US3047918A

US3047918A - Pre-tied necktie

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Publication number: US3047918A
Application number: US19675A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sidney C Pulitzer
Original assignee: Wembley Inc
Current assignee: Wembley Inc
Priority date: 1960-04-04
Filing date: 1960-04-04
Publication date: 1962-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1979-08-07

Description

Aug. 7, 1962 s'. c. PULITZER PRE-TIED NECKTIE Filed April 4, 1960 INVENTOR SIDNEY PUL/TZER BY 9 fez/060v ATTORNEYS United 3,947,9l8 Patented Aug. 7, 1962 3,t'i47,9ll8 PRE-TIED NEQKTE Sidney C. Pulitzer, New tlrleans, La., assignor to Wambley, Inc., New Orleans, La, a corporation of Louisiana Filed Apr. 4, 1960, Set. No. 19,675 1 Claim. (til. 24-65) This invention relates to neckties and more particularly to neckties of the pre-tied, clip-on variety.

Clip-on neckties, particularly clip-n bow ties, are well known and heretofore such ties have usually comprised a strip of tie material which is folded lengthwise upon itself to simulate the wings of a regular hand-tied bow tie and rnidwayof the ends of the wings a separate strip of tie material encircles the folded strip in simulation of the knotted part of a hand tied bow tie. This latter strip usually also engages some form of clip means at the rear of a simulated knot part and stitching joins the ends of the simulated knot strip and connects it and the clip to the first mentioned elongated folded strip forming the tie wings.

Though the foregoing type of necktie presents a general effect of a hand-tied necktie and is widely used, it is expensive to manufacture and it is frequently apparent to the casual observer that such ties are not, in fact, handtied because either that knot part does not look natural or because part of the clip can be seen.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pretied clip-on tie having none of the disadvantages of present commonly used pro-tied ties.

More particularly, it is an object of the invention to provide for a pro-tied bow tie an improved one piece tie support and clip having no moving parts and which may be manufactured economically of inexpensive materials such as molded plastic or metallic sheet material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined tie support and clip which permits the use of a pretied bow tie that can be tied to the support in an actual bow knot so that the tie is substantially indistinguishable from a regular hand-tied bow tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bow tie support and clip of the foregoing nature which is readily put in its position of use in a single operation and is substantially self-centering so as to require minimal adjustment and when the clip has been placed in its position of use it is entirely concealed from the view of a casual observer.

Other objects and their attendant advantages will become apparent as the following detailed description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tie which may be employed with the clip of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a'blank from which the clip of the invention may be constructed;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the blank of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional side view of the blank of FIG. 2 after it has been bent to form the combined support and clip of the invention taken substantially on the line 4-4 of FIG. 5 and showing a tie positioned preliminary to its being tied to said clip;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the clip and tie shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a reduced front elevational view of a bow tie secured by the clip of the inventionrin its position of use; and

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross sectional View taken substantially on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6.

Referring now to the drawings, the bow tie it illustrated in FIG. 1 may be constructed of plies of material in the same general manner as a regular bow tie and has end parts 12, 14- which may form the wings of the bow when tied and which are joined together by a narrow, relatively short, intermediate part 16 which replaces the usual neck-encircling part of the regular bow tie and has only sufiicient length to form the knot of the how when the tie member of FIG. 1 is tied to the clip of the invention as hereinafter described.

The clip part of the invention may, if desired, be constructed from a fiat, preferably stamped, blank 18 of metal or plastic sheet material and comprises a central, substantially triangular body part 20 having an upper transverse edge 21 and a pair of downwardly converging

side edges

22, 23. A central opening 24 is pro vided in the body part and the upper edge 25 thereof forms with the upper edge 21 of the body part a generally rectangular horizontal crossbar 26. The side edges of the opening 24 form with the

side edges

22, 23 of the body a pair of downwardly converging

side arms

27, 23 which terminate in a downward extension 29, and the upper corners of the body 20 have integral therewith a pair of outwardly sloping

arms

36, 32.

The described blank is formed into the combined tie support and clip of the invention by bending the side arms 2'7, 28 upwardly with respect to the crossbar 26 substantially along the fold or bend lines indicated generally at 36, 38 in FIG. 2. Thereafter, the extension 29 is bent downwardly with respect to the side arms substantially along the bend line 39 to form a hook which is adapted to be engaged over the collar band it) of a shirt as illustrated in FIG. 7. The opening 24 and horizontal bar 26 form a support for the tie of FIG. 1 as more fully described hereinafter and the

extension arms

30, 32 are adapted to be bent slightly inwardly and received under a wearers collar 41 as illustrated in FIG. 6 to insure that the clip and tie are at all times retained properly positioned.

In lieu of forming the combined support and clip from a flat blank which is bent to form the completed clip as described in the foregoing paragraph, the clip may be readily manufactured in completed form of plastic material by well known injection molding or other plastic manufacturing techniques.

In making the bow, the tie 10 is first threaded through the opening 24 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 so that the center part 16 of the tie is behind the front face of the crossbar 2d. The end of the tie which extends below the clip is then folded forwardly and upwardly back on itself to form a loop and this is moved into a horizontal position, with the loop and free end equi-spaced on opposite sides of the middle of the clip. The second end of the tie, which extends upwardly from the cross arm, is brought forwardly and downwardly over the crossbar and over the midpoint of the first folded end of the tie, and this second end is folded forwardly and upwardly to form a loop as was done with the first end. The second loop may then be moved to a position behind the loop part of the first end and there tucked behind the folded first end and through the circle of tie material formed when the second end was brought over the looped first end. The two loops may then be pulled away from each other to tighten the knot formed by the second loop and the free ends may be suitably adjusted and evened :as is done during the tieing of a conventional hand-tied bow tie. Upon completion of this step, the necktie on its clip-support has the identical appearance of a hand-tied bow tie with

wings

42, 44 and a knot part 46. To insure that the bow is not accidentbut not through the exposed front face of the knot part of the knot above and/or below the crossbar 26 as illustrated in FIG. 7 at d8, 50 and extended as far as but not through the exposed front face of the knot part to so as to interconnect the several plies of tie material in the region of the knot to retain the tie in its pre-tied condition.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the crossbar 26 forms an important feature of the invention in that it alfords a support or form for the tie knot so that the latter is natural appearing in every respect. To this end, therefore, the vertical spacing between the upper and

lower edges

21 and 25 of the crossbar is desirably substantially equal to or slightly less than the corresponding dimension of a conventional knot of a hand-tied bow tie, and the transverse dimension of the bar is desirably substantially equal to or slightly greater than the corresponding dimension of a conventional hand-tied bow knot. The opening 24 need not be triangular as shown but may be of any suitable shape which affords a tie-supporting crossbar having vertical and transverse dimensions substantially equal to the corresponding dimensions of a conventional knot of a handtied bow tie.

The dimensions of the

side arms

27, 28 of the body part 20 of the clip should be selected so that when the side arms are folded upwardly and the hook is formed by the downward folding of the extension 29 the upper horizontal edge of the hook part, formed by the fold line 39, does not extend above the top edge of the knot part of the tie, so that the hook will be entirely concealed behind the knot. It is desirable also that the

arms

30, 32 should have sufiioient length that their outer ends will engage the crease between the shirt neckband and the collar before the hook can be raised clear of the neckband. With this arrangement the tie cannot be readily dislodged by being moved accidentally upwardly with respect to the necktie but can only be disengaged from the neckband by additional manipulation on the part of the wearer as by turning the collar partly upwardly.

The use of the invention should be apparent from the foregoing description. It should be understood that the clip of the invention may be manufactured by conventional stamping and/ or bending processes or by plastic molding process to produce an eflicient, easily attached, self-centering tie support at considerably less cost than is required in the manufacture of bent wire or spring types of clips which have been commonly employed in the prior art. More importantly, it will be observed that the clip of the invention affords tie support means whereby a pre-tied bow tie can be tied to the support in a natural appearing bow knot which is substantially indistinguishable from a hand-tied bow tie.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the clip of the invention is susceptible of a variety of changes and modifications without, however, departing from the scope and spirit of the attendant claim. Where in the claim the term sheet material is used, this includes Without limitation any suitable material such as molded plastic or metallic material.

What is claimed is:

A combined support and clip for a pre-tied bow tie comprising a member of sheet material having upwardly and outwardly extending side arms adapted to be received beneath the collar of a wearer, said member having a central tie supporting part having laterally spaced side edges integrally joined to the inner ends of said side arms and having vertically spaced upper and lower edges, a downwardly open hook spaced behind said central part, hook-supporting means having a center part integrally connected to said hook and including parts extending laterally in opposite directions away from said hook towards the side edges of said central part, said laterally extending parts having outer end parts, and means connecting the outer end parts to said member at laterally spaced positions on opposite sides of said central part, whereby said hook is connected to said member entirely clear of the vertically spaced upper and lower edges of said central part,

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