Improvements in or connected with Lay Figures or Busts for Tailoring and other Purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1891-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICALIN.
Improvements in or connected with Lay Figures or Busts for
Tailoring and other Purposes.
I, PAUL BRENNICKE, of Heimstrasse, 20, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Sculptor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the-
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The present invention refers to a lay figure or bust for tailoring and other
purposes, which not only admits of adjustment to all normal sizes of bodies, but
also admits of being shaped to bent, hunchback, or other abnormal figures.
The bust is represented in the annexed drawings, in which,
Figure 1 shews a front view of the adjustable bust.
Figure 2 shews the back of same.
Figure 3 is a side view.
Figure 4 is a section through lines 1-2, Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a section through lines 3-4, Figure 3.
Figure 6 is a plan of the bust, after removal of the neck-part, and the upper
breast parts, and parts of the back.
Figure 7 is a section through lines 5-6 of Figure 5.
Figure 8 is a section through line 7-8 of Figure 5.
Figure 9 is a section through lines 9-10 of Figure 5.
The lower part of the bust is adjustable on the stand a by means of the thumb
screw b¹.
The lower part of the bust consists of the four correspondingly shaped
pieces 3, 4, 65, which are joined by means of hinges with the hip-piece c,
consisting in like manner of four pieces. The lower part b is fixed to the stand or
holder a by means of the sliding clamp c', which consists of the plate c², and a
second plate c³, connected with it by means of the supports c. The shell of the
figure is preferably of metal.
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The bottom plate 2 is surmounted by a disc e, over which the arms d², d³, d',
are laid each of which is fastened to the inner surface of the overlapping pieces b²,
3, 4, 5. The disc is adjusted by the screws e f carried through the sliding
clamp c. At the lower part of the figure and above the hip pieces c, are provided
the overlapping waist pieces e¹, e², e³, e. The waist pieces e³, are connected by
hinges with the two pieces f³, forming the breast part of the bust. The back
consists of the pieces g, h, i, k connected by hinges with the waist pieces e¹, e².
From the four pieces of the breast middle piece there are hinged rods e³, e,
reaching towards the inside of the clamp 1, which is formed on the support a by the
plates 12 and 13, connected together by the pieces .
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The flange is furnished with a boss 14 in which is a hole which serves to hold
the shank of the disc arranged inside the holder 1, and a thumb screw m, upon
the eccentric end of which rests the shank 16 of the disc 15.
The stand a is provided with a collar n which carries the disc n³, and the
dises n', n², are keyed to the stand a. Between the discs n' and n² are supported
the rods of the back pieces hk, and between the discs n² and n³ are supported
the rods, of the two breast pieces f³, f4 of the bust. The rods h', k¹ are
rigidly connected to the back pieces; and the rods f³, fare rigidly connected to
the breast pieces, and are held loosely between said discs n', n², n³, thus allowing
the pieces ff, h, k, to adjust themselves in relation to the pieces e¹, e², e³, e¹, to
which they are hinged.
In continuation of the support a, the plate o with slides P is arranged. In the

page_text: blocks pl p² of the slides there are thumb screws p³, pt which carry the rods q¹ r¹
of the two upper back pieces or of the bust.
On both sides of the blocks pl p² there are guide pins s, t and s¹, t¹ (Figures 4
and 6) on which the shanks z of the rods q¹¹ slide.
From the shoulder pieces 22, 2, fork shaped rods u stretch out, the arms u of
which are morticed into the rods q¹¹ of the upper back pieces q, r, so that in this
manner a connection of the two shoulder pieces is effected with the upper back
pieces. Through the rods u, adjusting screws v, w, are placed. The neck portion
of the lay figure, which also consists of four parts, is attached to either the upper
breast piece or back piece of the bust, and is held fast by hooks not represented in
the drawing, in a suitable manner.
The adjustment of the lay figure takes place in the following manner:
First of all the screw is loosened, whereupon the hip and side pieces b, c, of
the figure are free to be adjusted on the stand a, and are secured again by means of
the screw b¹, after the upper portions of the figure have been adjusted.
The screws e, fare now loosened, whereupon the disc o lets go the arms d², d³,
d, ds of the pieces 62, 63, 64, 68, which can now be adjusted to any desired position.
The adjusting screws e, f, are now tightened, and the shape of the lower part of the
figure is obtained.
After this the eccentric thumb screw m is loosened and by this action the arms e³,
e, e, of the waist pieces are set free. The adjustment of the arms h', k¹ and f³, ƒ³
of the breast and back picces, between the discs n', n², n³, as also the adjustment of
the arms e, e, e, e of the waist pieces e¹, e², e³, e becomes an easy matter, and the
individual pieces can be drawn out or pushed in according as one wishes to produce
a slim or full shape, after which the position of the rods is secured by tightening
the thumb screw m.
After having produced in the above manner the required shape of the upper
parts of the figure, the lower parts b, c, are raised on the stand a and secured by
means of the set-screw b¹.
Finally, the desired shape can be given to the shoulder portions. To accomplish
this, the shoulder pieces q², 2, which rest on the disc o are adjusted by means of
the arms u and the adjustment screws vw, according to the greater or lesser
curvature of the breast. As the upper back pieces 9, are attached to the
blocks p', p² of the slides p, by means of the thumb screws p³ p², and as the arms u¹
of the shoulder pieces 22,72 are morticed into the arms of the back pieces q r, it is
possible to widen the shoulder parts of the figure by a lateral displacement of the
upper back and shoulder pieces by means of the slides p.
The adjustment of the upper shoulder pieces 92, 2 and of the upper back
pieces r in an upward direction is accomplished by turning the two screws p³, pt.
By so doing, the screws v, w located in the rods u, rise above the plate o. If these
are now screwed down until they again reach the plate, the shoulder and upper
back pieces become secured in their position.
The neck piece is now put in, and in this way a lay figure for tailoring purposes,
approaching a natural form, is obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An adjustable lay figure or bust comprising four or more pieces stamped in
metal, for the neck, the breast and back parts, the waist and hips, respectively,
which parts are supported on a stand by means of centrally disposed arms, which
pieces are adapted to be either drawn out when the shape of the figure is to be
rendered prominent or pushed in when a slender figure is desired.
2. The construction, substantially as herein described of an adjustable lay figure
or bust whereby the requisite shape of the waist, and height of the figure is obtained
by means of the clamp c¹, which is free to slide on the stand a, and consists of the

page_text: two plates c² and c³ connected together, and the disc es which is adjustable by means
of the screws ef; said clamp carrying the arms d², d³, d', d³ of the waist pieces c
hinged to the hip-pieces 62, 63, 64, 1 of the bust.
3. In an adjustable lay figure, the means herein described of adjusting the waist
pieces e, e², e, e and the breast pieces f³, f connected therewith by hinges, and
the back pieces hk and the back pieces y connected therewith by hinges; and the
arrangement of the clamp / with thumb screw m, by which thumb screw the disc 15
can be pressed against the adjustable arms e³, e, e7, es of the waist pieces; and
supporting the arms f³ fe, h', k₁ of the bust portions by means of the discs n', n³, n³.
4. The adjustment of the shoulder and upper back pieces q², r³, 9 and r by means
of the two blocks p', p² each of which is provided with a slide P on the disc o of
the stand a; and the connection of the arms q', r, of the back pieces q, r, with the
fork shaped arms u of the shoulder pieces, q2, 2, the arms u¹ of which are morticed
into the rods q¹¹ of such back pieces, rendering possible the adjustment of the
shoulders of the figure in an upward direction by means of the screws p³ p², and
securing the form so produced by tightening screws v w.
Dated this 17th day of June 1891
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.