Dressmaker's aid with rotating platform

A dressmaker's aid comprising, in combination, an emclosed base compartment, and a circular platform having a downwardly-depending skirt portion, said base compartment and said skirt portion respectively comprising first and second relatively telescoping sections, each of said telescoping sections including a plurality of upwardly-extending sidewalls, the outer faces of the sidewalls of said second relatively telescoping section being in face to face relatively parallel disposition with the inner faces of one each of said upwardly-extending sidewalls of said first relatively telescoping sections, a stool for the dressmaker fixed with respect to and spaced laterally outwardly of said first relatively telescoping section a said circular platform rotatably mounted with respect to and above said second telescoping section means for supporting and rotating said platform with respect to said said telescoping section means for raising and lowering said second telescoping section and its associated platform with respect to said first telescoping section, said platform rotating means comprising a reversible electric motor, electric switch means supported on said first telescoping section and within reach of the dressmaker seated on said stool for controlling both the operation and direction of turning of said rotatably mounted platform, said platform raising and lowering means comprising a reversible electric motor and electric switch means supported on said first telescoping section and within reach of the dressmaker seated on said stool for selectively controlling the raising and lowering of said platform with respect to said first telescoping section, the upper surface of said circular platform being of a larger diameter than said second telescoping section such as to extend laterally over the top of said second telescoping section.