Character costume substructure
OwnerRalph M. Nunezinventor
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Abstract
An actor portraying a clown, animal or the like wears a costume substructure which simulates the body proportions of a creature larger than he. A particular character costume is slipped on over the costume substructure. The costume substructure includes a garment that is supported from the shoulders of the wearer but occupies an expanded position such that it is spaced away from his body. A frame composed of a plurality of resilient ribs arranged in a crisscrossing relationship maintains the expanded position of the garment.
Claims15
A substructure for a character costume, comprising:
- a garment adapted to fit very loosely about the body of a wearer and to be supported from his shoulders, said garment having leg portions and a crotch portion;
- a set of elongated resilient vertical stays secured to the body portion of said garment in horizontally spaced positions thereon;
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- a set of elongated resilient horizontal stays secured to the body portion of said garment in vertically spaced positions thereon, and each extending completely about said garment;
- said two sets of stays together supporting the body portion of said garment in an expanded position spaced away from the body of the wearer, thereby simulating a creature of larger body proportions.
A character costume comprising:
- a substructure garment having upper front and rear portions which overlap each other on the shoulders of the wearer so as to provide armholes and a neck opening, said garment being of sufficient size in the horizontal plane to hang very loosely about the body of the wearer;
- means for detachably fastening said overlapping shoulder portions of said garment together, thereby to support said garment from the shoulders of the wearer;
- a plurality of horizontal stays and a plurality of vertical stays secured to said garment in crisscrossing relationship, said stays being resiliently deformable so as to support said garment in an expanded relationship spaced away from the body of the wearer;
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- a costume garment worn over said substructure garment, and also worn over the arms and head of the wearer, said costume garment having an external appearance simulating that of a particular creature being portrayed.
A substructure for a character costume, comprising:
- a garment adapted to fit very loosely about the body of a wearer and to be supported from his shoulders, said garment having leg portions and a crotch portion, and including a gusset forming said crotch portion;
- a set of elongated resilient vertical stays secured to the body portion of said garment in horizontally spaced positions thereon;
- a set of elongated resilient horizontal stays secured to the body portion of said garment in vertically spaced positions thereon, and each extending completely about said garment;
- said two sets of stays together supporting the body portion of said garment in an expanded position spaced away from the body of the wearer, thereby simulating a creature of larger body purportions;
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- said garment having a single stay member which provides one of said vertical stays in the front central portion of said garment and extends in curved relationship along said gusset portion and hence up the rear side of said garment to provide one of said stays on the rear side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.