US2416839A

US2416839A - Necktie

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Publication number: US2416839A
Application number: US354845A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick P Muhlhauser
Original assignee: Superba Cravats Inc
Current assignee: Superba Cravats Inc
Priority date: 1940-08-30
Filing date: 1940-08-30
Publication date: 1947-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1964-03-04

Description

Mgrch 4, 1941.

F. P. MUHLHAUSER NECKTIE Filed Aug. 30, 1940 Patented Mar. 4, 1 947 signor, by mesne assignments, to Cravats, Rochester, N. Y., a copartnership con- Superba sisting of Herman M. Cohn, Julian Wiley, Sn, Harold Shrier; Harry S. (John, Irving Lerner,.

Julian Wiley, Jr

Muhlhauser W. Lewine, and said Application August 30, 194.0, Serial No. 354,845-

12 Claims. (Cl. 2-146) This invention relates to four-in-hand neckties:

It is the main object of the present invention to provide an improved four-in-hand' necktie having a lining member which will cause the necktie todrape attractively when tied in the usual manner.

It is a further object of the invention to provide alining member that will not create unsightly bulges in the necktie when the necktie is displayed on a store counter and which will cause a major portion of the gathered material resulting in and immediately below the knot when the necktie is tied, to fall into a single central crease or dimple.

These and other objects of. the invention will appear from the detailed description and claims when taken with the drawing in which:

- Fig. I is a perspective view of a four-i'n-hand necktie made in accordance with the present invention, a portion of the front face of the necktie envelope being broken away to show the co-nstruction of the modified lining. memberp Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front view of the necktie of the present invention illustrating the drape effect obtained when the necktie is tied;

Fig. Sis a transverse section through the wide or tying'en'd' of a necktiemade in accordance with the present invention, the. section being taken on a line corresponding to line 3'-3. of'Fig.'1;

Fig. 4 is. a. transverse section taken substantially on the line fi--4 of Fig. 2f;

Fig;,5v is a front face view of a portion of. the wide end of a lining. member used in. the necktie of the presentinventifon, and illustrating. an, in-- termediate stage in the manufacture thereof-i.

Fig; 6 is a view similar to Fig. but. showing.

the completed lining member ready to be enclosed in a necktie envelope. of conventionalfconstruction;

Figs. 7, and 8' are views corresponding. to Figs. 5,

occurs in the lining memberin and immediately 7 below the necktie knot as. the necktie: is being.

tied; and

Fig. 16 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line I 6l=6 of Fig". 8.

Referring to the drawings and particularlyto Fig. 1, there is. shown: a four-in-hand necktiegenerally indicated 5 comprising a tie. envelope & having a lining member 1- enclosed therein. The lining member may be made of the usual fabrics employed for necktie linings: and preferably extends throughout substantially the entire length 1 of the necktie envelope. The envelope 6- and lining member I are preferably cuton the bias to provide a resilient construction.

The necktie envelope may be made of the usual tie fabrics and finished in the usual manner. However, itis proposed to' modify the lining member 1 so that the tie will automatically creaseor dimple concavely along a central longitudinal line in thefront face thereof at the knot region when tied as shown at 8 in Figs. 2 and 4.

In Fig. 5 where a fragment only of the resiliient" or elastic lining member T is shown, it will be noted a pair of resilient strips 9 of bias-cut fabric or other elastic material arelaidfiat on the lining and stitched or otherwise suitably secured at their ends to the lining as i'ndic'aated at H1 These resilient or elastic strips are then spread apart between their fixed ends as shown in Fig. 6 and secured in this stressed condition to the lining l as by thestitching N. If desired instead of using stitching I0 and H, the strips 9 may be 'secured to the lining member by any suitable means such as by an adhesive.

It will be understood that the strips 9'- are resilient and therefore tend to assume-the straight condition shown in Fig. 5. Consequently since the strips are-stressed laterally when secured to the lining member inthe manner described above they'will tend to bow the lining T slightly. This bowing produces a very slightconcavity in the l front face of the lining but which is so slight that it does not interfere with the flat" appearance of the necktie when displayed on a store counter. However, when thenecktie is stressed longitudinally as when pulling; the knot of: the

necktie tight the strips 9 substantially straighten out and increase thisbowing effect and cause the lining l to; crease or dimple between the strips as shown; at l2 in Fig. 1.4.. The tendency: for the lining member to crease in this: manner is further increased by the constrictive force exert'e'd" by, the knotof' the, tie. as it decreases in size to compress thefront end. of the tie. which extends through the knot. Since the lining will already have begun to bow or crease between the strips 9, the further creasing action by the knot will also be localized between the strips. When the necktie has been tied the lining will have been deformed into the shape substantially shown in Figs. 4 and 15, the rearwardly curved portions I3 resulting from the fact that the lining is so much wider than the width of the knot that a portion of the edges of the lining may be turned toward the back of the knot. The front face of the tie envelope 'will follow the crease in the lining member so that it will have a corresponding crease or dimple therein similar to the lining member as best seen in Figs.

2 and 4.

In Figs. '7 and 8 there has been shown a slightly modified form of the invention. Instead of using the rectangular strips9, resilient strips I5 are provided which have a concave outer edge I6 (Fig. 7). The strips I5 are first laid fiat on the lining member and secured thereto along their ends in any suitable manner as by adhesive or stitching I! (Fig. '7). The strips are then pulled laterally until their concave edges I6 are alined with the side edges of the lining member I as shown in Fig. 8.. Longitudinal stitching or the like I8, maintains the strips I5 in this laterally stressed position on the lining I. It 'will be noted that as a H result of thelateral stressing of the strips I5 the normally straight edges I9 (Fig. 7) are now curved i (Fig. 8) and provide a space therebetween which cave ed es 22'and alongitudinal slit 2!! is secured to the lining member I in a manner similar to that described above. The piece 2| is first laid fiat on the lining l (Fig. 9) and secured thereto at its ends as indicated at 23. The piece 2| is then stretched laterally to bring the concave edges 22 into alinement with the edges of the lining I and secured thereto asindicated at 24 (Fig.

. To simplify the manufacture of the piece II it will be appreciated that the slit may extend to one end of the piece if desired so that the slit may be made by means of scissors or the like, inwardly from one end. v

The same creasing or dimpling effect of the tie can be obtained by cutting the lining member in the manner illustrated in Fig. 11. In the knot region of the tie the opposite edges of the resilient lining member Ia are cut out as shown at 25 and a central slit provided as indicated at 26. A resilient piece 2'1 which may be slightly longer than the slit 26 and having tapered side edges 28 which form a continuation of the tapered side edges 29 of the lining member when superposed thereon is suitably securedto the under side of the lining as indicatedat 30 in Fig. 11. The lining member la is then stretched laterallytobring the concave edges 25 into alinement with the straight edges of the'lining member as shown in Fig. 12 and secured to the piece 21 as indicated at 3I. This modified lining member will crease or dimple in the same manner asthe previously described lining membersalthough it will be understood that the crease will form in the piece 21. While the invention has been described mi tail it will be appreciated that various modifications of the invention will occur to those skilled .in the art and these modifications falling within lining member enclosed within said envelope, said lining member having a member of elastic material secured to one face thereof, one of said members including strip-like sections secured to the a remaining member at spaced points with the sections at said spaced points adjacent each other, the portion of said sections intermediate said points being spread apart and secured to said remaining member.

2. A lining for neckties comprising an elastic lining member, means secured to said lining member for causing it to crease when the necktie is tied, said means including a piece of elastic materialsecured to said lining member at the region.

to'be creased providing tWo plies of elastic material at said region, one of said plies being divided longitudinally into two parts throughout at least a portion of said region and secured to the other ply with the respective parts thereof curved outward laterally toward the adjacent respective edges of saidother ply and then inward with respect thereto.

'3. A lining for neckties comprising an elastic lining member, an elastic member including striplike sections superimposed on said lining member with said sections extending longitudinally thereof, spaced means for securing the ends of said sections to said lining member with the respective ends adjacent each other, the spacing between said spaced means being substantially equal to the normal length of the portion of said sections between said spaced means, and means for securing the portion of said sections between said spaced means to said lining member in laterally stressed condition. a I

4. A lining for neckties comprising a bias-cut lining member, bias-cut trips fixed at their ends to one face of said lining member with the respective ends close to each other, the portion of said strips intermediate their fixed ends being spaced apart and secured to said lining member in laterally distorted condition.

5. A lining for neckties comprising an elastic lining member, a piece of elastic material secured to said lining member, said piece being divided substantially centrally thereof throughout at 7 least a portion of its length providing strip-like sections, said sections being fixed inadjacent relation at spaced points to said lining member, the portion of said sections intermediate said spaced points being separated from each other and being secured to said lining member in laterally distorted condition.

6. A lining for neckties comprising an elastic lining member, elastic strips superposed on one face of said lining member and extending longito said lining member, the portions of said piece at each side of said slit being spread apart in the plane thereof and means extending longitudinally of said lining member for securing said laterally spread portions to the lining member.

8. A lining for neckties, comprising an elastic lining member, said member having a longitudinal slit therein, a piece of elastic material overlying said slit, means for securing'said piece to said member adjacent the ends of said slit, portions of said lining member at each side of said slit being spread apart and secured to said piece.

9. A stage in the method of making a necktie having an elastic lining which comprises superimposing an elastic member on said lining member, at least a portion of one of said members being divided longitudinally, securing said members together at spaced points in unstressed condition, laterally spreading the portion of said divided member between said spaced points to stress the same and securing said portions of said divided member to the remaining member in spread relation.

10. A stage in the method of making a necktie having an elastic lining member which comprises fixing the ends of a pair of elastic strips to one face of said lining member, spreading said strips intermediate said fixed-ends and securing said strips to said lining member in spread relation. c-

11. A four-in-hand necktie constructed so as to present a central dimple directly beneath the knot when tied, comprising in combination an outer fabric envelope having a knot-forming area, and a stretchable liner of bias cut coarse woven fabric enclosed within said envelope, the liner including outer side edges and having a medial elongated aperture midway between said side edges in the region of the knot-forming area of the outer envelope, leaving narrow bias cut disintegratable strips of fabric flanking said aperture, and stretch arresting means carried by the liner at opposite sides of the single aperture in substantially coextensive relationship thereto,

said stretch arresting means being in the form of long lines of stitching disposed in substantial parallelism with the major axis of the elongated aperture, serving also to bind the short threads of the aforesaid narrow strips of fabric which flank the aperture, thereby to preclude disintegration of the narrow strips by separation of their constituent short bias cut threads. I

12. A four-in-hand necktie constructed so as to present a central dimple directly beneath the knot when tied, comprising in combination an outer fabric envelope having a knot-forming area, and a stretchable liner of bias cut coarse woven fabric enclosed within said envelope, theliner including outer side edges and having a medial elongated aperture midway between said side edges in the region of the knot-forming area of the outer envelope, leaving narrow bias cut disintegratable strips of fabric flanking said aperture, and stretch arresting means carried by the liner at opposite sides of the single aperture, said stretch arresting means being in the form of long lines of stitching disposed in substantial parallelism with the major axis of the elongated aperture in flanking relationship to said aperture and extended beyond both ends of said aperture, the stitching being in binding relationship to the short biased threads of the narrow fabric strips to preclude disintegration of the strips by separation of their constituent shortthreads when the liner is subjected to tensile strains.

FREDERICK P. MUHLHAUSER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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