Improved Telescoping Dress Stands, Forms, Busts, or Holders of each Wearing Apparel Made in Sections to Fit in and to other for Ordinary Use, and Convertible into Small Space for Storing, Travelling, and Shipping Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 14th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
Improved Telescoping Dress Stands, Forms, Busts, or Holders of
each
Wearing Apparel Made in Sections to Fit in and to
other for Ordinary Use, and Convertible into Small Space for
Storing, Travelling, and Shipping Purposes.
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 to be as follows:-
This my Invention has for its object the improved construction of Dress-stands,
forms, busts, or holders of wearing apparel in four or more sections, as may be
required, of any suitable material covered or uncovered.
The body, or body with hips, may be made of different material (to the skirt part)
but preferably of fibrous pulp and is made in two or more sections each fitting,
packing, or folding one in the other when closed and to fix, fit, or clasp on or to each
other by means of suitable fittings when open.
The skirt part is made in two or more sections as may be required of any suitable
material covered or uncovered but preferably of wire, each section fitting packing or
folding one in the other when closed and to fix, fit or clasp on or to each other by
means of suitable fittings when open.
The body or body with hips, or skirt part or the whole dress stand, form &c.
will seperately or together open and close in a telescopic manner or folding fashion.
The form is then attached to a stand or support made with as many screwed joints
as may be required.
1000

page_text: Improved Telescoping Dress Stands, Forms, Busts, or Holders of
Wearing Apparel Made in Sections to Fit in and to each
other for Ordinary Use, and Convertible into Small Space for
Storing, Travelling, and Shipping Purposes.
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 my Invention has for its object the improved construction of Dress stands
forms busts or holders of wearing apparel in three four or more sections as may be
required (the greater number of sections, the smaller the space the bust or form will
occupy when closed or telescoped) made of any suitable material but preferably of
wire or fibrous pulp covered or uncovered or a combination of different materials
each section fitting on or to each other by means of suitable fittings for ordinary use
& to telescope slide or fit ono in the other when closed or packed for travelling
shipping or other purposes.
For these purposes I make the bust form or holder of wearing apparel the shape of
the natural figure or of the pervading fashion in as many sections or pieces as may be
necessary so as to pack into any particular sized space required. The skirt, body, portion
of a skirt, or body & hips may be made seperately of the same or different materials.
When the whole form or bust is made in three pieces or sections Fig. 1. the skirt
portion may be made seperately in two sections divided about half way down from
waist A 1. which I make preferably of wire, the upper section of skirt containing
waist & hips may be made slightly smaller than the lower section so as to easily
drop telescope or slide into the lower section the division or joints are fastened or
fixed together by means of wire loops A 2. being fastened to the lower rim or bottom
circle of upper section, the loops running through the upright wires A 3. so that the
upper section will slide telescope or fit in the lower by the loops travelling down the
upright wires or the joints of the two sections may be fixed or fastened by other
means such as dowels attached to the upper section fitting into sockets attached to
the upper end of lower section or by means of clasps, catches springs or other fittings.
This skirt form or holder of wearing apparel is mounted on a stand support or pillar:
made of turned wood, iron steel, or other firm substance which may be divided into
three, four, or more pieces & fixed together by means of screwed joints one shown
at A 4 the worm or screw of which I make preferably of iron or steel which passes
into an iron nut let into the socket of corresponding piece so as to fit more firmly &
become a stronger joint, the upper end or top of this stand or pillar having a screw A 5
with a collar or stop a few inches from the top. The skirt form when mounted on the
stand or support is held in position by means of a wire stretcher A 6 having a hole
through which the pillar passes & is jointed to the upper rim of lower section by

page_text: knuckling on loosely & left unsoldered so as to lift up & down, when the sections are
telescoping, the waist part of form is held in position by means of a tin cup plate or
wire circle attached to the waist A 7. with a hole through which the screw on top of
stand or pillar passes & rests on the collar or stop of scrow, an ornamental screw nut
may be fitted on to fix it firmly. The body section (which I make to any particular
measure or model to the exact shape of any ladies' figure from dress bodice) is fixed
or fastened at A 8 this section I make preferably of wire or fibrous pulp when made
of the latter material (being usually padded & covered) the bottom end of waist has a
wooden platter attached with a hole, on the upper side of which a screw nut is
fixed A 9. so that the body part may be screwed to the waist of skirt or form by
means of the screw on top of stand or support passing through the hole of platter into
the screw nut A 9. by screwing up tightly the bust or form is complete & sufficiently
rigid for ordinary use. Other means of attaching the body section may be used
without departing from the principle of the Invention. When the body piece or
section is made of wire Fig. 2 the lower rim of body or waistband on body is fitted
over the waistband of skirt portion B. 1. When required for storing, travelling
or for other purposes which it may be necessary that the bust or form should pack in
small space, the body is detached by unscrewing, the skirt portion is removed from
the stand or support & telescoped or fitted one section in the other turned upside
down & the body section placed in the inner portion of skirt form, the pillar
or support is taken to pieces by unscrewing the joints several parts are placed in the
hollow spaces & between the wires of the form & the whole may be placed in a box as
shown Fig. 3. When the bust, form, or holders of wearing apparel is made in four
five or more sections of wire or fibrous pulp or of a combination of both, each section
of the skirt portion of the form may be made slightly smaller than its next lower
section so as to more easily drop telescope slide or fit one into the other. Fig. 4
illustrates a skirt form of wire made in five sections each section being joined to the
other by means of loops C. 1 fastened to the lower rim or edge of each section &
passing through the uprights C. 2. of its corresponding lower section so that when
mounted on a stand or support as described in Fig. 1 the loops hold each section
together. The screw on top of support or pillar passes through the hole in cup or
plate of waist section C. 3. to hold the form in position & an ornamental screw nut is
screwed on to fix the form to stand or support which is then sufficiently firm & rigid
for ordinary use, when this skirt is required with body piece or section I make it in
one, two, or more sections jointing one to the other by means of dowels, catches
clasps springs, or other fastenings & is fixed to the waist of skirt portion by means of
the screw on top of support passing into screw nut or platter in waist of body section
in similar manner to that above described; when required to pack in small space the
body section or sections are removed, the skirt form is detached from the stand & by
simply placing the form on the ground it will telescope or collapse, each section
sliding or fitting one in the other by means of the loops travelling or sliding down
the uprights so that the whole skirt form is convertible into the size or shape of the
lower or bottom section other modes of fixing the joints of sections together such as
by dowels & sockets, clasps, catches, springs or other fastenings without departing
from the principle of the Invention or the sections may be made of cane or other
material, the stand or support may be taken to pieces & placed in the vacant
spaces of the telescoped form & the whole may be packed in a box as illustrated in
Fig. 5.
Fig. 6 illustrates a similar skirt, form, or holder of wearing apparel but made in
four sections of a combination of wire & fibrous pulp, the three lower sections being
made of wire & the upper section of waist pioce being of fibrous pulp padded &
covered D1 which I model to the exact shape of the ladies figure or to the shape of
the pervading fashion, this waist piece or section containing the hips &c. is preferably
made hollow or with a wooden platter fitted in the bottom edge or rim, when made
hollow the lower edge or rim D. 2. is made extra strong by adding some stiff material
the loops D 3. are fastened to this lower edge or rim D. 2. by punching holes &
inserting eyelets or the loops may be fastened by clasps or other fittings, these loops

page_text: are passed through the uprights D. 4. in similar manner to that above discribed in
Fig. 1. & Fig. 4. the waist piece is held in position by screw on top of stand or
support passing through a hole in wood platter of waist D 5. & resting on the collar
or stop of screw an ornamental screw nut may be screwed on to fix it. When
required to pack in small space the knob is unscrewed the form removed from stand
which will of itself telescope or collapse by means of the loops travelling down the
uprights the stand or support may be taken to pieces & will fit in the vacant spaces
between the wires as illustrated in Fig. 7.
Fig. 8 illustrates the skirt form with fibrous pulp body padded & covered which I
make to measurements or to the exact shape of any ladies figure by a modelling
process & may
be made in one two or more sections fitting one to the other & jointed
by suitable fittings or fastenings as discribed above this body section is fixed or
jointed to the skirt form at E 1. by means of a turned piece of wood passing through
the centre from E 1. to E 2. & having a screw at El as shown at F1 in Fig. 9
which passes through a hole in platter of waist F 2 into a screw nut let into the top
end of pillar or support & by screwing up tightly the whole form is made rigid for
ordinary use, when required to pack into small space the several parts are unscrewed
the skirt form telescoped & turned upside down as in Fig. 10 & the body G 1. is
placed in the hollow of waist & hip section G 2. & the pieces of stand or support are
placed in the vacant spaces between the wires & the whole enclosed in a box or case.
The wire sections discribed in Fig. Fig. 4. Fig. 6 & Fig. 8. may be covered with
cloth or other material for pinning on draperies & other purposes when used for
dressmaking.
Having now particularly discribed & ascertained the nature of my said Invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim is
1st. The construction of dress stands forms busts or holders of wearing apparel
divided into three four or more sections telescoping sliding or fitting one in the other
substantially as discribed.
2nd. The jointing of dress stands forms busts or holders of wearing apparel made
in sections by means of loops fastened to the lower rim or edge of each section
passing through the uprights of next lower or corresponding section substantially as
discribed.
3rd. The construction of uprights pillars stands or supports of dress stands forms
or holders of wearing apparel in three four or more pieces by screwing one piece into
the socket of the other substantially as discribed.
4th. The fixing or jointing of bodies to the skirt portion of dress stand or holder of
wearing apparel at the waist by means of a screw nut being fixed to the platter inside
waist of body & a screw with collar or stop made on top of stand or pillar which
passes through a hole in cup fixed to the waistband of skirt substantially as
discribed.
5th. The construction of bodies or body & hips in two three or more sections
substantially as discribed.
ALICE GEMS.