US1800729A - Man's neckwear - Google Patents

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April 14, 1931. B. G. HODGES 1,800,729

MAN S NECKWEAR Filed May 31, 1950' ff f5 f ZZ- /2 5f Z6 275/1,

Patented Apr. 14, 1931" nunensse. nonans,l or BosToN, MASSACHUSETTS me :momma ppm-ation med nay s1,

This invention 'relates to mens neckwear,

' and pertains more particularly to improvements in bow ties of the made-up type in which the tie is shaped and arranged for wear before it is applied to the wearers neck.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a simple ,and inexpensive yet durable and attractive tie of the aforesaid type, in which the bow element may be' rearranged l0 at the pleasure of the wearerselectively to `display any one of two or more, preferably four, fabric faces at the front of the tie, and in which said bow element is securely aiiixed in its desired position against accidental displacement. or distortion.

Further objects are to provide a tie having a pair of reversible bow members, as above indicated, and a centraldoop or strap member which is also reversible and which is detachably fastened about the bow members; to provide fastening means assing through the throats of the bow mem e'rs and preferably also through the ends of the retaining loop, to secure said members against relative displacement; lto provide simple means for connecting the assembled tie to a neckband of common form, and in generalto improve the construction of bow ties of this class and to produce a t'ie which has unusually long life, which always looks clean and neat, and which is easily and quickly rearranged when necessary and applied or removed from the neck of the wearer.

Recommended embodiments of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the assembled bow; Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof; Fig. 3 is a face view to smaller scale of a form of separable bow member which may be employed in forming the improved bow;

Fig. 4 is a face view of the retaining loop; Fig. 5 is an edge'view of a pair of super- @5 posed bow members such asshown in Fig. 3,

illustrating the mannerin which the encircling band is applied thereto;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the band in attached position;

te Fig. 7 il a face view o f an optional form 1930. Serial No. 457,868.

of b ow element which may be used in making up the tie of Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 8 is a composite view of a recommended form of fastening means; and

-Fig. 9 is a composite view of a modified 55 form of fastening. v

- The bow element shown in the particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of illustration in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, comprises a pair of separable members ll and 1 2, each preferably having a Eller 13 of flexible reinforcing material such as treated paper or the like and a `fabric covering of silk or other appropriate material in plain colors or of any desired ornamentation or design. The silk coverin of each member preferably 'consists of a single piece of material folded len Vhwise over the opposite ends of the reinforcing sheet 13 and stitched as at 14 (Fig. 3) at the center or throat portion of the bow, the longitudinal margins of the covering material having seams extending along the upper/and lower edges of the reinforce ment, as indicated at l5 (Figs. 5 and 6). It isl thus apparent that the wings of the bow' members present front and back surfaces of the same external appearance, so that either face of either member may selectively be einployed at the front of the bow and 1t is also obvious that th'e four display aces thus provided may be of different color or pattern if desired. i

The throat portions 16 of the bow members 11 and 12 have central apertures preferably reinforced by eyelets 17. A retainin loop or strap 18 having a silk covering whic may be of the same material as the bow covering, and which is a-lso preferably reversible, 1s arranged to encircle the throat portions 16 of the superposed bow members 1l and 12. One end of this loop preferably has an eyeleted opening 19 and an elastic strip 20 may be securedtransversely at the opposite end of the band by an eyelet 21.

' In a modified form of my tie, I may employ a bow elementsuch as illustrated in Fig. 7, which shows a series of connected or integral bow members constituting a continuous strip so that the strip may be folded into thirds on the broken lines 22 with either face of either 100 ed strip of Fig. 7 provides a 35 element .is passed through proper relation,

of the end bows 23 or 24 presented at the front. The throat ortions 25 of the three ybow members are tus brought into super.-

posed juxtaposition, and said portions pref-y 5 erably have eyeleted openings 2.6 registering with each other when the bow members are thus superposed. This optional form of bow elementis arranged and mounted substantially in thelsame mannen as the bow element comprising the separable members 11 and 12, as now to be described but it is obvious the foldthree-ply bow with folds at its opposite ends, instead of the double thickness, free-edged larrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The superposed bow members are preferably connected together by suitable fastenh the e eleted opening means assing throng ings at thelr throat portlons an through the eyelets 19 and 21 of the loop 18. The fastening means ma comprise a staple fastener 27 (Fig. 8) whic is passed through said openings and has its prongs bent outwardly over a slotted washer 28. Fig. 9 shows another optional form of fastening comprisin a socket member 29 and a screw 30 threa 'ng therein. It is apparent that other form-s of separable or other fasteners may be em loyed for 'attaching the central portions of t e bow members to the retaining loop, thereby to prevent relative displacement of said elements.

In assembling the parts of the bow, the bow makers are superposed and the fastening openin s thereof from the front of the bow; the eye et at one end of the loop 18, for example the eyelet 19, is then slipped over the prongs of the fastener 27 (in case a staple lfastener is used); the opposite-end of the loop with its transverse stri 20 is passed around the throat portions o and its eyeleted opening 21is received upon the fastener prongs, asindicated in Figs. 5 and 6. yThe several elements of the bow are thus quickly and easily assembled and secured in the head-of the fastener 27 by the front portion of the reversible loo 18. In case the fastener of Fig. 9 is use it will be apparent that the part 29 is inserted through the openings in the bow members, the loop 18 is turned around the bows, and the screw 30 is then fitted through the registering loop'openings andl into the socket 29.

The elastic band 20 may have rings 31 at its opposite ends, so that the assembled bow may be held in position by a neck band 32 of common construction having end hooks being concealed ,33 detachably engaging respective rings.

Other suitable securing means may ployed, however, to support the bow v1n prop:

be emer position.

66 It is thus apparent that I have provided a of my invention as the registeringthe bow mem-l bers and over the head of the fastener,

moonen made-up bow which is simple and economical to manufacture, easy to assemblev and -ref arrange in the desired manner, attractive in appearance,l and extremely durable in use owmg to the exchan eability of its bow members and the reversi above descrlbed permit any one of the four sides of the bow members to be selectively and successively exposed at the front of the bow; 'and that the throat loop, which is less likely to be wrinkled or soile has two similar sides which may be alternatively turned outwardly. The life of the improved bow tie is consequently rolongedfar beyond the useful life of an or inary made-up bow; and a pleasing appearance at all time is ensured. -While a tie constructed as herein illustrated and described` is particularly adapted to satisfy the purposes of this invention, it will vbe understood that details of structure and arrangement may be varied to suit particular purposes without de arting from the spirit efined in the following claims.

I claim: 1. A bow tie comprisin bow members arranged in superposed re ation with either side of either member selectively disposed at the front of the tie, the central portions of said members having e eleted openings, fastening means passing t rough said openings, and a loop member surrounding said central portions havin receiving said astening means, so that said members are secured a ainst relative displacement, the loop memer having eyes for receiving the hooks of a neckband for holding the tie in position.v l

2. A bow tie comprising a pair of separable bow. members each having opposite sides of the same general external contour and appearance, so that either side of either` member may be selectivelyf exposed at the front of the tie when the two members are superposed, each member having a throat portion',

member enclrc'ling said throat portions and l ends overlapping at the back of the t1e, and means extending through said.

having its 1930. 1 BURESS G. .HODGES. 1:40

ility of the throat loop.- In -case the exposed face of-the outer bow of said member or.

obvious that the constructions openings at its joined ends a removable and reversible loop-

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