Tailor's marker and method

Apparatus for use in marking a below-waist garment to permit accurate finishing of the garment to a desired length, the apparatus comprising a floor stand having a base, an upright extending substantially vertically from the base, a slide associated with the upright for vertical sliding movement thereon, the slide having a top end projecting above the upright, an indicator device on the upright marked with vertically spaced garment length determining indicia, a mark on the slide alignable selectably with said indicia for setting the top end of the slide at a level above the upright corresponding with a selected indicium so that the top end of the slide may be used as an indicator for making a datum marking on the garment, holding means for releasably holding the slide in the set position on the upright, an indicator mark on the upright a specified distance above the base for indicating a specified height for a garment above floor level, and a measuring rule on the slide including an indicator alignable with said indicator mark for marking a garment at said specified height, and spaced measurements on the rule selectively alignable with said indicator mark by movement of the slide so as to adjust the position of the indicator for marking garments at different heights above floor level corresponding to said measurements.

Apparatus for use in marking a below-waist garment to permit accurate finishing of the garment to a desired length, the apparatus comprising a floor stand having a base, an upright extending substantially vertically from the base, a slide associated with the upright for vertical sliding movement thereon, the slide having a top end projecting above the upright, an indicator device on the upright marked with vertically spaced garment length determining indicia, a mark on the slide alignable selectably with said indicia for setting the top end of the slide at a level above the upright corresponding with a selected indicium so that the top end of the slide may be used as an indicator for making a datum marking on the garment, holding means for releasably holding the slide in the set position on the upright, wherein the base is shaped in plan to conform on each side substantially with the outline of a shoe, the base having a thin elongate central portion on which the upright is mounted and enlarged stabilizing ends, and wherein the slide has a plate on top which is wider than the central portion of the base so as to provide proximity to a garment being marked when a wearer stands with his or her shoe adjacent one side of the base.