US2171270A - Collar fastener - Google Patents

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Aug. 29, 1939. F. HoLzKNEcHT 2,171,270

COLLAR FASTENER Filed OC-t. l5, 1937 f' 'il' l Ms 17 ,Z

IN VEN TOR.'

Patented Aug. 29, 1939 Y .Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAR FASTENER Felix Holzknecht, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, assignor of five per cent to John Morisi, Washington, D. C.

Application October 15, 1937, Serial No. 169,268

21 Claims. (Cl. 24-101) This invention relates to a collar fastener and ing bent in a direction so as to avoid -conict with it consists in the constructions, arrangements insertion of the fastener with the button holes of and combinations herein described and claimed. the Collar and neck band.

It is an object of the invention to provide a It should be noted that the transverse portions collar fastener formed from a single strand of I6 are parallel to the upper portion II of the 5 resilient wire shaped to readily conform to a fastener and in use, the bight or bend portion I4 neck band and cllar, thereby affording comfort in conjunction with the offset legs I1 form a posito the wearer andv eliminating pressure upon the tive retention of a collar band and collar when ennerve system of the wearer. gaged in the button holes thereof, due to the l0 It is a further object of the invention to provide resilience of the wire. 10 a collar fastener in which the, seceuring means In using the fastener, the eyelets I8 are pressed consist of resiliently spaced legs thereby elimitowards each other and are inserted through the nating pressures adjacent the spinal column of button hole in the neck band of a shirt and in the wearer. final position the upper portion I I lies parallel to It is a still further object of the invention to the neck band. When in this position, the bight l5 provide a fastener which will remain in a subformed by the transverse portion I6 will hold the stantially single plane with the neck band of a upper portion slightly bowed or under tension and shirt whether the band is of a single or fold-over thus the legs Il will be firmly held against the type, and which will be capable of easy and selongitudinal extremities of the button hole of the cure attachment of the collar thereto. shirt collar. With the fastener in this position, 20

Additional objects, advantages and features of to attach a collar, it is only necessary to open the invention will be apparent from the following debutton hole of the collar sufficiently to admit one scription and accompanying drawing, wherein, of the eyelets I8 therethrough, after which the Figure 1 is an elevational view of the fastener, opposite leg I1 is flexed to admit the other eyelet Figure 2 is a plan view thereof, within the button holes of the collar. 25

Figure 3 is a view of the back of a shirt neck It will be apparent that due to the divergence band, a portion being cut away, showing the butand inclination of the legs I'I and their inherent ton hole and the fastener in position, resilience the collar will be raised to a point of Figure 4 is a sectional View of a shirt neck band engagement with the transverse portion I6 andis and collar with my fastener applied. retained thereby by virtue of the outward resili- 30 Referring more particularly to the drawing, ence of the wire forming the fastener. there is illustrated a fastener generally indicated Any side strain imposed upon a collar when by the reference character I0 formed from a making adjustment of a tie does not tend to desingle strand of resilient wire, The fastener Ill tach the collar from the neck band since any comprises an upper portion of wire II bent constrain involved merely tends to draw one end of 35 Vexly of its length to conform to the annular cona button hole of a collar into tighter engagement tour of the band of the shirt indicated at I2. with the adjacent transverse portion I6, leaving The portion I I may be of any suitable length and the legs I'I in engagement with the button hole of respective ends are given a gradual downward vthe collar.

40 curvature to form side portions I3 and these por- It will be seen that when in use, the legs I'I 40 tions I3 are of a curvature longitudinally, correare spaced apart and will occupy positions upon spending to the approximate vertical curvature of opposite sides of the spinal column of a wearer, the collar of the shirt. The portions I3 are of a avoiding detrimental pressures to the nerve syslength agproximately three-quarters of the height tem.

of the neck band I2 and thence bent as at I4 in an While I have shown and described a preferred 45 upward direction for a short distance, the latter construction this is by way of illustration only portion being slightly outwardly inclined as clearand I consider as my own all such modifications ly shown in Figure 2 and indicated at I5. Each of in structure as fairly fall Within the scope of the the terminal portions of the wire I I is bent transappended claims,

versely a short distance, as indicated at I6 and I Claim; 50 thence bent dOWnWardly t0 dene Offset spaced 1. A collar fastener comprising a single piece of legs Il and eyelet I8, the Center 0f respective resilient wire curved Iongitudinally and having ineyelets lying approximately in a plane parallel to ward1y inclined side portions, said side portions the longitudinal axis of respective side porhaving an upwardly extended member and a OHS |3- The eXtlelIlty fOImiIlg JEhe eyelet be: transversely extended member, the latter stop- 55 10 having an upwardly extended member and a transversely extended member, the latter stopping short of a Vertical axis of the fastener, and said transverse member terminating in downwardly extended legs, said legs being outwardly inclined with respect to the curved portions of the wire, said legs having closed eyelets, the centers of which lie approximately in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of respective side portions.

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