US1179031A - Necktie-clip. - Google Patents

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BENJAMIN F. PERKINS, 0F WOLLASTO'N, MASSACHUSETTS.

' NEcKrIE-CLIP.

speication of Letters Patent. Patenteo'lll, 1916.` l

Application led September 22, 1915. SerialNo. 52,078.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN VF. PER- KINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVollaston, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved necktie clip and the principal object of the invention is to provide a clip which can bev connected with the necktie and which will' fit into the collar between the folds'thereof vand not only serve to permit the necktie to slip easily through the collar butalso'serve to prevent the necktie from slipping out of the collar.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this clip that it may be formed from a flat strip of resilient material bent to assume the proper shape. i Y

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein i Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a necktie showing the improved clip connected therewith.- Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of a collar having a tie placed therein and provided with the improved clip, a portion of the outer fold of the collar being broken away to show the position of the clip in the collar. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a collar and the neck band of a shirt, the necktie being shown in section, and the clip in elevation. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the clip.

The clip is intended to be used in connection with a necktie such as shown in Fig. 1 and indicated by the 'numeral 10 in the various views and is to be used in connection with a collar of the turnover type which is provided with inner and outer folds 11 and 12. This clip which is indicated by the Vnumeral 13 is formed from a strip of resilient material which is bent to provide thev tie supporting leaf or hook 14 and the leaf 15 which engages the collar as shown in Fig.

e 3 and will therefore be referred to as the collar engaging leaf. From an inspection of Fig. 3 it will be seen that this collarV engaging leaf serves to hold the fold 12 of the collar in spaced relation to the inner fold l11 and further provides a means for creating` a frictional binding between the clip and the collar thus holding the clip between the folds. l. l

When in use the collar is connected with the neck band 16 of the shirt by means of the usual collar button 17 andafter the neck tie hasbeen connected with the clip as shown in Fig. 1,the necktie and clip are placed between the innerand outer folds of the collar `as shown in Fig. 3 with the clip positioned to one side of thecolla-r button. This clip is placed against that side of the collar button nearest the long end of thev tie so that when the necktie is tied and the short end drawn to tighten the knot the clip will be drawn against the buttonV and held from further movement around the collar.

' The two folds of the collar arey held apart as shown in Fig. 3 thus leaving plenty of y room for the tie toslip easily and therefore the tie will last longer since it will not be dragged out Vof shape when drawing it through the collar.v Thev resiliency of the material from which the clip is formed and lalso the stiffness ofthe collar causes a bind-` ing action which wedgesthe clip in place and prevents it from slipping downwardly. Therefore the necktie will be prevented from slipping out of the collar.

Of course, this clip may be formed of any desired material which has resiliency and if desired can be ornamented or plated.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a clip which is so constructed that it will hold the tie in place and which will further serveV as means for spreading the folds of the collar to permit the necktie to slip easily. It will be further noted that this device is so constructed that lit may be very cheaply produced, the blanks being cut from strips of material and then very easily bent to assume the shape disclosedin Fig. 4.

What is claimed is: A

A tie clip formed from a narrow strip of resilient material having one end portion bent back upon the intermediate portion to provide a lower relatively short tie supporting tongue extending substantially parallel to the intermediate portion of the' strip, thev opposite end portion of the strip being bent back upon the intermediateportion t0 provide an upper relatively long collar engaging tongue extending in diverging relation hold the Clip in plaoepbetvveen the folds of to the intermediate portion of the strip and the collar. l@ terminating short of the end of the lower In testimony whereof I affix my Signatongue and at a point outside the plane of ture in presence of two Witnesses.

the lower tongue, said upper tongue serv- BENJAMIN F. PERKINS.

ing to hold the folds of a collar in spaced Witnesses:

relation and further serving to create a bind- JOSEPH A. GUTHRO,

ing action between the clip and collar to CHRISTINA A. PERKINS.

Copies of this patent Vmay be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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