Compass or into Receptacles for wearing Apparel and other Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Compass or into Receptacles for wearing Apparel and other
Articles.
I ALICE GEMS wife of Julius Frederick Gems of Camer Cottage Sidcup in the
County of Kent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED DRESS-
STANDS, FORMS, BUSTS OR HOLDERS OF WEARING APPAREL to be as follows:-
This my Invention has for its object improved mechanical contrivances for
making dress-stands, forms, busts, or holders of wearing apparel of Cane, Willow,
Wickers, or metal combined with bent or shaped wood or other substance suitable
alike for ordinary and travelling purposes.
For these purposes the form or bust is made in one, two, or more parts, each
part fitting on or into the other.
To make the form or bust in one piece the shaped wood or other substance forms
the framework to which the wickers or wires are fixed; the form or bust is
attached to a stand or pole having a screw on the upper portion which passes into a
screw box fitted to the waist part so that the form or bust revolves and passes up
and down at will on screw of stand.
When made in two or more parts the wickers or wires are fixed to the shaped
wood or other substance which form the frames and joints so that each part may be
fixed on the other and made firm and rigid by means of thumb screws or other
fastenings and fixed to the stand or pole above discribed, or small legs may be
substituted for the said stand and fixed on or screwed on or into the lower portion
of framework.
When required to be stowed away or used for travelling purposes the parts are
detached and fitted one into the other, the interior portion may then be used as a
receptacle for wearing apparel, bonnet box, or other article and enclosed in a case
of suitable material, with straps, handles clasps buckle or lock.

page_text: I ALICE GEMS wife of Julius Frederick Gems of Camer Cottage Sidcup in the
County of Kent 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 :-
This Invention has for its object improved mechanical contrivances for making &
dress-stands, forms, busts, or holders of wearing apparel for ordinary use, con-
vertible into small compass, and into receptacles for wearing apparel or other
articles; for these purposes the dress-stand bust or form is made in one piece or in
two or more parts fitting on or into each other.
To make the form or bust in one piece for the ordinary purposes of a dress-
stand the canes, wickers, or wires a. are fixed or attached to frames or hoops b, of
bent or shaped wood or other suitable substance to give strength and rigidity to
the form or bust which is then placed on an ordinary pole or stand c. or legs are
attached to the sides of the lower portion of skirt.
When made in two or more parts for the purposes of being convertible into
small compass or into receptacles for wearing apparel or other articles, an
additional frame or hoop 61 Fig. 2 is used, to which the canes, wickers, wires, a 2
are fixed or attached, or fibreous pulp covered in cloth may in this case be.
substituted for the canes, wickers, or wires.
The frames or hoops being made in pairs the ends or edges joint or butt-c 1-
upon each other and are made firm and rigid by means of thumb screws d. dowels
springs or other fastenings. The upper parts or pieces of the dress-stand, form or
bust being smaller than the lower portions, when unfixed will fit, or can be placed
inside the lower portion of skirt piece Fig. 3 the interior of the several parts are
then used as receptacles for wearing apparel or other articles the whole is then
enclosed in a case or bag of a suitable material for travelling or other purposes,
Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shows the dress-stand form or bust made in the several parts as
above described and fixed together c 3. but with the lower portion of skirt filled in
with basket work-a 3-having lids at one or both ends-d 3 or a covering of strong
fabric may be substituted for basket work: the upper parts or pieces when unfixed
fit or pack in the manner above described to the inner sides of this basket, bag,
trunk or box so that scarcely any packing space is lost the interior may then be
used as a receptacle for wearing apparel or other articles, or as a tidy for dress
materials when dress-making, the lid or lids a 4 may be locked d 4, and a handle c4
attached, the whole forming a convenient Travelling Basket, bag, trunk or box or
by placing upright forms a useful seat or linen basket; or the Travelling Basket,
bag, trunk or box may be made in two pieces & hinged together like an ordinary
trunk-Fig. 4.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st The construction of dress-stands, forms busts or holders of wearing apparel
of canes, wickers or wires attached to a frame or hoops of bent or shaped wood.
2nd The construction of dress-stands, forms busts or holders of wearing apparel
in several pieces jointing or butting one on the other and detachable so as to fit
one in the other.
3rd The construction of the lower portions of the skirt parts of dress-stands,
forms busts, or holders of wearing apparel as a basket, bag, trunk, or box or
receptacle for wearing apparel, or other articles.