Patent ID: 9538865
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A47F

Claim:
1. A mannequin for presenting or photographing at least one clothing article arranged appropriately on the mannequin, wherein the mannequin comprises a torso having two shoulders, wherein the torso has a front side and a back side facing away from the front side, wherein, the torso has at least one cutout such that the back side of the mannequin is not visible in a plan view of the front side of the mannequin along a predefinable line of sight in the area of the at least one cutout, wherein the at least one cutout is designed in an upper area of the thorax of the torso such that the torso does not comprise a neck and is arranged between said shoulders, and wherein the mannequin has at least one insert releasably fixable in the cutout and configured to be completely removable from said cutout, which insert comprises a cutout being smaller than the cutout of the torso, and which insert is configured to be inserted into said cutout of the torso in a form fitting manner such that it rests on the torso, such that a clothing article that forms a clothing article cutout through which the neck of a person extends when the person wears said clothing article, can be arranged on the torso with said insert removed, such that no portion of the mannequin protrudes out of said clothing article cutout, and, in the case of said plan view of the front side of the mannequin, the inside of the clothing article is visible on the back side of the mannequin in the area of the cutout, but not the mannequin itself, and such that a further clothing article that forms a smaller clothing article cutout through which the neck of a person extends when the person wears said further clothing article, can be arranged on the torso with said insert inserted into the cutout of the torso, such that no portion of the mannequin protrudes out of said clothing article cutout of said further clothing article, and, in the case of said plan view of the front side of the mannequin, the inside of the further clothing article is visible on the back side of the mannequin in the area of the cutout of the insert, but not the mannequin itself.