US2027119A

US2027119A - Expanding necktie holder

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Publication number: US2027119A
Application number: US703115A
Authority: US
Inventors: Claude A Ritter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-12-19
Filing date: 1933-12-19
Publication date: 1936-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1953-01-07

Description

Jan. 7, 1936. c. A. RITTER 2,027,119

EXPANDING NEGKTIE HOLDER Filed Dec. 19, 1933 Patented Jan. 7, 193 6 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE NECKTIE HOLDER V The object of thisiiivention is to "provide a device capable of holding a large 'number oi! neckties, or as few as the operator may wish, it being possible to put the neckties away, in smooth shape, in the drawer or otherwise, and keep them in good condition, something which does not occur when neckties are handled otherwise. The device afiords a means for carrying a considerable number of neckties in a satchel or the like, without taking up much room. Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which can be made cheaply out of stock materials.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view wherein the device is shown partially unfolded.

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises a flexible strip S, made of any suitable material, such as leather, fibre board, card board, or anything else adapted for the purpose and having a first transverse fold I, a second transverse fold 2, a third transverse fold 3, a fourth transverse fold 4, and a fifth transverse fold 5. plurality of parallel scores 50 at the folds I and 2. This is a significant feature of the device, since it permits it to expand and retain its comparative flatness when a number of neckties or other articles are placed in it.

The first fold l and the second fold 2 form a first cover member 6. The first fold 1 forms a flap I, joined to the first cover member 6 at the first fold l. The second fold 2 and the third fold 3 form a second cover member 8, joined to the first cover member 6 at the second "9,the inner wall l Expansion is obtained by a fold 2. The third fold 3, the fourth 101d 4 and the fifth fold form a double-walled partition and the outer wall ll of which are joined together at the fourth fold l. The inner wall III of the partition 3 is joined to ,r

the second cover member 8 at the third fold 3.

The fifth fold 5 forms a free-ended wing [2 at the extremity of the strip S which is remote from the flap 1. The wing I2 is joined to the wall ll of the partition 9 at the fifth fold 5.

A separating tongue I4 is struck from the inner wall ll] of the V-shaped partition 9, and leaves an opening l5 in the wall Ill. The tongue I4 is joined hingedly to the second cover member 8 at the third fold 3. Any suitable means may be provided for keeping the device closed, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. With that end in view,

a button l6 may be secured to the flap 1, the button retaining one end of a flexible element H on the flap l. The flexible element I1 is wrapped about the closed article, as in Fig. 1, and the free end of the flexible element is wound about the button fastening I8, behind the button l6.

One or more neckties I9 are placed between the wing 5 and the wall I l of the V-shaped partition 9. One or more neckties 20 are placed between the wall In of the V-shaped partition 9 and the tongue l4, and are pressed by the tongue into the opening l5 of the wall l0, the bulkiness of the package being thereby reduced, as shown in Fig. 2, and the ties 20 being held securely in place. One or more ties 2| are placed between the tongue [4 and the first cover member 6. The strip S then is closed at the second fold 2, and at the third fold 3, to bring the wing l2 against the inner surface of the first cover member 6, the flap l is overlapped on the cover member 8, the flexible element is wrapped about the closed article and is secured behind the button Hi, the device then assuming the compact condition shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing.

The article described is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, but it affords a means whereby a plurality of neckties or other objects may be kept in good order and be housed in a small compass.

The capacity of the article may be increased, of course, by increasing the number of the double-walled partitions 9, that detail being a matter of mere duplication, readily understood from the drawing without specific delineation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a flexible strip having a first transverse fold, a second transverse fold, a third transverse fold, a fourth transverse fold, and a fifth transverse fold, the first transverse fold and the second transverse fold forming a first cover member, the first fold forming a flap, joined to the first cover member at the first fold, the second fold and the third fold forming a second cover member, joined to the first cover member at the second fold, the third and the fourth fold and the fifth fold forming a double-walled partition, comprising inner and outer walls, said walls being joined together at the fourth fold, the inner wall of the partition being'joined to the second cover member at the third fold, the fifth fold forming a free-ended wing at the ex tremity of the strip which is remote from the flap, a separating tongue being struck from the inner wall of the partition, to form an opening therein, the tongue being hinged to the second cover member at the third fold, the strip being capable of being closed at the second and third folds to bring the wing against the inner surface of the first cover member and overlap the flap on the outside of the second cover member. 2.'A device of the class described, constructed 2027A It? as set forth in claim 1, and further character-' ized by the provision of aplurality of parallel, undulating scores at the first and second folds and providing for expansion.

3. A holder of wallet-like construction, for neckties and the like, comprising a strip folded transversely to form an internal, inverted V-shaped partition, the ends of the strip constituting a closure for the holder, all of the edges of the strip being free, and the holder being open at the top and the bottom, whereby the holder may be elongated and closed together accordion-wise, there being a tongue struck from one wall of the partition close enough to the fold that forms said wall so that the space between the tongue andthe wall from which it is struck will form a necktie compartment substantially as deep as the compartments formed by the other folds of the strip, the upper end of the tongue being free, and the space above andon each side of the tongue being open, whereby a necktie or the like may be inserted downwardly into the holder on either side of the tongue.

CLAUDE A. RI'ITER.