IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL HIPS, BODIES OR STANDS FOR SUPPORTING AND EXHIBITING LADIES AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES, MANTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1882

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LETTERS PATENT to Arthur William Child and George Binsted Childs both
of 14 Saint John's Square Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, Drapers
Bust Manufacturers for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL HIPS,
BODIES OR STANDS FOR SUPPORTING AND EXHIBITING LADIES AND CHILDREN'S
DRESSES, MANTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS,"
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur William Child and
George Binsted Childs at the Office of the Commissioners, of Patents on the
15th July 1882.
ARTHUR WILLIAM CHILD and George BinsTED CHILDS both of 14 Saint John's
Square Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, Drapers Bust Manufacturers,
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL HIPS BODIES OR STANDS FOR SUPPORTING AND
EXHIBITING LADIES AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES MANTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DRESS."
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This invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction of
artificial hips busts bodies or stands for supporting and exhibiting ladies and
childrens dresses mantles and other articles of dress.
Our invention relates principally to the application of a movable hip or support
to an ordinary drapers stand used for exhibiting ladies and children's dresses in
order that the back part of the dress which is caused to stand out from the back of
the wearer may be readily adjusted in position at any suitable angle.
For this purpose the upper part of the movable bip or support is attached to the
top of the hip or body of the stand by means of pins or axes so as to move thereon.
To the lower inner part of the movable hip piece an adjustable arm is attached by
a pin joint this arm is formed with ratchet teeth which engage with the edge of a
plate formed with a slot through which the adjustable arm can pass into the
interior. of the stand so that by moving the arm to and fro the movable hip piece
can be adjusted to any desired angle and be retained in that position by the ratchet
teeth on the adjustable arm
.
Other means or contrivances for adjusting the position of the movable hip piece
in relation to the body of the stand may be substituted for the adjustable toothed
rack without departing from the chief object of our invention
Movable adjusting pieces may be applied to other parts of stands for exhibiting
dresses mantles or other articles of dress in accordance with our improvements

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Arthur William Child and George Binsted Childs in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 15th January 1883.
:
ARTHUR WILLIAM CHILD and GEORGE BINSTED CHILDS both of 14 St. John's
Square Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex Drapers Bust Manufacturers 5
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL HIPS, BODIES, OR STANDS FOR SUPPORTING AND
EXHIBITING LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES, MANTLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DRESS.
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This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction of
artificial hips bodies or stands for supporting and exhibiting ladies and childrens 1
dresses mantles and other articles of dress.
Our Invention relates principally to the application of a moveable hip or support
to an ordinary drapers stand used for exhibiting ladies and childrens dresses in
order that the back part of the dress which is caused to stand out from the back of
the wearer may be readily adjusted in position at any suitable angle, and in order 1
that our improvements may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice
we will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
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Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bust body or stand constructed and arranged in
accordance with our improvements. Figure 2 is a plan in section through the
line 1-1 of Figure 1.
The upper part of the moveable hip or support a is attached to the top of the
hip or body b of the stand by means of pins or axes at a¹ so as to move thereon.
To the lower inner part of the moveable hip piece an adjustable arm o is attached
by a pin joint at c³ this arm c is formed with ratchet teeth which engage with the
edge of a plate d formed with a slot through which the adjustable arm c can pass
into the interior of the stand b so that by moving the arm c to and fro the move-
able hip piece a which may vary in width and length can be adjusted to any
desired angle and be retained in that position by the ratchet teeth on the
adjustable arm.
Similar moveable and adjustable hip pieces a may be applied to the sides of the
bust b if desired.
Other means or contrivances for adjusting the position of the moveable hip
piece a in relation to the body b of the stand may be substituted for the adjustable
toothed rack c without departing from the chief object of our Invention.
Moveable adjusting pieces of various widths and lengths may be applied to other
parts of stands for exhibiting dresses mantles or other articles of dress in accordance
with our improvements.
Figure 3 shows a vertical section of a bust or stand for exhibiting ladies dresses
constructed of wire and arranged with an adjustable hip piece a in accordance with
our improvements. The moveable part a is adjusted in position by the rod a¹ the
upper end of which slides upon the part as for this purpose.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice we would remark that we make no claim to any
of the parts separately which are well known and in common use. But what we
claim is,-
The improved arrangement and construction of artificial busts bodies or stands
(for exhibiting ladies dresses mantles and other like articles of dress) having

page_text: adjustable hip pieces such as a applied thereto substantially in the manner and for
the purposes hereinbefore fully described and represented in the drawings hereto
annexed.
In witness whereof we the said Arthur William Child and George Binsted
Childs have hereunto set our hands and seals this Fifteenth day of January
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
Witness
J. G. TONGUE
Patent Agent
34 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane WO
ARTHUR. W. CHILD (L.S.)
GEORGE B CHILDS
(L.S.)