Tools for use in dressmaking
OwnerSieglinde E. Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
Tools for use in drafting projects such as dress making include a ruler having five scales, a five-in-one tool, and a tool having utility in the construction of darts. The five scale ruler enables its user to determine fractional lengths without resorting to arithmetic calculations. The five-in-one tool provides a 90.degree./45.degree. angle, two scaled straight edges, a hip curve, a sleeve cap, neckline, and armhole curve, and a pair of spaced apart apertures for use in making Raglan sleeves. The dart tool is a forty five-forty five-ninety triangle having equidistantly spaced apertures formed along the length of the hypoteneuse. The apertures enable use of the tool as a compass for drawing circles and semicircles.
Claims3
A drafting tool comprising:
- a generally triangular base member having a pair of sides disposed at ninety degrees to one another and a hypotenuse having a predetermined curvature formed therein;
- said predetermined curvature having utility in forming hip curves in dress patterns;
- a first side of said pair of sides is a ruler means having an inch scale imprinted along the extent thereof;
- a second side of said pair of sides is a ruler means having a centimeter scale imprinted along the extent thereof;
- a central opening formed in said tool;
- said central opening having a peripheral border of predetermined curvature;
- said predetermined curvature providing a sleeve cap, neckline, and armhole curve;
- a straight side formed in said central opening for construction of 45 degree angles and for locating fabric bias;
- said straight side being disposed at a 45 degree angle from either straight edge of the triangle;
- a pair of apertures formed in said tool, radially outwardly of said central apertures being spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance to enable the construction of a Raglan sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.