US2576273A - Necktie crease removing insert - Google Patents

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' 1951 G. AlTTO ETAL NECKTIE GREASE REMOVING INSERT Filed July 24, 1947 rll INVENTORS @Aifla BY Jar 3' -2 A'T TORNH Patented Nov. 27, 1951 UNITED srarss rarest @FFICE.

I 2,576,273 NEGKTIE caress REMOVING iNsnn'r George Aitto and-.Vesa Jarvi, New York, N. Y. ep iaaaoaruiy 24, 1947, Serial No. 763,320

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This invention relates to necktie accessories, and aims to provide a novel, useful, and practi cal article adapted to be inserted into a necktie when the latter is not being. worn, to stretch thetie laterally and hence cause the creasesinthe tie to fiatten out and disappear while it is hanging.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a normally flat member having a nose and two legs extending therefrom at a small acute angle to each other so that the outer edges of the legs conform substantially to the two side edges of the necktie, the legs possessing a degree of resiliency so that they may be flexed by hand toward each other while inserting the member into the necktie and so that when the legs are released they will flex outward against the side edges of the tie and thereby tend to stretch the tie laterally and thus flatten out the creases in the tie.

The above as well as additional and more detailed objects will become apparent in the following description, wherein characters of reference refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended for the purpose of illustration only, and that it is neither desired nor intended to limit the invention to any or all of the specific details of construction shown, excepting insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the necktie insert per se, as it appears when laid flat on a table.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the necktie insert, but in addition showing the same inserted into a necktie, the latter being shown with parts broken away and partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line -t of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the necktie insert, in flexed condition ready to be inserted into a tie.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a lower end view of the necktie insert shown in Fig. 5.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I0 indicates one form of the necktie insert, which comprises the two divergent legs I! joined together at the rounded nose l2, the whole being of unitary construction and made of any suitable material. Among other possible materials, a plastic such as for example, Lucite, may be used,

possess a degree of resiliency.

itis providedthrough the nose 2 at the. Junetion of the legs ii, to enhance the flexibility of the legs about the nose.

At the lower extremities of the legs ii, oppositely curved extensions is are provided to serve as finger grips so that these extremities may be brought together to insert the member it into a necktie 15. The common type of necktie has a general outline such as shown in Fig. 3, that is, widens from the top to the bottom, and the back, not shown, is open.

In use, the two grips M are squeezed together to reduce the distance between the legs I I so that the member may be easily slid into the necktie i5 into that portion of the tie which is most subject to creasing occasioned by tying the tie into a knot. The grips M are then released, permitting the legs 3! to spread against the side edges of the necktie and thereby to tauten the material of the tie. The device is left in the necktie when it is hung up, and after a number of hours, when the device is removed, the creases in the necktie will have disappeared. In humid weather the creases would vanish in less time than in dry weather.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, the member l6, which is basically similar to the member ill, has the legs H, which extend from the nose !8, substantially wider throughout a portion of their length, as shown at l9. Similar finger grips 2B are provided at the extremities of the legs. Fig. 5 shows this form of the insert with the grips squeezed together and the wider portions IQ of the legs overlapping. When this form is inserted into the necktie as before described, and the grips 2t are released, in the extended positions of the legs ll the two inner edges of the leg portions 19 will just about lie together in a common plane, thus providing a practically solid flat surface under the front wall, not shown, of the necktie. In this condition the necktie may be readily ironed without danger of ironing creases into the tie, since the device has flattened out the creases.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

We claim:

An article adapted for use in a necktie or like article having an opening in one end thereof giving access to a pocket extending longitudinally between the front and back walls of the necktie and having a tapering conformation in a direction toward the intermediate portion of the neck- A circular cut-out.

tie from said end, comprising a normally substantially flat unitary member having a nose and two divergent legs extending from the nose at an acute angle to each other, said legs thereby possessing a degree of resiliency and when unrestrained being normally spread by said resiliency to spaced-apart co-planar positions with respect to each other, the outer edges of said legs being straight edges and lying normally at a greater angle to each other than the angle between the two side edges of the tapering necktie, said legs having wing-like inner extensions of identical length integral therewith and extending toward each other, said extensions extending longitudinally of said legs from the lower ends of the legs, shoulders formed between the upper extremities of said extensions and the inner edges of said legs between said extensions and said nose, hence when said legs are squeezed together said extensions being adapted to mutually overlap, the inner edges of said extensions being straight edges normally lying at such an acute angle with respect to each other that when said legs are squeezed together and said device is inserted into said opening to occupy said pocket 4 and said legs are then released said resiliency will cause said legs to spread to bring said outer edges of said legs against the side edges of said pocket and said extensions will separate from each other and lie in a common plane with said inner edges of said extensions mutually juxtaposed.

GEORGE AITTO. VESA JARVI.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,601,391 Holmquist Sept. 28, 1926 1,693,205 McGrath Nov. 27, 1928 1,744,819 White Jan. 28, 1930 1,858,309 Schwarz May 1'7, 1932 2,162,826 Ries June 20, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date Germany Nov. 13, 1933

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