US2061630A - Necktie - Google Patents

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W. A. KEYS YNECKTIE Nov. 24, 1936.

Filed April 21; 1936 INVENTOR WiZZiang rfl fe g;

- W%NE Y Patented Nov. 2 4, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlQE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to neckties and more particularly to the neckband construction thereof. The primary object of the invention is to provide a neckband of an adjustable type enabling the attainment of a smooth, even fit, yet presenting the appearance of the conventional non-adjustable kind, since the elements of the adjusting means are so disposed as to be wholly inconspicuous and substantially undiscernible when the necktie is worn.

Another object of the invention is to provide a neckband having elastic means for holding the band snugly and smoothly about the collar, and permitting the band to accommodate itself evenly to collars of different sizes, said elastic means being so inserted in the band that sleeve-like portions of the band normally extend over and conceal the elastic means during conventional wear of the necktie so that said elastic means is thereby rendered substantially invisible.

Another object of the invention is to provide detachable fastening means for uniting the ends of the neckband, with a part of the neckband so disposed as to form a concealing tab extending over and hiding the fastening means.

These and other objects are attained by the structure hereinafter disclosed and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a necktie made in accordance with the invention, looking at the rear of the tie; Fig. 2 is a View of the rear of the tie with parts broken away and the elastic insert in the neckband expanded or stretched; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig.

1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 4 is a view of the inner face of a part of the neckband, showing the detachable fastening 40 means for connecting the ends of the bandtogether.

The necktie shown in the drawing is of the socalled bow or dress type, although it will be understoood that the invention may be applied 45 to other types of neckties.

In the drawing l indicates the conventional knot portion of the tie from which the wings 2 and 3 extend in the usual manner. The tie shown is of the pre-formed type in which the knot l and wings 2 and 3 are permanently held together and remain so whether the tie is in use or not. Secured at the back of the knot I and wings 2 and 3, as by the stitches 4 located behind and concealed by the knot portion 1, is a strip 55 of elastic webbing 5 or other similar flat elastic material. The ends 6 of said elastic strip are disposed within tubular portions or sleeves l and 8 formed on the opposite ends of the inelastic or fabric neckband 9. Stitches shown at It secure the ends of the elastic strip 5 within the neckband 9 and within the sleeve portions 7 and 8 thereof.

The neckband is provided with an adjustable loop portion it which may be regulated as to size and held in any adjusted size by means of 10 a slide or cinch fastener member ll. Said loop i6 is provided with a loop or eye member i2 comprising a part of a detachable fastener and which is adapted to be engaged with a hook member l3 comprising the other part of said fastener, said 15 hook member being secured to the other end I4 of the neckband.

It will be noted in Figs. 1 and 4 that the hook fastener member i3 is attached to the neckband end It at a point situated a short distance from 20 the end thereof so that a resultant projecting tab portion [5 is formed, which when the fastener members l2 and i3 are connected together, overlies said fastener members and serves to conceal them.

With the arrangement disclosed, a neckband is provided which is capable of adjustment to a very great extent and while the tie is being worn hugs the collar firmly and smoothly.

In expanding the neckband in the act of plac- 3O ing it on a collar, the elastic strip 5 can be stretched to the required extent as shown in Fig.

2, and it is only at this time that the elastic band portion thereof, or at least any material part of it, becomes visible. When the fastening members l2 and I3 are engaged at the back of the neck, the elastic strip 5 then contracts to a very slightly stretched or even to a normal unstretched condition and during such contraction, the sleeve portions 1 and 8 move toward one another and finally extend over and conceal the elastic strip. Thus, when the necktie is in normal wear, the sleeves 1 and 8 extending over the elastic strip on opposite sides of the knot portion I serve to conceal it so that only the inelastic fabric portion of the neckband is visible when the tie is worn. This elastic strip together with the cinch slide II and the detachable fastening means l2 and I3 enable the neckband to be conveniently and effectively fitted to collars of different sizes and permits the securement of a snug, smooth fit of the neckband on a collar. The projecting tab portion 15 extends over the fastening means l2 and I3 and serves to conceal them from view so that when the neckband is worn it presents the general appearance of the usual one-piece neckband.

While I have shown the elastic strip as being located directly behind the knot and wings of the tie, it will be understood that this elastic portion may be located elsewhere in the neckband. Also, instead of being attached to two end portions of the inelastic body of the neckband, it can be arranged to extend into only one sleeve portion on one end of the band, the other end being secured directly in the knot portion. These and other modifications may be made in the structure without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example also, the fastening members [2 and i3, instead of being located at the back of the necktie may be located at the knot forming portion l and behind one of the wings of the tie. In such case, the elastic strip will extend from the knot forming portion behind the other wing of the tie and be enclosed in a single sleeve formed on one end of the inelastic portion of the band.

What I claim is:

1. In a necktie, a knot portion, wings extending therefrom, an elastic strip secured at the back of the knot portion and having laterally extending ends projecting in back of and covered by the wings, a two-part inelastic neckband having adjacent ends formed with sleeve portions into which the ends of the elastic strip extend and are secured with said sleeves extending over and concealing the elastic strip on opposite sides of aoercao the knot While said strip is in an unstretched condition, the other ends of the neckband parts being separably connected together whereby an even tension is placed on the elastic strip at each side of the bow knot when the inelastic neckband is manipulated for placing the tie in position on the collar of the wearer and eliminating handling of the necktie bow.

2. In a necktie of the bow or wing type, a knot from which projecting wings extend, an elastic strip secured in the knot and having projecting ends extending laterally from the knot on opposite sides of the same and located behind the wings, a neckband having two sections provided with detachable connection means, at least one of said sections having means for adjustably regulating its effective length, one end of each of said neckband sections having a sleeve portion into which one of the ends of the elastic strip extends and secured thereto with said sleeve portions extending over and concealing the elastic strip while said strip is in an unstretched condition, the other ends of the neckband sections being separably connected together at a point remote from the necktie bow whereby an even tension is placed on the elastic strip at each side of the bow knot when the free ends of the neckband sections are manipulated for placing the necktie in position on the collar of the wearer and eliminating handling of the necktie bow.

WILLIAM A. KEYS.

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