FI90389B - A ready-knotted, adjustable tie - Google Patents

Description

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Pre-knotted, adjustable tie En förknuten, justerbar slips

A tie is an important piece of clothing for men all over the world. When using a tie, it is necessary to tie a knot. Those men who have enough time find it comfortable to wear a tie and to tie the knot carefully. But those men who are in a hurry feel that keeping a tie is a heavy burden in terms of the time spent tying the knot. However, due to manners, courtesy, and special provisions (such as provisions for military personnel), the use of a tie is a must. The pre-knotted tie of the present invention is designed to be suitable for these situations.

There are many types of pre-knotted ties. There are e.g. there are ties in which a zipper is used as the adjusting device. Ties of this type are either impractical to wear or uncomfortable to hold and in addition to this it is difficult to tie the tie satisfactorily but still in such a way that the tie knot can be easily tightened and loosened. The zipper starts to slide very easily unless it is equipped with a stop; but if the zipper is fitted with a stop, the towing knob for adjusting the sliding of the zipper must be in different positions when the knob is used for towing and when it is in the rest position. When the knob is used for pulling, it must be pulled away from the zipper. However, in the case of a tie, the knob must be hidden behind or otherwise it will ruin the appearance of the tie. But if the pull button is hidden behind the tie, it will press against the front of the wearer's neck, making the wearer uncomfortable.

The tie of the present invention is intended to address the above drawbacks. The present invention provides a pre-knotted, adjustable tie comprising an inner tie member comprising, in use, a loop portion positioned around the user's neck and a portion dependent on said loop portion, wherein the connection between the loop portion and the hanging portion includes a zipper having an adjustable sliding portion for adjusting the loop size. a node generator comprising an inner portion and an outer portion mated together, wherein the inner tie member passes between the inner portion and the outer portion and the zipper slider is attached to the node former, and the outer tie member connected to the node former and thus formed as a node thereon; that the position of the node former on the inner tie member can be varied to tighten and loosen the loop portion.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the node meter to which the outer tie member can be knotted is divided into an inner part and an outer part that fit together. The two parts are arranged one on top of the other so that an adjustment gap is formed between them for the inner tie member sliding inside, whereby the hanging parts of the inner part are provided with two leaf springs. In addition to increasing the resistance of the sliding movement, said leaf springs develop a resistance against the downward sliding movement, which resistance is much higher than against the upward movement to provide a tie, characterized in that the tie knot is easy to pull up but difficult to slide down.

The structure of the preferred tie according to the present invention will be explained in the following by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 shows the tie according to the present invention in its entirety;

Fig. 2 shows the structure of the inner tie member of the tie;

Fig. 3 shows the inner tie member of Fig. 2 fitted to a node formation; 3 90389

Fig. 4 shows a cross-section along the line A-A in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a node former that shapes the node into its proper shape and adjusts the movement of the tie loop;

Fig. 6 shows an exploded view of the node generator of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a front view, top view, and a cross-section of the node former taken along line B-B;

Fig. 8 shows the inner part of the node generator seen from the front, seen from above, respectively. cross-section along its line C-C; and

Fig. 9 shows the outer part of the node generator seen from the front, seen from above, respectively. cross-section along its line D-D.

Figure 1 shows a tie according to the present invention comprising an outer tie member 5 made of a fabric commonly used to make ties. The size of the loop portion 2 of the tie of the inner tie member can be adjusted to accommodate the individual neck size of the wearer.

Figure 2 shows the structure of the inner tie member 1, which member is a strip made of the same fabric as the outer tie member 5, the upper part of which forms a closed loop 2 provided with a zipper at the lower part of the inner edge. The opening and closing of the zipper is controlled by a slider 4 the sliding part is provided with a pull knob 41 for pulling the sliding part, as in the case of conventional sliding parts. The only difference is that the inner surface of the traction knob is not provided with any kind of sliding pin, so the sliding part can slide freely even if the traction knob is turned down over the teeth of the zipper.

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Fig. 3 shows the inner tie member 1 of Fig. 2 fitted to the node former 6, the inner tie member being clamped in the adjustment gap 7 between the inner and outer part of the node former (see Figs. 5 and 7). The pull knob 41 is provided with a rivet hole 42, whereby the outer tie member 5, the downwardly directed leg 621 of the inner part 62, the outer part 61 and the pull knob 41 are successively connected to each other by means of a rivet 63 passed through this hole (see Fig. 4). The outer tie member 5 is then knotted as indicated by the broken line 8 in the drawing to provide a tie, as shown in Fig. 1. The user can then adjust the size of the tie loop 2 by moving the position of the tie knot 9 either up or down by pushing the tie knot 9 up or pulling it down with one hand while holding the lower end of the inner tie member 1 (located lower and shorter than the outer tie member) with the other hand.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a node former 6 which shapes the tie node 9 to its correct shape and adjusts the size of the tie loop 2. Fig. 6 shows an exploded view of the node former of Fig. 5 assembled by fitting the inner portion 62 to its outer portion 61, with a recessed slot 611 formed in the center of the outer portion 61 at the front, into which the downwardly extending leg 621 of the inner portion 62 is fitted. After the inner and outer parts have been fitted together, a small adjustment gap 7 is formed between them, said gap being so wide that the bifurcated part of the inner tie member in the base of the loop part can protrude through it from both sides of the knotter so that the inner tie member 2 cannot rotate when pulled. Both said inner and outer part are made of flexible plastic material.

Fig. 8 shows the inner part 62 seen from the front, seen from above, in cross section along the line C-C, in which the leaf spring 622 is placed on both the left and right side of the inner part 62 on the inner (front) side of said inner part 62. The lower edges of the springs are normally compressed towards the inner surface of the inner tie member 1 (see Fig. 4) to increase the resistance to the sliding movement of the knot meter. The leaf springs 622 are thus bent inwards and downwards so that a different resistance will be applied to the upward and downward movement of the slide part of the zipper. When the inner tie member is pulled down and the tie knot is pushed up, the resistance will be lower because the movement takes place in the same direction in which the leaf springs are bent. When the knot 9 of the tie is instead pulled down, the resistance increases as the movement takes place against the direction in which the leaf springs hanging from the inside are bent. Although the resistance in the latter case does not interfere with the intentional lowering of the tie node, it is nevertheless sufficient to prevent the tie node 9 from slipping down unintentionally.

Claims (5)

6 90389 A pre-knotted, adjustable tie comprising an inner tie member comprising a loop portion (2) to be placed around the user's neck and a loop-dependent portion (1), wherein the connection between the loop portion and the hanging portion includes a zipper (3) provided with an adjustable slider (4), by means of which the size of the loop part can be adjusted, a node former (6) comprising an inner part (62) and an outer part (61) between which the inner tie member (1) passes, the zipper sliding part (4) being attached to the node former (6) and the outer tie member (6); 5) attached to the node former (6) and dependent thereon so that the position of the node former (6) on the inner tie member (1) can be varied to tighten and loosen the loop part (2), characterized in that the inner part (62) of the node former (6) comprises two, opposite transverse wing portion (622) and a suspended tongue portion (621) spaced forward with respect to the wing portion, and the outer portion (61) thereof comprises two opposite transversely directed wing portions and a downwardly directed slot (611) in the front surface of the outer portion for receiving said tab (621) when the inner portion (62) of its wing portions is positioned on the outer portion (61). ) and the tongue (621) is arranged over the front of the outer part (61) to its front, while the outer tie member (5) is formed as a node on the node former (6). Tie according to Claim 1, characterized in that the outer tie element (5), the knot former (6) and the sliding part (4) are connected to one another by means of a fastener (63) which passes through each of them. Il 7 90389 Tie according to Claim 2, characterized in that the fastener (63) is a rivet. Tie according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the node former (6) is provided with a spring element (622) which clamps the inner tie element (1) between the inner and outer parts of the node former (6). Tie according to claim 4, characterized in that the spring member (622) comprises at least one leaf spring directed inwards and downwards (when the tie is in its normal position of use) so that the knot former (6) is easier to slide up and down.