US1023196A - Necktie. - Google Patents

Description

J. H. CARROLL.

NEGKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

JOHN HENRY CARROLL, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA. 1

NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. is, 1912;.

Application filed August 21, 1911. Serial No. 645,201.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY CARROLL, of the city of Montreal, Provinceof Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented ocertain new and useful Improvements in Neckties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of the present invention is to tinct portions connected in such a manner that they can be readily separated and thereby facilitate the withdrawal of thenecktie from the collar while the tie is knotted.

For full comprehension however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved necktie; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view illustrating the members of the locking device; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the locking means; and Fig. 4 is a view illustrating my improved necktie in use.

Although my improved necktie can be used with any collar it is adapted for use with double fold collars and specially in connection with the so called close fitting collars.

Heretofore difficulty has been encountered when untying the knot of a four-in -hand necktie when worn with a close fitting collar,

in that in untying the knot the flaps of the collar are liable to become soiled and crum-. pled, so to overcome this defect I have provided a necktie which comprises two dis-- 40 tinct lengths joined together by a locking device-which is capable of withstanding the usual amount of pulling and jerking to which the ordinary necktie is subjected and which can be readily released, when in use, by the wearer thereby permitting the necktie to be withdrawn from the collar without the necessity of first untying the knot. I prefer to-locate the above mentioned locking device at a point along thelength of the necktie where it will assume a position.

between the folds of the collar at the side so as to be out of sight and when "released the two lengths'of the necktie can be slipped from the. collar by pulling from the front.

The locking device may be in several different forms but the preferred construction,

provide a complete tie comprising two discomprises members 7) and 0 carried by the ends of the separate lengthscl and e of the necktie, one of such-members b, presenting a single aperture 7' while theother c, is formed with two parallel narrow slots 9 placed transversely of the tie and. forming between them a bar 71., both of the said members being composed of light, flexible material such as celluloid and are sewed to their respective to. To lock the lengths (land e-together, the

members I) and care placed one above the "e5 portions or otherwise suitably secured thereture f exposing the bar it while alocking pin,

2' (of similar material as the members 5 and c) is inserted, from the top, through the aperture f and one of the slots g, beneath the bar it and upward through the other slot 9 and aperture f, the ends of the pin 2' resting upon the surface of the member I) and. thus locking the members together.

The locking device just described securely holds the lengths d and e together and forms a complete necktie which may be placed between the folds of the collar and tied as usual. 1

When it is desired to u'htie the knot, the stiff flaps of the collar interfere therewith so that when the knot isuntied the collar has become-soiled and crumpled. To over-- come the above mentioned defect I provide means for releasing the locking device, such means being accessible from the front, within easy reach of the wearer of the necktie;

and comprising a tape or string jof silk or any other suitable material, secured at one end to the locking pin from which .it ex-' tends a short distance along the length of one portion of the necktie, where it is threaded between the plies of the latter to the freeend thereof, the end-of such string,

being exposed and having a knot formed thereon or other suitable means for providing a hold upon the same, so that when-it isdesired to release the locking means, the string is pulled thereby drawing the pin 2' from its lockingposition, separating'the lengths d and e and permitting them to be withdrawn without the necessity of untying the knot.

W hen using my improved necktie, it is preferable to utilize the lengthc'ontaining the string jas the portion upon which the. v

knotis formed by this means leav ng it, as far as possible,-straight so" as .to prevent 1 folding of such portion and of the.

formed and the tie released and removed as just described, may be again applied to the collar by placing the tie in position and locking the lengths together by the pin '5.

What I claim is as follows:

1. The combination with a necktie including two distinct portions, a member attached to one of the said portions, a second member attached to the otherof the said portions, and means for securing such members together to form the complete necktie,of a flexible portion connected to the securingv means and through the medium of which portionvthe latter is displaced from its securing position.

2; The combination with a necktie comprising two distinct plain length portions, of engaging members carried by the ends of said portions, a lockingpin, and a flexible portion distinct from both. portions of the necktie, secured to and extending from the locking pin for displacing the latter.

3. A necktie comprising two distinct portions, a member carried by one of" the said portions and presenting an aperture, a second member carried by the other portion,-a' bar presented by the second member and adapted to be placed beneath the said apexture, a locking pin adapted to be threaded,

between the apertured member and the said bar and a string secured to'the locking pin,

inserted between the plies of one portion of' the necktie and extending therebetween to the free end of such portion.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my,

name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V I

- JOHN CAR-ROLL.

Witnesses:

STANLEY C. KING, .HARoLn'J. Inns.

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