US1794497A - Four-in-hand tie - Google Patents

Description

March 3,1931. g- 1,794,497

FOUR- I N-HAND TIE Filed June 23, 1927 Patented Mar. 3, 1931 UNITED-I STATES MERL w. REESE, or OMAHARNEBRASKAF FOUR-IN-HAND. TIE

Application filed June 23, 1927." Serial No. 200, 43;

My invention relates to mens neck-wear. It has to do more specifically with an improved type of four-in-hand tie having a very pleasing appearance when tied. An objectionable feature in connection with previously known four-in-hand ties, is the fact that when they are tied about the collar, the knot will pull the silk in unevenly, and it is difilcult to outflare the body portion of the 10 tie beneath the knot so that the tie willhang straight. Not only will the body portion of the tie appear crooked but. the knot is very apt to twist sideways and either one of these conditions will make an otherwise presentable tie have an unsightly appearance. The care required in tying a four-in-hand tie to make it hang straight and the unsatisfactory results so often obtained in spite of such care can be attested by many who have had this experience.

The object of the present invention is the production of an improved type of four-inhand tie.

Another object is the production of a four-' in-hand tie which is more easily tied aboutv the collar than ties heretofore known.

Another object is to produce a tie having a more pleasing appearance when around the collar. Another object is to produce a tie which will hang straight and. evenly when around the collar.

Another object is to produce a tie wherein the body portion is easily outflared below the knot piece.

The tie is featured by a narrow portion designed to be included within the knot piece so that no major portion thereof extends outwardly from either the upper or lower end 40 thereof. The body of the tie extends outwardly from the knot at the point in which the narrowed portion expands to normal size. The narrowed portion is formed by arcuate excisions on the two sides of the usual straight edges of the body portion in a manner which will be described. V

Other objects and features of the invention may become apparent from a consideration of the detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig l isa perspective view showing the appearance of my improved four-in-hand tie when knotted; I

' Fig. is a fragmentary plan viewshowing the arrangement of the body portion offthe tie;

Fig.3 is a sectional view along the linev of F 51g; 2. and;

i z process offcons'tructi'on. v

' My invention is illustrated as applied to'a soecalled tailored four-in-hand tie, that .is a tie produced by cuttinga pattern from a body-of material and sewing the pattern'to gether to produce the tie structure. A Without making specificzreference tothe manner in which the tie is produced, it comprises a main. body portionlO with. a neck portionll and a'n'intermediate portion12 adaptedto be knotted to form a knot-piece 13as illustrated in Fig. 1 Between themtermediate portion and" body" portion, is formed a pair ofoppositely disposed arcuate cut-away portions 14; and'15 which as the tile is knottedglare included in the knot in; the

is a fragmenta y view of the. tiein manner illustrated; This portion is belowthe knot as indicatedin the drawing, The two cut-away portions :result in a narrowed section which decreasesthe amountof :lateral contractiorrof"theedges or sides ofthe tie belowthe knot and "thus reduces or prevents wrinkling of "the tapered body portion 10,- adjacentthelniot. As aresult the bodypor-; tion of the tie is more easily out'flarcd justbelow the knot to. have-a symmetrical appearance whichis obtained with difficulty, ifat all,if the tie is'of the fullwidth'at this point.

The arrangement "will be more easily understood from a consideration of'one mannerin which the time maybe made. The pattern is cut'flat with the, same general outline as to produce anygood tailored tie. At the proper position near the. edges 16' of the blank, however, two leaf-shaped excisions 17 are out, theseexcisionsbeing-produced in any suitable way. The tie is actually made of two blanks sewed in th e center a-t the neckg to' fo'rm a continuous strip; but this is not of prime interest hQIGgEfl-IldhasEbGGlltSllOWIli When the blank is produced, theedgeslfiai ness of the tie where necessary it is of course provided with side incisions to correspond with the narrowed portions in the body of the t1e. Afterwards the tie s flattened out and a neck piece 19 is sewed onto' the neck portion of the tie in the position shown in Fig.1. The stitchings 21 for the neck piece are along the edge of the neck portion of the tie and may serve to anchor the tiller 18 in place. Atthe lower portion of the body of the tie however, a cross stitch 22 is provided to einforce the open edge which is left at the lower part of the body and this cross stitch may also be sewed to the filler.

. After the tie is fully completed, itis of course pressed in the usual manner so that the edges will lie fiat throughout the length of the tie.

The foregoing description referring to the manufacturing of the tie holds true only when a so-called tailored tie is made. Even with this class of tie however, the method may be modified and the stitching be employed in an entirely different manner. In a full knitted tie, the arcuate cut-away portions might be knitted right into thetie,

or they might be produced a manner shown and described for a. tailored tie. 'Ihe neth 0d of making a tie 1s not of pr me importance as long as the effect thatI have out 7 lined is produced. For this reason I do not;

limit myself to any particular construction except as pointed out inthe appended claiinsi. What I claiin as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: v

i 1. The methodof forming a four in-hand tie which comprises cutting a pattern of great length in relation to its width, with a pair of openings whose sidesare shaped as I intersecting arcs, stitching the longitudinal edges of the pattern together to form a tube, sewing theopposed edges of the openings to gether, reversing the tube, and pres-sing it flat so that the sewed openings form area ate, portions at the side edges of the con pleted tie.

' 2. In a four in hand tie a tube formed of silk and pressed flat having a lining with the general outline of the flat body, the tie including a neck portion with an extension at one end adapted for extending under the knot piece, a knottying portion at the other end of the neck portion and a body portion connected with the knot portion and adapted to hang below the knot piece whenthe knot tying portion is formed into a four in hand

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