Improvements in the Construction of Images.
Year: 1893

page_text: Gate Crammed for ratent under Sect. 100 OF ACC,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 1st Mar., 1893
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Images.
1, SAMUEL MICHAEL SCHWAB Jr. of 45 Leonard Street, New York City in
the County and State of New York, United States of America, Merchant, 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:
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of images, and
especially to an improvement in the construction of that class of images formed of
fabric and provided with a filling of cotton or like material, and the object of the
invention is to provide a means whereby an image of the above named character
may be made of but two pieces of fabric or other material upon which a suitable
impression or imprint has been made. Another feature of the invention consists
in so uniting the two pieces to compose the body of the image that the image
may be given a support whereby it may maintain an upright position.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of one section of the body of the image ;
Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof; and
Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the completed image.
Usually an impression of the front and back of a dog, doll, or other image, is
produced upon a fabric by printing or otherwise, and these impressions are to be
cut out, following indicated marginal lines, and the cut pieces are placed together
and stitched to form the perfect image. Heretofore a number of pieces have been
necessary to produce an image in this way, and the prime feature of this invention
is to economize both in labor and in material, and to construct such an image from
but two pieces, namely, a front and a back section, the front section being designated
as A in the drawings and the back section as B.
Both the front and back sections or parts to be connected have a bottom
section a, and this bottom section is of any desired width, the length.corresponding
to the width of the part or main section of which the sub-section a constitutes a
portion. Ordinarily a score line b, is made to divide the sub-section from the main
section, as upon this line the sub-section is adapted to be folded. The impression
or representation of the animal in both the main sections A and B, is surrounded
by score lines c upon which lines the sections are to be cut from the fabric upon
which they are produced. The marginal score lines c, extend entirely around both
of the main portions or sections, or those portions bearing the impression or
representation of a portion of an animal, and the score lines likewise extend
around the sub or plain sections a. The space between the score lines and the
margin of the figure proper represents that portion to be turned in or taken up to

page_text: produce a seam when the two parts or sections A and E are united. In uniting
the two parts by a seam, as indicated in the drawings, and especially when the
outline of the figure is irregular, the outline cannot be truly and sharply followed.
when the seams are unbroken throughout their length; therefore in addition to the
marginal score lines c transverse score lines c¹ are made to cross the same, as shown.
in Figures-1 and 2, and that portion of the fabric which is to form the seam may
be notched or cut upon the transverse score lines c', these lines being located at
predetermined intervals apart, and in this manner, the outline of the figure may
be perfectly followed no matter how irregular or intricate the lines may be.
In forming the figure the front and back sections are attached together by
sewing or otherwise at their marginal seams, and after these two parts have been
united down to the lower score line b, or the full length of what is to be the front
and back of the figure, the lower or sub-sections a are folded over upon the score
lines inward one upon the other, as shown in Figure 3, the corners a² being tucked
in, and the body portion of the sub-sections carried over the corners. This is the
preferred way of forming the bottom for the figure, but the manner of folding the
sub-sections in upon the lower portion of the body may be varied as in practice may
be found most desirable. After being properly folded the two sub-sections are
preferably united by a line of stitching a, as is shown in Figure 3.
It will thus be observed that a figure may be made in this manner of but two
pieces or parts, and an adequate bottom for the figure may be at the same
time constructed, to produce which bottom has heretofore required a separate part
or section.
I desire it to be distinctly understood that the image may be made to represent
any animal, or the human figure, or it may represent a bird, and that the figure
may be made to assume any posture that fancy may dictate, the figure illustrated
in the drawings being that of a dog.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. As an improved article of manufacture, an image constructed of two pieces,
a back and a front, each piece comprising a body and a lower extension thereof,
the extensions being carried over one upon the other beneath the body, forming a
bottom for the image, as and for the purpose set forth.
2. An image constructed in two parts or sections, a front and a back, the
sections or parts being connected at their margins, and the sections or parts com-
prising a body portion adapted to represent respectively the front and rear of an
animal, and a lower extension which is folded over upon the bottom of the hody
after the latter lias been filled or stuffed, the extensions of the body portions of the
sections being carried over one to an engagement with the other and connected,
thereby forming a bottom for the figure, as and for the purpose specified.
3. As an improved article of manufacture, an image, the same being constructed
of two sections representing respectively one side of an image, each part or section
comprising a body section, or that upon which the impression of the figure is made,
and a continuation or extension formed at the lower edge of each section, each
section being further provided with a marginal score line indicating a seam, and
trausverse score lines indicating cuts for the seam, whereby an image may be made
of but two parts, and the lower extensions of the two parts carried beneath
the body of the image forming a rest or bottom.therefor, as and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 11th d...
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1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.