US2020507A

US2020507A - Fastening device

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Publication number: US2020507A
Application number: US8258A
Authority: US
Inventors: William A Keys
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-02-26
Filing date: 1935-02-26
Publication date: 1935-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 1952-11-12

Description

New. 12, 1935.

W. A. KEYS FASTENING DEVICE Filed Feb. 26, 195

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Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PA'I 'ENTv OFFICE.

, FASTENTNG DEVICE William A. Keys, New York, Y. 7 Application February 26, 1935, Serial No. 8,258

7 2 Claims. (01. 24-198)" 2 This invention relates to a slidable, adjusting fastening" device of the character shown in my Patent No. 1,962,600, dated June 12th, 1934, and particularly adapted for use in the adjustment of the length of neckbands of neckties or similar articles. a

The primary objects of the invention are to simplify the construction of such devices as are in use at the present time; to provide a fastener of decreased size and bulk, and incidentally maintain that portion of the'neckband of the necktie wherein the fastener is located, as thin and smooth as possible. In my prior patent, referred to, a fastener is shown which operates by a cinch action to grip the neckband when the ends of the tie are pulled in opposite directions.

A further object of the invention is to greatly increase this cinching action, and consequently increase the efficiency of the fastening device and prevent slippage when the tie is in use, so that its applicability to fabrics of different texture and thickness will be greatly increased.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a fastener of the character described which will permit an easy adjustment of the length of the neckband of the tie, at the same time gripping or cinching the tie firmly in the normal use of the tie.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a necktie of the so-called wing type, provided with one embodiment of the improved fastening device; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the neckband of a tie showing the fastening device in section and in its operative or cinching position; Fig. 3'is. a similar view showing the position assumed by the device when v the neckband is being slidably adjusted; Fig. 4

is a perspective view of the fastener; Fig. 5 is a View of a modified form of fastener; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the type of fastener shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawing, a necktie of the so-called wing type is shown, the neckband of which is adapted to be longitudinally regulated as to length. The necktie is provided with two

end portions

5 and 8. The end portion 8 is permanently stitched or secured, as shown at 20, to one of the side bars of a metalloop member I. The opposite end 5 of the neckband is looped through the member 1 as indicated at H and has its end or termination 22 permanently secured or stitched to a longitudinal bar l6 forming part of the improved fastening device l5, shown in Fig. 4. The fastening device is in the form of a single piece elongated loop member or frame, prefthereto and connecting the curved end portions 10.

I2 and I3 is the integral central bar IE, to which the end 22 of the portion 5 of the neckband is secured. The portion 5 of the neckband of the tie is slidably adjustable through the fastening device 15 in the space 23 (Figs. 3 and 4) between 15 the bars I l and I6; passes through the loop member l and has its extremity 22 permanently stitched or secured about the bar l6, as previously explained. This arrangement produces a loop l4 7 in the neckband which is regulatable as to size 80 by sliding the fastening member to or from the loop member 1, or by drawing parts of the loop portion l4 through fastening device l5.

When pull is exerted on the

parts

5 and 8 of the necktie, as during the adjustment of and 25 wearing of the necktie, the entire fastening device I5 is rocked about a longitudinal axis along the line of the bar It so that it assumes the inclined or angular position shown in Fig. 2 where it will be seen that the band engages the outer 30 edge of bar It] and inner edge of bar ll so that the co-operating bars l0 and I! act as a cinch and resist sliding of the neckband between them through space 23.

4 To enlarge or decrease the size of the loop I4, and accordingly regulate the size of the neckband of the tie, the fastener is held between the fingers in the position substantially shown in Fig. 3, and it can be easily slid along on the neckband or the neckband can be as easily drawn through it to adjust the size of the loop. The fastener is very small and compact and produces no bulk or bulging in the neckband of the tie. The two co-operating bars If] and H acting to cinch the neckband between them, hold the neckband securely in any set position of adjustment as to size.

In Fig. 6 a modified structure is shown wherein the fastening device is provided with a pair of spaced, parallel, longitudinal bars l8 and 19 located between and extending parallel to the end bars l0 and l I. It has been found that for certain materials employed in necktie construction,

a greater or lesser cinching action may be re quired, and to provide for this, the two bars 18 and I9 are employed, which enable the extremity 22 of the part 5 of the tie to be permanently attached to either one of them. This may compensate for different thicknesses of necktie fabric, so that a maximum cinching action is attained when the

ends

5 and 8 of the neckband of the tie are pulled in opposite directions, as in the adjustment and use of the tie.

While I have shown the improved fastening device used in connection with the adjustment of the neckband of a necktie, it will be obvious that it may be used in other environments, such as for the adjustment of belts and straps of different kinds.

What I claim is:

1. An adjustable device for necktie bands for adjusting and maintaining the size of a loop' in a doubled-over or looped portion of the band, comprising a frame bent upon itself and including parallel side bars, at least one intermediate bar located between and parallel with the side bars and curved connecting end pieces between the parallel bars, the curved end pieces presenting the side v bars angularly with respect to each other, the side bars being in spaced planes and the intermediate bar being in the plane of one of the side bars, one of the side bars being located opposite the space between the intermediate bar and other side bar, the intermediate bar receiving the permanent attachment of one end of the neokband loop, said end of the loop extending from its point of attachment and doubling back upon itself to overlie the point of attachment and then projecting between the outer edge of one of the side bars and the inner edge of the other side bar whereby pull on the bight of the loop and an opposite pull on the part thereof projecting from between the two side bars causes said side bars to act as a cinch on the part of the band extending between them.

2. An adjusting device for necktie neckbands for adjusting and maintaining the size of a loop in a doubledover or looped portion of the band, comprising a frame bent upon itself and including three parallel elongated side bars spaced from one another and integrally connected at their ends by cross pieces, one of said side bars being disposed at an angle to the other two bars and in a plane offset from the plane of the other two bars, one of said bars receiving the permanent attachment of one end of the neckband loop, said end of the loop extending from its point of attachment and doubling back on itself to form a bight and then extending back to overlie and be positioned adjacent the point of attachment and then projecting between the outer edge of one of the other bars and the inner edge of the remaining bar, the last mentioned two bars holding the part of the band which passes between them with a cinch action when pull is exerted on the band.

WILLIAM A. KEYS.