US2304935A - Method of making neckties - Google Patents

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Dec. 15, 1942. V

J. E'. LANGsDoRF METHOD OF MAKING A .NECKTIE Filed July 17, 1940 Patented Dec. 15, 1942 METHOD oF MAKING NEokTms Jesse E. Langsdorf, New York, N. Y., assignor to Cluett, Peabody & Cor., Inc., Troy, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 17, 1940, Serial No. 345,897

1 Claim.

My invention relates generally to neckties and more particularly to an improved necktie construction of the type known as four-in-hand. and to the method of making the same.

It is well known that in tying four-in-hand neckties certain adjustments must be made during the tying operation if an attractively formed and positioned knot is to be obtained. In order to effect such adjustment, a considerable amount of pulling strain is required on the necktie to form the knot and to overcome the tendency of the collar to frictionally hold the neckband por tion of the tie during positioning. In four-inhand necktiesV of the type heretofore manufactured, these knotting and pulling strains often resulted in the permanent distortion of the necktie.

Certain attempts have been made' to overcome the above described disadvantages. For example,

I have disclosed one such attempt in my Patent No. 1,447,090, dated February 27, 1923, in which a resilient lining member was loosely stitched to the tie fabric.

One of the objects of my invention is to pro vide an improved necktie construction which will form a smooth, attractive knot without distortion of the necktie, and which may be made without the use of a separate lining member.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved necktie construction of the character described and an improved, relatively inexpensive method of making the same.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention,

Fig. l is a View of a necktie fabric blank cut to predetermined shape in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating a step in the making of my improved necktie;

Fig, 3 is a view illustrating still another step in the making of my improved necktie;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the necktie completed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line l--l of Fig. 4,

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I have disclosed a method of manufacturing a four-inhand necktie in accordance with my invention.

In Fig. 1 there is shown a suitable necktie fabric blank lll which has been cut to a predetermined shape and which is cut on the bias so that the bias lines are disposed at angles of substantially 45 to the longitudinal axis of the completed necktie. It is thus seen that the blank l0 will be freely stretchable and resilient to a high degree in a direction along its longitudinal axis. This amount of stretch of the at blank would ordinarily be more than is desirable in a iinished necktie. Therefore, in accordance with my invention, I have provided the following necktie construction which olisets, the undue stretchi-J ness.

The `fabric blank l0 is preferably made so that the longitudinal edges ll and l2 are substantially symmetrically disposed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the blank, and the blank ID is made sufficiently wide to permit longitudinal folding on the fold lines lll-I4, l5-l5, l6|6. and ll-I'l'. The fold lines ld-ll and [5-15 determine the ultimate width of the finished necktie. It will be noted that the pairs of fold metrically disposed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the blank.

A method of making the necktie of my invention will now be described. The fabric blank I0 is herein referred to as a one-piece blank to distinguish it from blanks comprising two or more registering plies, but it is to be understood that the blank, as is customary in necktie manufacture, may be made of two separate pieces united by a transverse seam in the neckband portion. This one piece blank is first longitudinally folded in half on its longitudinal axis with the wrong side of the fabric outermost (as shown in Fig. 2) The folded fabric is then sewed together by a line of stitching I8 disposed in substantial alignment.

tend during the service pull and come back to its original length and dimensions when this service pull is released. The tubular necktie fabric thus formed by the row of stitching I3 may then be ilattened out as shown in Figs. 3 and 6 with the line of stitching I'8 substantially coinciding With and overlying the longitudinal axis of the tie and the fabric I folded on the fold lines lli- I4 and Iii-I5 defining the width of the tie. The adjacently disposed longitudinal edges I l-EI and I2-I2 may then be spread apart to ilatly overlie the folded fabric.

If desired, the necktie, when properly arranged as shown in Fig. 3, may be pressed to retain its shape and then turned inside out to form the finished necktie shown in Figs. 4 and '7.

The completed necktie shown in Figs. 4 and 7 consists of three flat thicknesses of bias out fabric. The edges I I and I2 quite closely approach the creases I5-I5 and lli-i4 respectively; In tying the necktie the three thicknesses lie u niiormly upon each other and are uniformly stretchable and resilient so that an attractive knot is formed Without permanent distortion of the necktie and Without the exertion of undue pulling forces. The tie may be madeof washable fabric and readily Washed and repressed at home Wi-thout displacement of the edges II and I2 and Without the formation of polished lines on the face of the tie.

Although in my preferred embodiment the tie is provided with three flat thicknesses of fabric substantially throughout its length the extent of the tie which is so constructed may be restricted to the knot tying region and the edges I I and i2 may be located nearer the longitudinal axis o1" the. tie. 11n-other portions l it is desirediito reduce the amount of fabric used.

I The necktie may also be made with a; separate bias out lining in which event the lining may be secured to the tie by the slip stitching I8 before the tie is turned inside out.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a four-in-hand necktie and an economical and eiiicient method of making the same in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and Which is Well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense,

I claim:

The method of making a four-in-hand necktie from a one`piece fabric blank, comprising the steps of folding said blank substantially in half with the Wrong sld-e of the fabric outermost and its longitudinal raw edges substantially in regis try, stitching the resultant overlying fabric portions together by .a row of stitching which extends longitudinally of the folded blank substantially one-third of the distance between said superimposed longitudinal raW edges and the fold line to thereby form a tubular tie casing, rearranging said casing With the row of stitching uppermost and coinciding With the longitudinal axis 4of the tie, separating the tvvo iiaps formed between the line of stitching and said longitudinal raw edges, flattening the casing in said position to form two edge fold lines and two centrally disposed contiguous fold lines to thereby arrange said flaps to extend respectively in opposite directions from the, line of stitching each with a longitudinal raw edge substantially in registry with an edge fold line of the casing, and then turning said casing inside out to thereby place said flaps on the inside of the. casing 4in said. prearranged relationship.

JESSE E. LANGSDORF.

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