A New or Improved Collapsible Stand for Supporting Wigs while Dressing same, also applicable for Holding Hats, Caps, Bonnets, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Collapsible Stand for Supporting Wigs while
Dressing same, also applicable for Holding Hats, Caps, Bonnets,
or the like.
We SIEGMUND LICHTENFELD and WILLIAM KLUGE, both of 300, Regent
Street, London, W. Gentlemen, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved collapsible stand for supporting wigs
while dressing same and which is also applicable for holding hats, caps, or the like
when not in use, or for displaying the aforesaid articles in shop windows, the object
of my invention being to provide a light stand or support which shall be capable of
being folded into an extremely small space when not required for use and which is
therefore particularly suitable for travelling purposes.
In carrying our invention into practical effect, we take a stick or rod which may
be squared or screw-threaded at one end so as to be capable of being secured in an
upright position in a suitable stand while the other end of the said rod carries a
framework constructed upon the principle of the umbrella frame, which can be
collapsed so as to lie closely against the stick or rod, while the arms of which the
said frame is constructed are of varying lengths, and so bent as to form a support,
roughly representing the human head in shape, when expanded.
Our improved device may further be covered with silk, velvet, or other suitable
fabric or material.
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F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicants..
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A New or Improved Collapsible Stand for Supporting Wigs while
Dressing same, also applicable for Holding Hats, Caps, Bonnets,
or the like.
We SIEGMUND LICHTENFELD and WILLIAM KLUGE both of 300, Regent
Street, London, W. Gentlemen, 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:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved collapsible stand for supporting wigs
while dressing same and which is also applicable for holding hats, caps, or the like
when not in use, or for displaying the aforesaid articles in shop windows, the object
of our invention being to provide a light stand or support which shall be capable
of folding up into an extremely small space when not required for use and which is
therefore particularly suitable for travelling purposes.
In carrying our invention into practical effect, we take a stick or rod which may
be squared or screw threaded at one end so as to be capable of being secured in an
upright position in a suitable stand, while the other end of the said rod carries a
framework constructed upon the principle of the umbrella frame, which can be
collapsed so as to lie closely against the stick or rod, while the arms of which the

page_text: said frame is constructed are of varying lengths, and so bent as to form a support,
roughly representing the human head in shape, when expanded.
Our improved device may further be covered with silk, velvet, or other suitable
fabric or material.
In order that our invention may be more fully understood, we will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1. is a
side elevation of our improved wig stand or holder, Fig. 2 being a similar view in
the closed position, and Fig. 3 is an underside view of same.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
Our improved stand or holder consists of an upright rod a which may be squared
or screw-threaded at one end so as to be capable of being secured in an upright
position to the clamp / or to any other suitable stand, while the other end carries a
framework formed of steel ribs r constructed upon the principle of the umbrella
frame so as to be capable of opening and closing in a similar manner to that article,
while the whole framework may be furnished with a covering c of any suitable
material if desired. The ribs of the aforesaid framework are of various lengths
and so curved as to roughly represent the human head when expanded.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :—
1. The new or improved stand or holder for wigs, hats, bonnets, or the like,
constructed of curved ribs capable of being opened aud closed in a similar manner
to the frame of an umbrella, substantially as herein described and shown and for
the purposes specified.
2. The new or improved stand or holder, arranged and constructed substantially
as herein described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 4th day of September 1894.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.