US1427727A - Soft-collar support - Google Patents

Description

YV. H. FAIHLESS.

SOFT COLLAR SUPPORT.

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Patentd Aug. 29

UNITED STATES VICTOR H. FAIRLESS, OF TRENTON/TENNESSEE.

SOFT-COLLAR SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

.Application led April 23, 1921. Serial No. 463,745.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, VIo'roR H. AiRLEss, a citizen of the United States, resldlng at Trenton, in the county of Gibson, State of Tennessee, have invented Certam new and useful Improvements in SoftCollar Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as w1ll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertams to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to lmprovements in soft collar supports and necktie retainers, and one Vobject of the inventlon 1s to provide for the stiffening of the edges and points of soft collars which are apt to wilt and get out of shape and become unsightly. y

Another object of the invention 1s to provide for the support of the necktie within the upper portion of the doubled over soft collar by the same means used to stiifen the edges and points of the collar.

It is a further object of the inventlon to provide a simple and inexpensive necktie retainer and soft collar support in which the usual standard form of soft collars is not in any way modified, but which involves merely the placing upon the lnterlor of the outer fold of the collar near the front edges and points thereof of a pocket and retaining strap adapted to receive a doubled over piece of Celluloid or other material which forms at its upper ends a support to receive the band of the necktie and hold it in the upper portion of the fold of the collar. g

With the foregoing and other objects 1n view, the invention will be more fully described'hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

F ig. 1 is a perspective view of a soft collar with one flap thereof turned up to expose the improved soft collar support and necktie retainer;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view w1th a part broken away and showing a n ecktle sustained by the improved device;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the retaining strip.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l and 2 designate respectively the inner and outer folds of a double soft collar which is usually made with the points 3 and 4 at its 'front-portion, and 5 represents a necktie shown in Fig. 2 within the collar and having a band 6 which lits about between the folds l and 2 of the collar in the usual manner. i

The invention aims to hold the free edges ofthe outer fold 2 of the collar in a stiff and straight condition at all times to avoid the unattractive effect of wilting, and to prevent the wrinkli of the soft material of the collar at thenont where conditions of this kind are most a t to occur which make the collar unsightly. The invention also providesfor the holding of the neck band 6 of the necktie at a suitableelevation whereby the necktie knot 7 carried by the band may be supported against sagging, and for this reason may always present a neat ap arance.

he invention involves the provision of a pocket 8 provided by a rectangular liexible strip sewed along its bottom and longitudinal edges to each inside face of the outerV fold 2 of the collar near the free edge and the point thereof. The upper edge of the rectangular flexible strip forming the pocket 8 is left free so as to provide' an open mouth for the pocket in which a stifening strip of Celluloid or other material is placed. This stiifening strip is preferably formed of two legs 9 and 10 formed by doubling over as at 11, a thin, light piece of Celluloid or suitable material so that the two ends overlie one another and lie in substantially l parallel relation, one end l2 being preferably slightly longer than the other so as to reaidily separate it from the opposite free en Additionally, there is provided a retaining strap 13 on each inside face of. the outer fold 2 of the collar above and in line with the pocket 8 and spaced apart from the open mouth of said pocket, the retainin strap 13 being sewed along its lon 'tudina edges to the fold 2 but belng left ree at its ends so as to be completely open to ermit the passage therethrough of the sti ening strip.

n use, pockets 8 and retaining straps 13 having been secured by stitching or otherwise to the outer fold 2 of the soft collar in the positions indicated best in Figs. l and 2 and previously described, the stifi'ening strips are secured therein by first separating the free ends of the strips and inserting one' of the free ends` first into the space between the pocket 8 and the retaining strap 13, and then moving one of the legs, for instance 9, upwardly through the retaining strap 13 iintil the doubled over end 11 of the strip is capable of being inserted downwardly into the inoutli of the pocket 8.

'llie strip is thus moved downwardly until the major portion thereof lies within the pocket 8 and one end, for instance 12, hes outside of the retaining strap 13, while the other free end of the strip is held fast within the retaining strap 13. The necktie band 6 is engaged between the retaining strap 13 and tlieoiiter free end of the stifening strip and is supported by the bight 14 provided by the lower portion of this outermost part of the retaining strip where it starts to enter the mouthA of the pocket 8.

The, fabric material of which the pocket 8 and the retaining straps 13 are made is of course of a light, inexpensive character, and it is provided on the collar fold in an inexpensive way. Likewise the retaining strip, which may be of Celluloid, is very thin and utilizes only a small amount of this material and is therefore relatively cheap. The strip may be removed whenever the collar is to be laundered and is subsequently replaced before Wearing in the manner heretofore described. It will be appreciated from the foregoing that the device is an extremely simple one capable of being attached to present styles of soft collars without any modification or alteration in the construction thereof, and in which the edges and points of the soft collar are maintained in a fresh and unwilted condition at all times, and moreover the necktie knot 7 is held against sagging so that the Whole presents throughout the period of wearing a neat and attractive appearance which is not possible to maintain for any length of time where a stitfeiiciof this character is not employed. It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details ofv construction and design oftli'ahove specifically described embodiment of this inveiition without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is 1; An article of manufacture for use in connection with soft collars and the like comprising a sti-ip of material adapted to be secured along its bottom and sides to the inner surface of a fold of a double collar whereby to provide with the collar a pocket being open at its top portion, a strap also adapted to be secured to the same fold of the collar and spaced slightly from the open mouth of the pocket, and a strip of suitable material folded upon itself and adapted to lie with its folded portion within the pocket and project Without the same, one free end portion of the strip lying within the strap,

the other free end of the strip extending on the exterior of the strap, substantially as described. A

2. In combinationwith a collar having inner and outer folds, of a pocket secured to the inner face of the outer fold near the edge of the collar and being closed at its sides and bottom and open at its top portion, a retaining strap also secured to the inside face of the outer fold of the collar in spaced relation to said pocket, and a strip of celluloid folded upon itself and having the folded end lying in and supported by said pocket and with the inner free end portion extending within said strap, t-he outer free end portion of the strip lying outside of the strap and adapted to slidingly receive a necktie,

substantially as described.

AVICTOR H. FAIRLESS.

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