US Patent: 263,351
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| Combined Yardstick and Bias Rule
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Patentee:
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| Anna S. Phillips (exact or similar names) - Springfield, Clark County, OH |
| Manufacturer: |
| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Apr. 27, 1882 |
| Granted: |
Aug. 29, 1882 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| B. C. Converse - patent attorney
My invention relates to a combined cloth marker and yard-stick. My invention relates to an instrument which may be used as a yard-stick for measuring cloth when folded together, and which can be used when unfolded for marking cloth on the bias, so that it can be cut accurately without waste. The object of my invention is to produce a neat, simple, convenient, and cheap instrument which may be used for measuring and marking cloth a true bias, so that there shall be no waste of the same when cut; also for measuring and marking goods straight in the same manner, and which may be folded in a compact form, so as to be used as a yard-stick, and which will be useful not only for retail dry-goods merchants, but also for dress-makers and in families making their own clothing. I am aware that triangular frames have been used for marking cloth bias, and that triangular squares have also been used; also that complex frames with adjustable arms have been before made and used; but I do not claim these as any part of my invention. I claim as my invention;
1. A combined bias-rule and yard-stick having its two limbs hinged or pivoted together at the angle and adapted to be folded upon each other, as shown, and connected between their angle and free ends by a brace attached by its ends to stationary pivots on said limbs, which are held rigidly in place when the brace is set, substantially as described.
2. In a combined cloth-marker or bias-rule and yard-stick, the two limbs or sticks a a, over lapping each other at their connecting ends, and pivoted or hinged at the angle of connection by a rivet, I', and each provided with a recess, d, on their overlapping surfaces opposite to the other, said recesses forming a slot when the instrument is folded, into which the hinged brace c, connecting the two limbs, folds down so as to be concealed from view, substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth.
3. In an instrument convertible from a bias-rule or cloth-marker to a yard-stick, and adapted to be folded together for the purpose of changing its use in the manner shown, the combination, with the two yard-sticks pivoted or hinged together at one end, of the hinged brace pivoted thereto and the approximating recesses in the lapping surfaces for receiving the same to conceal it from view when the instrument is folded together, as herein before set forth.
4. A combined bias-rule and yard-stick consisting of two pivoted or hinged limbs adapted to be folded upon each other, and having corners beveled substantially as shown, and a brace placed between the angle and free ends, f for holding the limbs upon the same angle as the beveled corners, for the purpose set forth.
5. In a combined bias-rule and yard-stick, a brace formed of two sections pivoted together, and having ears or stops e, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.
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