1n the said supporting means andcapable of moving at right angles thereto or lying against the said supporting means in the same plane; a hook having two separate arms mounted in the said hanger and passing through the same, the ends of the two arms of the said hook being connected by a connecting rod with the cross piece of the said wire form, the whole being adapted to close the said wire form against the supporting means and bring it within the same plane therewith or to draw the wire form into a plane at right angles to said supporting means according as the hook is moved in said hanger.

3. In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of a garment hanger with supporting means comprising Wires mounted upon the same and a cross wire midway of the lengths of the two supporting wires firmly attached to the same; a wire form adapted to display the bust of a garment consisting of an irregular shaped frame with a cross wire connecting its shorter sides and midway'thereof, the whole hinged to the said cross wire of the supporting frame and capable of lying against the said supporting means and in the same plane, and capable of moving on the said supporting frame in a plane at right angles thereto; a second wire frame adapted to display the hips of a garment hinged to the extremities of the supporting wires and capable of lying against the said supporting means and moving in a plane at right angles therewith, the hip form being connectedto the bust form by tape or other material constituting means adapted to draw the said form into the Same plane with the supporting means and into a plane at right angles thereto upon a similar movement of the bust form, and a single operating means consisting of a hook capable of sliding in the hanger and connected with the bust form, substantially as described.

4. In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of a garment hanger with supporting means comprising tWo wires mounted on. the hanger, a cross wire midway' of the lengths of the two supporting wires firmly attached to the same; means for displaying the chest, and upper parts of a garment consisting of a wire suitably bent and hinged at the ends to the said hanger and capable of moving in a plane at right angles to said hanger or being drawn into the same plane therewith, a hook having two separate arms mounted in the said hanger and passing through the same, the two arms of the said hook being connected by a wire rod curved for connecting the ends of the said arms to form a shank; a wire rod connecting the said shank and the said wire form, the whole being adapted to draw said form into the same plane with the supporting means or to draw the said wire form into a plane at right angles to the support-

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