US2311460A - Necktie - Google Patents

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V. NAFTALI NECKTIE Fbb.16,1943.

Filed May 4, 1939 s Sheets-Sheet 1 INV'ENTOR [441.5N7'WNE NA F TA L ATTORNEY Feb. 16,1943. v. NAFTALI'Y 2,311,460

Filed May 4, 1939 3 Sheet s-Sheet 2 INVENTOR KILENT/NE NAFTAL/ ATTORNEY Feb. 16, 1943. v. NAFTALL 2,311,460

NECKTIE Filed May 4, 1939 3 =$heets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR MLE'NT/NE MFTAL/ ATTORNEY" Patented Feb. 16, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE Valentine Naftali, Pelham Manor, N. Y.

Application May 4, 1939, Serial No. 271,640

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to neckties of the four-in-hand type, that is, the type in which a knot is formed and where the ends of the tie hang below the knot, and the general objects of the invention are to enhance the appearance of the knot and the tie and to provide a more or less novel characteristic knot.

The principal object of the invention is to obtain suitable stiffness in and along the length of that end of the tie which cooperates with the knot forming portion of the tie. By folding such cooperating end portion, usually the small end of the tie, longitudinally when the tie is manufactured or by constructing such cooperating end portion so that when folded longitudinally by the wearer of the tie, such cooperating portion will tend to remain thus folded when the knot is being formed.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a knot to be formed which may be narrower than the usual knot and which is fuller or thicker from front to back than usual, such object being maintained by so stiffening the cooperating end portion along such length thereof as may fall within the knot, and extend somewhat beyond the same, that the knot tends to maintain its fulled out or thicker condition, instead of tending to be flattened out and crushed inwardly towards the wearer of the tie.

Another object of the invention is to overcome the usual tendency of the cooperating end portion of the tie to turn or twist within and adjacent to the knot, so that when the tie is tied the depending end of the cooperating end portion of the tie will lie just back of the depending wide end of the knot forming portion of the tie, thereby increasing the neat appearance of the tie.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings showing desirable embodiments of the invention, and wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved tie showing one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation slightly enlarged, parts being broken away, showing the improved cooperating end portion of the tie, and viewed towards the front thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improved tie shown in the first stage of attempting to form theknot;

Fig. 5 is a similar kind of perspective view showing that a complete turn of the knot forming portion of the tie had been made around the cooperating end portion;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the knotted tie according to the present invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. '7 is a side elevation of the knotted tie shown in Fig. 6;

. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the knotted tie shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 99, Fig. 8, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 10 is a face view of a portion of the lining and the cooperating end portion of the tie, showing a slight modification, and

Fig. 11 is a side view thereof.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the tie casing or covering includes an end portion ll, usually the small end of the tie, which cooperates with the knot forming portion l2 of the tie, usually'the large end thereof, the portions II' and I2 being connected by a neck-band portion l3, such being the usual elements of a four-in-hand tie. The tie may be made of any desirable fabric [4 such as used in neckties, to constitute the covering or casing of the tie.

- Lining l5 of the tie may be made of suitable bias cut fabric and it may be stiffened longitudinally by tapes or strips l6, preferably secured to the lining by adhesive, such stiffening elements extending along the face of. the lining, and to either, or both sides of an intermediate line thereof, fora distance preferably extending within the cooperating end portion H corresponding to the length to be obtained by the ultimate knot formed in theother portion l2 of the tie, and preferably for some distance beyond the top and bottom of the ultimate knot.

Preferably each tape or strip I6 is of a width approximating the Width of one-half of the lining 15. Each strip or tape It may be made of any suitable material, preferably fabric, such as surgeon's tape, which may be out on the bias.

the lining has been secured by the stitching tothe tie, while the tie casing or covering is Wrong side out, the same being inverted thereafter in the usual manner to position the lining within the tie.

In applying the so made tie around the neck in order to form the knot and tie the necktie, the wearer is enabled to start the tie in the usual manner by extending the knot forming portion I2 of the tie over the cooperating end portion II, as shown in Fig. 4, but in doing so the wearer folds the cooperating end portion II longitudinally preferably in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 3 so as to create a longitudinally folded portion I8 held on edge in the zone in which the knot is to be formed, as shown in Fig- 4. With a little instruction the wearer of such tie will know what to do and whenthe folded portion I8 is created in the cooperating end portion I I, the wearer can easily maintain such folded condition due to the stiffening provided by the tapes or strips I6, and whether one of them I nally folded portion I8 on edge against the shirt of the wearer to support that length of the knot forming portion I2 which extends over the onedge standing portion I8.

In Fig. 5 there is shown the next step in forming a knot, where the knot forming portion I! of the tie is shown at I9 as completely looped around the on-edge standing longitudinallyfo'lded length I8 of the operating end portion II. While the partly formed knot as shown. in Fig. 5 is being formed, the wearer with a little care, can maintain. the longitudinally folded portion f8 of the'end. II; in sition to stand onedge, so that the same will fall within the ultimate knot and extend preferably above and below the knot.

Referring to Figs. 6, 7' and 8,. the knot is shown as completelyf'ormed and usually and preferably there will be created automatically an inward depression 2I' or the. like in front of the tie just below the knot. Due to the longitudinal fold l8i n the cooperating end portion of' the tie, and the fact that the stiffness of the tape or tapes I6 within the knot holdsthe portion I8 standing on edge, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, theknot-will usually be somewhat narrower than theusual knot and the knot will have considerable fullness or thickness from front toback, as shown in- Fig. l, and is not apt to be crushed back against the wearer of the tie.

Referring to Figs. -8 and 9, it will be-noted that when the knot-is tied in accordance with the the edges, so that the section of the cooperating end portion I I which depends from the knot will fall directly behind and be hidden by the depending end of portion I2 and the portion II will be prevented from being seen from the front of the tie.

Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate a modified construction of the cooperating end portion II a of the tie, wherein the longitudinally folded over side lengths of said portion Ila are securely held together in opposed relation as by the means of the fastening element 26, which may reside in tacking formed by stitching the said side lengths 25 together. In this way, and when the cooperating end portion Ila of the tie is made in accordance With the invention, the necessity that the wearer of the tie in tying hold manually folded the portion Ila is avoided and made unnecessary. In other respects said modified conpresent inventionthe edges of the sides 22 of ated which in turn, clue to the tension on the" ends of the tie, forms side pockets 24 in that section of the knot forming portion. I 2' which extends within and is directly underneath the knot- Z IT: Into-one of these pockets 24' the folded over length l I8 of the cooperating end portion II will fall, dependingupon whether theknot is formed by a left handed or a righthanded person. The resultant effect is that when the knot is fully tied the longitudinally folded section I8 will be hidden. within one. of the pockets I2. and, due to. the'stiifn'e'ss of. the longitudinally folded portion I.8' andthe resultant condition. forced in.the knot. of; the tieg. the. depending lower end. of; the knot forming portion I2 of the tie willbe somewhat humped up away from the wearer and will: gradually flare. away from the knot along struction will serve the same purpose as in the construction previously described.

Whethera definite line of longitudinal fold is obtained in the manner of the modification referred to or is obtained manually by the wearer of the tie, it will be noted that the tie has greater flexibility along the line of the ultimate fold, thus permitting the fold line to be readily created.

On the other hand, additional stiffness for the lining can obviously be obtained by employing a lining of less soft material than usual, such as a lining like mohair, cambric-muslin, hair cloth or with rubber-like or other coatings, such charac-- teristic of the lining" extending preferably entirely across the width of the lining, so that when the cooperating end portion of a tie provided with such lining is folded longitudinally, the user may create a forced fold in the linin itself of the cooperating end portion, due to the stiffness of the lining, which will tend. to hold its shape because of the fact that such relatively stiff lining has been doubled: over lengthwise of itself. While such a definite fold. can be created in a sufficiently stifi" lining, a manufacturer of the improved. tie also can fold the appropriate end of such lining longitudinally and iron a fold into it, andthen the liningcan be flattened out to be sewed into the necktie, while wrong-side out, but without removing the line of fold which has thus been created;

In all cases it is to be understood that when the preferred fulled out and relatively narrow knot is formed, the front cross-over portion of the knot is' turned in more than usual at the sides and around the thus longitudinal folded section of the cooperating end' portion of the tie which stands on edge, and when the knot is completely tied the longitudinally folded end portion will have the sides of thefront of the knot extend to each side of the fold so that the cooperating end portion of the tie is not shifted to one side below the knot, and is more or less centralized on edge at points within. and have somedistance beyond the knot. Furthermore, the cooperating end portion of the tie along its thus stiffened length'whenfolded longitudinally on edge instarting to make the knot, even if the fold is not positively secured as in the modification, Figs. 10 and 11, has a tendency to maintain itself while sliding the knot type, in cornv bination, a tubular outer fabric casing and a lina fold line to automatically fold the lining 1ongitudinally substantially in half to provide a folded portion in the small end of the tie when the said tie is made up into a knot, the said folded portion cooperating with a fold in the said large end of the tie, the said stiffening members being resistant to crushing in a transverse direction to maintain the finished knot against flattenin or crushing from front to back.

VALENTINE NAFI'ALI.

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