US2599190A - Four-in-hand necktie knot anchors - Google Patents

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June 3, 1952 I. MONIECE 2,599,190

FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE KNOT ANCHORS Filed Aug. 15, 1949 ZSnventor few/1v JET-mac's.

u Wm Gttorneg Patented June 3, 1 952 UNITED STATES PATENT *QFFICE FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE. KNOT AN CHOBS Irwin McNiece, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application August 15, 1949, Ser ial No; 110,324 1 Claim. (01. 2-5148.)

My invention relates to neckties, particularly of the four-in-hand type and has "for its principal object, to provide simple and efficient means located on the rear face of the tie for engaging and holding the knot in proper position, after same has been tied and positioned to the satisfaction of the wearer.

A further object of my invention is, to provide a necktie knot anchoring device of the character referred to, which may be readily applied to the tie, which is entirely concealed when the tie is knotted and being worn and which is readily adjustable for a considerable distance on the tie. so as to engage the knot regardless of its location on the knot forming portion of said tie.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional four-in-hand tie and showing my improved knot anchor positioned thereupon.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the knotted portion of the tie and showing the anchor engaged against the lower end of the knot.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the anchor mounted on the hook engaging member of a conventional slide fastening device.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the anchor applied to the slide fastener hook engaging member.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, I designates a conventional four-in-hand necktie having the usual wide end front portion II and narrower end rear portion I2.

To provide a sliding base for my improved knot anchor or stop, the fabric strip I3, which carry the inter-engaging hooks I4 of a conventional slide fastener now widely used for closing openings in garments and the like, are secured by stitching or otherwise, on the rear face of that portion of the tie member I2 which passes through the knotted portion of member I I. These hook bearing strips I3 may have a length of from five to eight inches, more or less. The hooks I4 are closed'or engaged and released by a sliding hook I5, actuated by a pivoted depending tab I6 and the knot engaging stop and anchor II, in accordance with my invention, is suitably secured on the upper front face of said hook I5.

As seen in Figs. '3 and 4, the knot engaging member Il may be in the form of [a cross bar or plate of sufficient size to provide a protuberance whichprojects outwardly and laterally from hook I5, to engage beneath the lower end of the rear portion of knot K and thus effectually prevent upward slippage of the narrower rear portion I2 of the tie through the knot, also, downward slippage of the knot on said narrower rear portion.

Before knotting the tie, sliding hook I5 is positioned at the lower ends of the hook carrying strips I3 as seen in Fig. 1, with hooks I4 disengaged, and after the tie has been knotted and the knot properly positioned to the satisfaction of the wearer, beneath the front ends of the collar, slide I5, by means of tab I6 is moved upward to engage hooks I4 of the fastener and position member I! against the lower end of knot K, as seen in Fig. 2, thus providing the desired knot anchorage.

It is to be understood that, the frictional engagement of sliding member I5 with the interengaging hooks I4 and the underlying surfaces of the tapes or strips I3 which carry said hooks, is such as to hold said member in differently adjusted positions against certain slight or minimum degrees of pulling strains. Under such conditions and where member I5 is not provided with any projecting portions such as H, for engaging beneath the lower rear end of the tie knot K, it is possible under light pulling strains incident to normal wear, and particularly where the tie is made from smooth silk or satin, for the knot to slip down over member I5 and adjacent portions of the narow depending tie end I2, but where said member is provided with a knot engaging member such as H, somewhat larger than member I5, this downward slippage of the knot is prevented.

The size of the members I5 and I6 in the smaller sizes of slide fasteners now on the market are not such as to effectually prevent sliding movement of the knotted portion of a four-inhand tie on the narrow portion of the tie which passes through the knot.

Four-in-hand neckties now on the market are. to a large extent, produced from silk, satin, rayon and other smooth finished slippery fabric and my improved knot anchoring device is particularly effective in firmly holding the knotted portions of such ties in proper position in the collar front opening after having been neatly and attractively tied.

The knot anchoring device herein disclosed, while particularly designed for use on four-inhand neckties, may also be advantageously employed on various articles of feminine wear. for

instance, belts, collars, neck pieces and the like, where one part is knotted for reception of another part of the same article.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a four-in-hand necktie knot anchoring device, that is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture and very eifective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

I claim as my invention:

The combination with a one piece four-in-hand necktie having a front portion, in the upper portion of which is formed a knot, and a rear portion adapted to slide through said knot, of a flexible slide fastener member mounted on the rear outer face of that portion of the tie which slides through the knotted portion, a substantial dis tance from the end thereof, a member mounted for longitudinal sliding movement upon said flexible fastener member, which member when moved upward, is positioned beneath the knot formed in the front portion of said tie, a short transverse member on said sliding member, knot engaging ill) protuberances projecting outwardly from the ends of said sliding member and a pull tab pivoted to said sliding member.

IRWIN McNIECE.

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

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