US3004264A

US3004264A - Hand fashioned bow tie

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Publication number: US3004264A
Application number: US783475A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mary B Thaler; Joseph M Thaler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1958-12-29
Filing date: 1958-12-29
Publication date: 1961-10-17
Anticipated expiration: 1978-10-17

Description

oct. 17, 1961 M. B. THALER ET AL HAND FASHIONED BOW TIE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed DeC. 29, 1958 B .Rm n R www N im WMM." AMZWA 5H) y m Y B Oct. 17, 1961 M. B. THALER ETAL 3,004,264

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This invention relates generally to neckties, having more particular reference to the small neckties generally known as bow ties.

The invention has for an object the provision of a bow tie constructed in a novel manner to give a pleasing appearance and to retain its shape.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a bow tie of the character described which has seam less top and bottom edges, the seam being in the center of rear portions of the tie, so that they cannot be seen when the tie is being worn.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of -a bow tie of the character described which has more a hand-tied appearance than other ready-made bow ties, which is crush-resistant, and resilient, so that the bow tie will retain its hand-tied appearance.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of vcertain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter' more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood "that changes may be made in the construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing a preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a strip or strap in its initial form, from which the bow tie is formed;

FIG. 2 is a side View of the strip of FIG. l;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the strip in its secondary form;

FIG. 4 is an edge view of the strip of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the reversed strip;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary plan View of a modification of the strip of FIGS. 4 and 5;

FIG. 7 is a substantially enlarged cross-sectional view on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6; and on the line 7--7 of FIG. 11.

FIG. 8 is a top edge view of a strip folded to form a tie;

FIG. 9 is a front view of a strip folded to form a tie;

FIG. l0 is a front view of a partially completed tie;

FIG. ll is a front View of a completed tie.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In forming our new and improved tie we take a strip 1 of material of sufcient length to form the bows of the tie. The strip 1 may consist of one single longitudinal piece or of two short pieces sewn one on to the other, so as to form one long strip with a seam intermediate its ends. The strip 1 has a right side, or -a face, and a left side, and it is folded along a longitudinal center line at 2 (FIG. 2) in such a manner that the right side is folded upon itself, and that the strip forms a tubular body or casing, the outer sides of which are the left side of the material of which the same is formed. Thereupon the longitudinal edge portions of the strip 1 are stitched together, by means of a row of stitches 3, simultaneously with a ribbon 4, which will cause a retaining of the shape of the tie. Then the ribbon 4 and the seam formed by the row of stitches 3 are moved to the center, said center seam of stitches to face the rear of the tubular casing when it is reversed and formed into the front face or wings of the bow tie, as may be seen in FIG. 7. Asmay be seen in FIG. 3, to one end of the strip 1 at the States Patent ice side which is opposite to the ribbon 4 there is attached by means of stitches 5 a resilient lining 7, said resilient lining is to face to the front of the tubular casing when it is reversed and formed into the front face or wings of the bow tie, as may be seen in FIG. 7, and said lining being longitudinally otherwise unattached to and anterior to the said rear facing center seam of stitches, within the casing forming the front wings of the bow tie, as may also be seen in FIG. 7. These stitches 5 simultaneously seal the end of the tubular body at which the resilient lining 7 is attached, and thereby inherently xes the position of the lining within the tubular casing, With respect to the ribbon and the posterior secured longitudinal edges ofthe casing. This lining 7 preferably is made of a material such as is sold under the trademark Pellon, a non-Woven resilient fabric lining, resilient in all directions because of its inherent structural composition (preferably Pellon No. V917), and is in width approximately Y one third of the width of the strip 1 before folding the same at 2 as referred to hereinbefore, thereby the lining does not fill the entire Width or space of the height of the reversed tubular body, as shown in FIGS. 5, 7. The lining 7 is shorter than the strip 1. Thereupon, -the tubular casing or body formed by the strip 1 is reversed, so as to enclose the members 4 and l7, as may be' seen in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7. Thereby the lining 7 does not fill the entire length of the reversed tubular body'formed by the strip y1, as shown in FIG. 5. Then the end 10 (the end opposite which the lining 7 is attached by stitches 5) of said tubular body is closed, preferably by bending the end in and hand slipstitching this end, so that now both ends are sealed. Said ends may be square as shown in FIG. 5, or pointed at 11, as shown in FIG. 6. A pair of holes 12 are made in a rear portion of said tubular body near its center joint 15. The holes 12 are adapted for engagement by a shirt collar engaging clip, which is no part of our present invention.

The tubular body is then folded, shaped and pleated so that it has exactly the same appearance as a handtied bow tie, and the aforesaid tubular body being preferably folded, shaped, and pleated, said pleats 25, being shown in FIGS. l0, 1l, so that portions of both rear wings 23 are visible in a front view of the aforesaid bow tie, as shown in FIGS. 9, 10; ll. Said shape and appearance are formed by a shifting of the front wings 28 and the rear wings 23 of the aforesaid tubular body with re spect to each other in the directions as indicated by the arrows 24, as shown in FIG. 9. During the folding, shaping, and pleating of the aforesaid tubular body forming the tie, as shown in FIGS. 8, 9, 10, said bow tie is then tied up at its central portion, with a string 17, fixing the aforesaid hand-tied appearance of the bow tie, as shown in FIGS. 8, l0. Finally, a cross-piece 26, preferably pleated, is secured at the central portion of the bow tie, as shown in FIG. 11.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A pre-formed bow tie comprising a single longitudinal strip of cloth folded upon itself along a longitudinal line and having its longitudinal edges secured to each other by stitches forming a tubular casing, a ribbon secured to the longitudinal joined edges of said casing, a longitudinal resilient lining being in the dimension of its width a certain fraction of the unfolded width of said single longitudinal strip of cloth and having one of its ends secured to one end of said tubular casing by stitches sealing said end of casing, said lining being fixed anterior to and being otherwise longitudinally unattached to the rear facing center seam of stitches within said casing forming the front wings of the said bow tie, said casing having two sealed square ends and being folded forming the front Wings and the rear wings of said bow tie, a string tying up they dentral portion of said wings of said bow tie, and ya cross-piece secured at the central portion of the said bow tie. p

2. A pre-formed bow tie comprising a single longitudinal strip of cloth folded upon itself along a longitudinal line and having its longitudinal edges secured to each other bystitches forming a tubular casing, a ribbon secured to the longitudinal joined edges of said casing, a longitudinal Pellon lining being in the dimension of its width a certain fraction of the unfolded width of said single longitudinal strip of cloth and having one of its ends secured to one end of said casing by stitches sealing said end of casing,V said Pellon lining being Xed anterior to and being otherwise longitudinally unattached to the rear facing center seam of stitches within said casing forming the front Wings of the said bow tie, said casing having two sealed square ends and being folded forming the front wings and the rear wings of said bow tie, a string tying up the central portion of said wings of said bow tie, and a cross-piece secured at the central portion of the said bow tie.

3. A pre-formed bow tie comprising a single longitudinal strip of cloth folded upon itself along a longitudinal line and having its longitudinal edges secured to each other by stitches forming a tubular casing, a ribbon secured to the longitudinal joined edges of said casing, a longitudinal Pellon No. 917 lining being in the dimension of its width a certain fraction of the unfolded width of said single longitudinal strip of cloth and having one of its ends secured to one end of said casing by stitches sealing said end of casing, said Pellon No. 917 lining being Xed anterior to and being otherwise longitudinally unattached to the rear facing center seam of stitches within said casing forming the front wings of the said bow tie, said casing having two sealed square ends and being folded forming the front Wings and the rear wings of said bow tie, a string tying up the central portion of said wings of said bow tie, and a cross-piece secured at the central portion of the said bow tie.

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