US2168946A

US2168946A - Tie clip

Info

Publication number: US2168946A
Application number: US174051A
Authority: US
Inventors: James F Rogers
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-11-11
Filing date: 1937-11-11
Publication date: 1939-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 1956-08-08

Description

J. F. ROGERS Aug. 8, 1939 TIE CLIP 4 Filed NOV. 11', 1937 INVENTOR Jq/vas Boas/as Patented Aug. 8, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to necktie holders or clips and, as its principal object, aims to provide a device of this kind which is of simple construction and has the advantage of being able to securely grip the tie and maintain itself in a desired transverse position thereon.

Numerous tie clips of various forms have been proposed heretofore but many or all of them are subject to the disadvantage of being unable to grip the tie in a manner to properly maintain the clip in place thereon. In many clips of the bar type, the gripping of the tie takes place at or adjacent one end only of the clip and as a result the other end of the clip tends to sag or slip down on the tie to an inclined or disorderly position. In other cases, where the clip has been constructed to grip the tie with increased pressure to prevent slippage it has resulted in creasing or damaging the necktie and also in difficulty in applying or removing the clip from the tie.

My invention overcomes these difficulties by providing a clip, to be described in detail hereinafter, which can be easily applied to or removed from a necktie and which has the ability to grip the tie so as to always retain itself in a desired orderly position thereon.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clip having front and rear bars adapted to extend transversely of a necktie and in which the rear bar has tie-engaging portions spaced therealong and adapted to cooperate efficiently with the front bar for gripping corresponding spaced portions of the tie.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tie clip having front and rear bars and in which a bowed member is connected at an intermediate point thereof with the rear bar and has oppositely extending arm portions provided with openings into which spaced portions of the tie are adapted to be pressed by the front bar.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a tie clip in which the bowed member is resilient to permit flexing thereof during insertion or removal of the tie and to cause said arm portions to yieldingly press corresponding spaced portions of the tie against the front bar.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front View of a tie clip embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the clip.

Fig. 4 is a view showing portions of a shirt front and a necktie, with my clip applied to the latter, and

Fig. 5 is a partial sectional View taken through the clip and tie, as indicated by line 5-5 of Fig. 5 4, and illustrating the gripping action of the clip on the tie.

clips and holders.

My tie clip is of the type having elongated front and rear bars or arms [0 and l l, which extend in spaced relation and are connected at or adjacent one end of the clip. The connecting means for the bars may be a bent portion 12 formed integral with one or both of the bars, as shown in this instance, or may be any other suitable connecting means known to those skilled in this art. The clip may be applied to a necktie l3 by inserting the tie into the space between the bars so that when the clip has been applied to the tie its front and rear bars will extend transversely thereof in a desired substantially horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4. The bars may be of a length to extend a substantial distance or entirely across a necktie of usual form and width.

To enable the clip to securely grip the tie and retain itself in proper position thereon, I provide the rear bar with tie-engaging portions which are spaced therealong and are adapted to cooperate with the front bar ID for pressing corresponding spaced portions of the tie against the latter.

These tie-engaging portions IA of the cated in Fig. 5.

The spaced tie-engaging portions Hi can be formed as integral parts of the rear bar I l but I prefer to have these portions carried by a bowed member or part lfi which is connected at an intermediate point thereof with the rear bar.

The

intermediate portion of this bowed member may be formed as a straight section If, which engages the rear bar H and may be solidly connected therewith as by means of soldering or by a form of rivet i8, or both. This bowed member is formed with arm portions l9 which extend in opposite directions from the connection with the rear bar and these arm portions carry the tieengaging portions M.

The outer ends of the arms I?! of the bowed member may be deflected rearwardly, away from the front bar IE), and may have a converging or pointed shape. This spacing and shape for the ends of the arm portions of the bowed member permit the insertion and removal of the tie with facility and without wrinkling or damaging the same. The tapering shape for the arm portions of the bowed member I6 provides for the desired relatively greater width for the grip ping portions I i and also permits the openings 55 to be formed of tapering or converging shape which I find to be desirable because, at the points at which the front bar crosses the edges of such openings, triangular shaped spaces or recesses 26] are formed which are very effective in gripping the tie,

To cause the desired gripping cooperation between the front bar it] and the tie-engaging portions id of the rear bar and to permit spreading of the bars for insertion or removal of the the connecting means l2 may be yieldable and such. as to cause the front and rear bars to be normally urged toward each other. To increase this gripping action between the portions i l and the front bar, as well as the yieldability of the clip for insertion or removal of the tie, I may also construct the bowed member if? of a resilient and spring material. When the bowed member i is formed of springy material, it is not necessary that the connecting means 52 be yieldablo and, if desired, the latter means can then be relatively rigid. With the construction which I have provided it will thus be seen that the arms l9 and the front bar 10 can be readily sprung apart, to permit insertion of the tie into the clip, and will be yieldably biased toward each other to cause the portions Hi to engage corresponding spaced portions of the tie and to cause such tie portions to recede into or be pressed into the openings i5 by the front bar. The construction and mounting of the bowed member it? enables the arms 59 thereof to fulcrum on the rear bar and press the portions Hi against the tie with an equalizing or self-regulating action.

I find it desirable to limit the extent to which the bar it enters the openings i5 during the rela tive movement between the front and rear bars so that a space 2| will always be available at the open end of the clip into which to start the tie when the latter is to be inserted into the clip. For this purpose I may provide the rear bar with a stop to be engaged by the front bar, such as the stop lugs 22 formed on the outer arm of the bowed member i6 and which extend into the opening E5 thereof.

If desired, the rear bar ll of the clip may be provided with an anchoring device for connection With the shirt front 24 to permit relative floating of the tie and to also retain the clip from being lost, This anchor means may comprise a chain 25 having one end thereof connected to the rivet I 8 and, at its other end, having a bar 716 for insertion through a buttonhole 21 of the shirt front. Although an anchoring means of this character may be employed, I desire it to be understood that the use of such an anchoring means is not essential and that the clip may be constructed and worn without this means.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing, it will now be readily seen that I have provided a tie clip which is of very simple and relatively inexpensive construction, but which is capable of efficiently gripping the tie at spaced points and with the proper degree of pressure to retain itself thereon and to al ways maintain a correct and orderly position. It will be seen further that these advantages of the clip result mainly from the novel construction of ie rear bar whereby spaced tie-engaging portions, having an improved gripping action, are provided.

While I have illustrated and described my tie holder in a somewhat detailed manner, it should be understood, however, that I do not wish to be limited to the precise details and construction herein disclosed but regard my invention as including such changes and modifications as do not constitute a departure from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A tie clip comprising a pair of front and rear bars yieldingly connected adjacent one end there-- of and adapted to extend transversely of a tie at the front and back thereof, and a bowed member connected at an intermediate point thereof with said rear bar and having arm portions adapted to cooperate with the front bar at spaced points for gripping corresponding spaced portions of the tie, said arm portions of the bowed member having openings therein which are wider than the front bar and into which said spaced portions of the tie are pressed by the front bar to cause gripping thereof, one of said arm portions of the bowed member having a stop extending into the opening thereof for limiting the extent of movement of the front bar into said openings.

JAMES F. ROGERS.