US1192236A - Necktie-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

T. c. SPELLING.

NECKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1916.

Patented July 25,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed April 24, 1916. Serial No. 93,108.

To all whomfit may conceit-n:

Be it known that I, TI-IQMAsC. SPELLING,

a citizen of .the United States of America, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which, the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie fasteneIS, and is adaptable. to neckties of all varieties; to bow ties manufactured to orderandsuch as are sold in the form of scarfs, to be passed around the collar and tied on as often as worn; as well to ties of the hanger variety permanently made up. as tothose sold in the form of scarfs to be passed around .the collar and tied on as often as worn and known as four-in-hand.

It has for a principal object the provision of a simple flexible lower plate and an overlying plate attached thereto, for impinging and holding the neck of the button and the button head, and detachably connecting them with the tie, by means presently to be described.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specifications, appended claim and drawings.

Referring now to thedrawings: Figure l is a top view of a thin plate slotted and with appendant tongues struck therefrom as there seen, and Fig. 2 is a side view of said plate. Fig. 3is a View of a plate of identical dimensions having a corresponding and wider slot but no struck out tongues. Fig.

4 is a perspective view of the completed device, Fig. 5 is a view of the side of the device nearest the wearer when it is in place ready for use in connection with a bow tie, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device when used in connection with a .tie of the hanger variety. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the device, and Fig. 8 is a modification.

Referring to the drawings, more in detail, similar reference characters indicating identical parts in the several views, the tongues A are struck from the thin plate, left in attachment at the ends nearest the side thereof at which the slot begins. The tongues are slightly curved from the horizontal lntermediate their ends, and the free ends are bent back to the horizontal. The slot B is barely sufficiently wide to admit of the passage therethrough of the neck of the collar button to its resting place at D, while the wider and overlying slot E is barely wide enough for the passage therethrough of the widest portion ofthe button head to its resting place at F. The two plates, the thicker (Fig. 3.) overlying the thinner (Fig. 1) may be riveted together as at G, or otherwise joined. The thread holes H extending' through both plates, and exactly corresponding as to position are for use only for permanent. attachment of the device to a bow tie ready made up, while the larger and similarly constructed holes I are for the pas-v sage therethrough' of tapes. cords or wires for connecting other kinds ofties to the collar button through the instrumentality of the fastener. At J such connection is shown. The utilityofsuch connection is seen by persons skilled in the art to consist in the support .in place and preservation of shape thus afforded to the tie. In the illustration just mentioned, the effect is enhanced by the presence of tie-clasp K to which the exterior end of the cord is attached at L. But the connecting cord, tape or Wire may be gripped or attached to the tie by any suitable means, such as will readily occur to the mind without specification. These larger holes are disposed in a central and vertical line extending almost the entire length of the plates so that the connection may be made from various points opposite the like central hne of the tie to meet variations in their lengths and forms. With the parts in place, the extreme point of the button head extends slightly beyond the outer surface of the upper plate as seen at M.

In use the completed device is pressed against the collar, and simultaneously outward pressure may be applied to the shield, inside the shirt band, whereupon the said resilient tongues yield and the plane of the thinner plate is brought below the button head. Another important office of these tongues is the offsetting of the slight curvature of the collar. Without them, contact might occur only on a point of very limited area and the correct relative position of the fastener might be difficult to preserve.

A movement of the device to the right or left, as the case may be,it being immaterial whether the slot be made on the right or on the left side,causes the neck to move along spective rest points. A large portion of the the fabric of the tie will yield to allow the protruding portion of the buttonhead to travel along the groove.

The modification (Fig. 8) illustrates a construction of the device from a single piece of material. The embodiment described above in detail is preferred because of the varying dimensions of button heads, there being no such variation in the dimensions of the necks, so that upper plates having slots of varying widths may be provided without corresponding changes in thinner plates, conducing to economy of manufacture. An additional reason for such preferment is the superiority in flexibility of the tongues when struck from a thin plate. Fur- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ther modifications may be made in view of the appended claim, no limitation being implied by the drawings, which are submitted for illustrative purposes only.

I claim:

A tie fastener of the class described comprising a relatively thin plate having an offset slot formed therein to receive the shank of a collar button, resilient tongues formed in said plate and bent from the plane thereof to frictionally engage a collar, a

supplemental and thicker plate carried by said first mentioned plate having a corresponding ofi'set slot formed therein of a wider measurement to receive the head oi a collar button therein, and a plurality of holes formed in said plates to receive fastening means carried by a necktie.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS C. 'SPELLING.

Witnesses:

J AMES Ros'rHAL, MOLLIE QUATINETZ.

five cents eaoh, by-addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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