Dressmaking forms

Claim 1

A dressmaking form comprising in combination: a. an assembly of radially adjustable body sections, b. adjusting means interconnecting and bridging opposed meeting edges of said sections for increasing and decreasing the overall circumferential size of a particular body part, for example hips, waist or bust, said adjusting means comprising, c. spaced apart parallel toothed racks to which respectively adjacent body sections are connected, d. a pinion interposed between and meshing with said racks, e. a rotatable size indicating and setting member adapted to turn said pinion to extend or contract said racks whereby the body sections carried thereby are adjusted to increase or decrease the overall size of the body-forming parts of the form, f. a size indicating dial against which said setting member is turned, the latter being spring loaded and movable axially against said spring to a position in which it can be turned against said dial and returned automatically by said spring to lock it in a required set position, the form also including a radially adjustable neck portion comprising four sections operable simultaneously and each having a rack-like part extending from an arcuate neck forming segment, said rack-like parts comprising pairs of racks which intersect one above the other in different substantially horizontal planes and being in mesh with a common operating pinion actuated by a setting member rotatable in relation to a size-indicating dial.