US1764705A - Necktie holder - Google Patents

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June 17, 1930. w. J. WARD 'NECKTIE HOLDER Filed April 6. 192a zzw/zjv'wzz Wizlmm War/d Ill Patented June 17, 1930 PATENT OFFICE 1 WILLIAM WARD, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAN IA NEcK'TIE HOLDER Application flledl April 6,

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a necktie holder and has for one of its objects to improve the construction of an article of neckwear generally known as a four-in-hand necktie whereby the loose ends may be united to they wearers shirt to prevent the same from blowing about, getting into the line of ,vision' of the wearer when stooping over.

Another object of the invention is to provide a necktie holder, the tab of which is adjustable so that it may be properly positioned for co-operation with a button on the wearers shirt. I A further object of my invention is to provide a necktie holder which may be detachably mounted on the back of the larger end of the tie and adjusted longitudinally thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a flexible strip of suitable material such as textile fabric in the form of ribbon or tape for attachment to an article of neckwear by suitable fastening means such as lines of stitching, buttons or button holes or snap fasteners with a tab slidably mounted thereon and adjustable relative to the adjacent end of the tieby sliding the tab lengthwise of the strip or by selectively positioning the strip and also sliding the tab lengthwise thereof.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and Fig. 2, is an'enlarged fragmentary rear face view of an article ofneckwear illustratmg one embodiment of my invent on.

encircles the strip tab 17 folded over one of the bars thereof.

1928. Serial No. 267,885.

flaring or large end 9 and a small end 10 which, when the necktie is tied, may be inserted in back of a retaining strip 11 suit ably mounted on the larger end of the necktie cross-wise and at the rear thereof. The strip 11 may be a narrow piece of fabricsuch as tape or ribbon, the ends of which are fixed to the tie by stitching or otherwise...

On the back of the larger end of the tie at or adjacent its terminal is mounted a longitudinal strip 12 of suitable or desirable materialsuch as textile fabric in the form of tape or ribbon and the ends thereof are secured in place in any desirable manner as by lines of stitching 13, Fig. 2, or by sna fasteners 14, Fig. 3, or other equivalent means.

The strip 12 may be relatively long as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be relatively short as shown in Fig. 3, and when a long strip is used, the portion intermediate its ends may be temporarily or detachably connected to the tie at one or several points by means of a button or buttons 15 secured to the tie and button holes 16 formed in the stripor by other equivalent attaching means such assnap fasteners similar to those illustrated in Fig. 3 wherein one member of each fastener is secured to the tie to the companion member to the strip.

On the strip 12 is slidably mounted a tab 17 by means of a metal loop link 18 which 12 and has one end of the Said tab may be of any desirable material such as textile fabric, cord, or leather with the button hole 19 for coaction with any desirable button 20 of a wearers shirt which 1 may be in the region of the tab after the article of neckwear is tied and in place.

As the buttons on all shirts are not located in the same relative positions and since a tie which is made up by the wearer is not always knotted at the same place, the position of the larger end of the tie relative to the shirt buttons varies considerably so that by making the tab 17 adjustable, it may be selectively fastened to any one of the buttons on the wearers shirt and.- where the strip 12 is relativel long, it may be temporarily attached to t e tie at points inter mediate its ends to prevent undue separation of the strip. from the tie intermediate its ends, but the attaching means being such that the strip may be unfastened, the tab 17 may be moved to different locations on the strip and the latter then can be fastened in place.

By providing a relatively short strip 12 as shown in Fig. 3 and providing the strip and tie with co-operating members of snap fasteners 14 or their equivalent such as buttons and .button holes and spacing the means on the tie the same distance apart as the members at the ends of the strip, said strips may be detached and selectively positioned on the tie in accordance with the members thereon or as shown in Fig. 3, the lower end on the tie and with the strip in either posiv tion, the tab can be moved lengthwise thereof so that it can be fastened to an adjacent I shirt button.

In actual practice, the neck tie is tied in the usual manner and the small end thereqt inserted in back of the? cross strip 11 after which the tab 17 may be connected with one of the buttons of the'wearers shirt by properly adjusting the tab along its strip or if necessary, by first adjusting the stri to a desired position and then moving t e tab lengthwise thereof until it is in proximity to a shirt button on which it may then be buttoned. I

Of course I do not wish to be limited to they exact "details of construction as herein shown as these may be varied within the j at limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my inv ntion.

Havm thus fully described m invention, what I c aim as new and useful is 1. A necktie holder comprising a strip of flexible material detachably connected 1n a longitudinal position on the end of a neckcarried by the strip and adjustable lengthwise thereof.

' y 2. The combination with a necktie, of a tively and temporarily mounted on the tie in different longitudinal positions and an .apertured tab slidably mounted on said strip.

3. In a device of the character stated, a necktie, a strip of material positioned on the rear of the tie longitudinally thereof adjacent one end, a metal loop slidably mounted on the strip for adjustment lengthwise thereof to position it adjacent a selecttie, a loop slidablymounted on the strip,

and a member carried by said loop for connection to a shirt button.

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

WILLIAM J. WARD.

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