US2457341A - Cravat holder - Google Patents

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L. J. BlAGl CRAVAT HOLDER Dec. 28, 1948.

Filed Aug. 13, 1946 INVENTOR. Y Zea/4 Jfl z y 'A 7' TORNEYS Patented Dec. 28, 1948 UNITED si"-ATES ATE 2,457,341 CRAVAT notions Leon J. Biagi, .Buinford, R. 1., assignor to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application August 13, 1946, Serial No: 690,122

4 Claims. (01124- 49) l. This invention relates to a cravat holder for retaining a four-in-hand necktie in position on the shirt of the wearer.

It is desirable to provide some sort of a retainer for preventing the four-in-hand necktie from swinging in the wind. Such retainers, particularly if they hold. the tie in position by forcing it against the shirt, hold the tie off to one side of a central position with reference to the center line of the shirt.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cravat holder which will retain the tie in position by pressing it against the shirt and yet will maintain the tie substantially centrally of the vertical center 1ine of the shirt.

Another object of this invention is to definitely locate the cravat holder with reference to the edge of the shirt and yet permit the tie to be clamped against the shirt.

Another object of this invention is to clamp the back jaw of the cravat holder to the shirt while leaving the front bar or jaw of the cravat holder in a position to grip the tie and hold it in position on the shirt.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which will be of simple construction and simple to manipulate.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of con-- struction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a person wearing the cravat holder which is the subject of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the cravat holder;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the cravat holder;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the two jaws of the cravat holder with my improved retaining device tongue member detached;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the tongue member forming a part of the retainin device by itself;

Fig. '7 is a perspective view looking at the back of the cravat holder with the parts in assembled position;

Fig. 8 is a section view on line 88 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing a modified arrangement of the holder.

In proceeding with this invention, I superimpose upon the back jaw of a cravat holder a hook shaped tongue which will position the back jaw with relatio to the edge of the shirt and which,

together with the back jaw will grip the edge of the shirt while leaving the front jaw free to grip the necktie and hold it against the shirt. The

tongue is resilient so that pressure will flex it in one direction but the inherent spring of the stock will move it back to gripping position.

With reference to the drawing, I0 designates the front bar or front jaw of the cravat holder which is bent as at H with a rear jaw I2 extending back along the front jaw or bar III. There is a sufficient resiliency by reason of the bend I I so that when these jaws are moved apart they will move toward each other into gripping relation with any piece of fabric placed between them.

The rear jaw I2 is slotted at as I3 and notched on its opposite edges as at I4 and I5 at a point spaced from the slot. A tongue designated generally I6 is provided with a pair of arms I! and I8 to be bent about the back jaw at the location of the notches I4 and I5 so as to hold this tongue fixedly in position at one end. The shank I9 of the tongue is enlarged as at 20 at one end and is cut out as at 2I by lifting the hook 22 from this portion of the stock. This hook has an abutment portion 23 and a portion 24 which extends generally parallel to the shank I9. This hook 22 will be so located as to pass through the slot I3 in the rear jaw and the entire tongue will be so arched as shown in Figs. '7 and 8 that the end portion 20 will engage the rear jaw I2 adjacent the bend I I.

In operation the center portion 24 of this tongue which is arched as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is pressed inwardly which will space the portion 24 of the hook from the rear jaw I2. The edge 25 of the shirt may then be positioned into the hook and against the abutment portion 23 (see Fig. 8) and then the tongue released so that the hook portion 24 will press the edge of the shirt against the inner surface of the rear jaw I2 so as to securely bind it in position. A cravat 26 may then be positioned between the front jaw or bar I0 and the shirt being backed up by the r main portion of the rear jaw I2. Thus the cravat will be held so that its opposite edges 21 and '28 will be centralized with reference to the center of the shirt which will be closely related to the edge of the shirt which is gripped by the hook portion.

In some cases the tongue I6 as shown in Fig. 9 is formed integrally with the rear jaw I 2, it being formed by longitudinal slits extending from point 30 to a point 3! short of the end of the jaw I2, with the portion between the slits raised and 3 bent to form a hook as at 24' I claim:

1. A cravat holder comprising a front bar, a rear jaw bent therefrom for reception and gripping of a cravat between them by the inherent resiliency of the material of which the holder is made, and means independent of the front bar and cooperating with the rear jaw to clamp the rear jaw to edge 01 a shirt: at a 'iiositio'rr locatedfllietween the front bar and the rear bar;

2. A cravat holder as set forth in claim 1. wherein'said means are so located intermediate the ends of the jaw that said jaw extends afliiotlt sides of the shirt edge a substantial extent.

with abutment 23'.

3. A cravat holder as set"forth-. claim 1. .I,382;513

wherein said means comprises a resilient tongue having a hook carried thereby to eiamptlie eidgtr of a shirt against the forward face of the rear jaw.

4. A cravat holder asset forthin claim 1 wherein said' means comprises a resilient-tongue mounted on the jaw distant from the bar and having a hook carried thereby, said rear jaw being slotted and said hook movable through said slot to grip the edge of a shirt and force the same 5 against the opposite face of said rear jaw.

LEON J. BIAGI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS lfiinnlier Name Date 1,190,4A6 Moore July 11, 1916 Kelly June 21, 1921 2,123,601 Gehrig July 12, 1938 2306,400 Pumps Aug. 2'7, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS 20 Number Country Date 8832908" France Apr. 5,- 1943

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