US3369257A - Pretied tailless necktie - Google Patents

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Feb. 20, 1968 J. w. LESS 3,369,257

PRETIED TAILLESS NECKTIE Filed July 14, 1966 IN VEN TOR. JbSEPI-r W Lass 29 J By M L ATTORNEYS United States l ater'lt Ofiice 3,369,257 Patented Feb. 20, 1968 3,369,257 PRETIED TAILLESS NECKTIE Joseph W. Less, One-In-Hand Tie Co., P.O. Box 449, Clinton, Iowa 52732 Filed July 14, 1966, Ser. No. 565,133 Claims. (Cl. 2150) This invention relates to pretied tailless neckties, and more particularly, to pretied tailless neckties which can be produced with aminimum of labor and material.

Conventional pretied full length neckties, i.e., those wherein the tie body extends from a wearers collar area to his waist area, are usually formed from a single length of elongated necktie material. The knot, typically having the appearance of a conventional four-in-hand knot, is formed on a knot shaping support in any of several ways well known in the art. The tie body depends from the knot and extends towards the wearers waist area. Also, either a full length tail or back portion or a relatively short tail portion extends from the knot behind the front or main tie body, so as to be hidden behind the main tie body portion. The tail portion is usually tacked, as by sewing, to the front portion.

It is known to make pretied ties without the usual tail portion, as disclosed in U.S. Patent 2,804,627, issued Sept. 3, 1957, to I. W. Less. However, such ties, though offering a considerable saving in material, have heretofore required a considerable amount of manual labor in forming the knot structure, and there has been a continuing need for a pretied tailless tie which would minimize both labor and material so as to markedly reduce the cost of manufacture.

Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide new and improved pretied tailless neckties.

Another object is to provide new and improved pretied tailless neckties formed from a knot shaping support and a closed loop of material having a strip of necktie material depending therefrom.

Another object is to provide new and improved pretied tailless neckties which are easily constructed from a minimum amount of necktie material with a minimum amount of manual effort, thereby achieving substantial economies.

Broadly considered, pretied tailless ties according to the invention include a closed loop of necktie material and an elongated portion or strip of necktie material extending away from the loop in tangential fashion. The loop is arranged as a pretied knot on a knot forming support equipped with facilities for attaching the tie at the wearers collar, and the strip depends from the pretied knot to constitute the body portion of the tie. A portion of the loop passes across the front of the knot forming support to constitute a knot face, and the remainder of the loop extends rearwardly at both sides of the support. The remainder of the loop passes behind the support and over the top thereof, and thence downwardly between the support and the knot face portion of the loop, the junction between the loop and the strip being located between the knot face portion and the support so as to be hidden within the knot structure.

In order that the manner in which the foregoing and other objects are achieved in accordance with the invention can be understood in detail, particularly advantageous embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and wherein:

FIGS. 1 and 2 are front and side elevational views, respectively, of a pretied tailless tie in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of a knot shaping support employed in the necktie of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating sequential steps in construction of the necktie of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective and side elevational views, respectively, of the tie blank for the necktie of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 6 showing a tie blank in gccordance with another embodiment of the invention; an

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of a. pretied tailless tie in accordance with still another embodiment.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a pretied tailless necktie 10 comprises a pretied knot 11 and a main tie body portion 14 depending therefrom, which is visible to an observer viewing the wearer of the necktie. Knot 11 has a knot face 12, and is formed on a knot shaping support 13. Knot 11 has a V-shape which resembles that of a conventional four-in-hand, although it will be understood that knot 11 may have other shapes.

In FIG. 3, knot shaping support 13 comprises an inverted frusto-conical portion 16 defined by converging sides 17, bottom edge 18 and a top edge 19. From the upper corners of frusto-conical portion 16, two arms 21 extend upwardly and outwardly and are adapted to fit under the collar of a wearer in a conventional manner. A book 23 is provided for attaching necktie 10 and support 13 at the wearers collar. Knot shaping support 13 is one of many conventional such devices and any similar conventional knot shaping support, having a main body portion with two upwardly and outwardly extending arms, may be used.

Attention is directed to FIGS. 6 and 7, wherein tie blank 26 comprises a loop 27 with a half-twist in it and an elongated strip 28 depending from loop 27, the loop and strip being formed from a single length of necktie material. Dependent strip 28 will eventually become tie body 14 when tie blank 26 is assembled to produce the pretied tailless necktie 10, shown in FIG. 1. Loop 27, having a half twist therein, forms what is known in the world of mathematics as a Mobius strip; that is a strip having one continuous edge and one continuous side.

In order to form loop 27 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the tailend 31 of tie blank 26 (as distinguished from tip 29 on the end of strip 28) is turned over once and placed against strip 28 intermediate and 31 and tip 29. End 31 is then attached to strip 28 by a grommet 32 or by any other conventional means such as stitches, staples, or the like.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, when assembling necktie 10, a portion 33 of loop 27 is passed across the front of the frusto conical portion 16 of knot shaping support 13. Portion 33 eventually becomes knot face 12 when necktie 10 is fully assembled. The remainder of loop 27 is then folded upwardly to the rear along the converging sides 17 of support 13. At this point, a folded end 34 extends upwardly behind support 13 and strip 28 extends from just behind folded end 34 upwardly behind support 13 (FIG. 4).

The next step is to bring folded end 34 and strip 28 downwardly, as indicated by arrow 37 (FIG. 4) and then pass them between portion 33 and the front of frustoconical portion 16 of support 13, as indicated by arrow 38 (FIG. 5). Strip 28 is then pulled down to its fullest extent, as the rest of loop 27 is molded into knot 11 (FIG. 1). As best seen in FIG. 2, folded end 34 does not extend below the bottom edge of knot 11 and grommet 32 is located behind knot face 12.

Although folded end 34 and grommet 32 have been described as not extending beyond the bottom edge of knot 11, that is, as being confined within the knot structure between knot face 12 and the front of frusto-conical portion 16 of support 13, it will be understood that the position of folded end 34 depends upon the length of loop 27. If a slightly longer loop 27 were employed, folded end 34 would extend for a very short distance below the bottom edge of knot 11 (see FIG. 9). The position of folded end 34 with respect to knot 11 is not critical to the principles of the invention and is a matter of choice depending upon the length of loop 27. Of course, the smaller the loop 27, the closer folded end 34 is to knot 11 and the less material used.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that loop 27, having a half-twist therein, and dependent strip 23 may be secured together in other ways than that described with respect to FIGS. 6 and 7. For example, loop 27 and strip 28 may be formed from separate lengths of mate rial. Strip 28 is then attached to loop 27 by a grommet 32, stitches, or the like. Or, the two ends of loop 27 and the end of strip 28 may all be placed in overlapping relationship, and then attached together by grommet 32. However, it should be noted that the attachment of strip 28 to loop 27 should take place at some point where the grommet or stitches will not show when necktie is worn by the wearer. Although grommet 32 has been described as being located between knot face 12 and front portion 16 of support 13, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that loop 27 and strip 28 may be manipulated so that grommet 32 may actually be located behind support 13. It should be noted that, when assembled in this manner, grommet 32 should be far enough behind support 16 so that it does not show when worn by the wearer.

In FIG. 8, there is shown another embodiment of a pretied tailless necktie of the invention. The necktie is formed from a tie blank 46 comprising a closed loop 47 and an elongated strip 48 depending from loop 47, the loop and strip being formed from a single length of necktie material. It is noted that loop '47 differs from loop 27 (FIG. -6) in that loop 47 does not have a half-twist in it. Dependent strip 48 will eventually become the body 14 and loop 47 will be manipulated to become knot 11 (FIG. 1) when the blank 46 is assembled to produce the pretied tailless necktie shown in FIG. 1.

In order to form loop 47 (FIG. 8), the tailend 49 of the blank 46 (as distinguished from tip 51 on the end of strip '48) is placed against strip 48 intermediate tailend 49 and tip 51. Tailend 49 is then attached to strip 48 by a grommet 52, or any other similar conventional device, such as a double-headed pin, or the like, which allows relative pivotal movement between strip 43 and tailend 49 of strip 48 about grommet 52.

The blank 46 is manipulated about support 13, in a manner similar to that described with respect to FIGS. 4 and 5, to form necktie 10. In brief, a portion 53 of loop 47 is passed across the front of portion 16 of support 13. I

The remainder of loop 47 is then folded upwardly to the rear along the converging sides 17 of support 13. Then, strip 48 is brought downwardly and passed between portion 53 of loop 47 and portion 16 of support 13. When strip 48 is so brought downwardly, tailend 49 and strip 48 pivot relative to one another about grommet 52. This pivoting action permits strip 48 to be pulled downwardly to its fullest extent so that loop 47 is molded into a smooth knot.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that loop and the strip maybe formed from separate lengths of material (FIG. 4). The ends of the loop and the end of the strip are placed in overlapping relationship and attached together by a grommet. Whether formed from a single length of material, or from two lengths of material, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the as- 4 sembly of necktie 10, shown in FIG. 8, is facilitated due to the relative pivotal movement between end 49 and strip 48 about grommet 52.

It is to be understood that the embodiments described above are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and other embodiments may be devised without departing from the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A pretied tailless necktie, comprising a tie blank, having a closed loop of necktie material; and a strip of necktie material depending from the loop; and

a knot shaping support having a front and a back, with bottom and top edges,

the loop being arranged as a pretied knot on the support, with a first portion of the loop passing across the front of the support from side to side thereof, and a second portion of the loop extending rearwardly at both sides of the support,

the remainder of the loop extending at least to the top edge of the support,

the strip depending from the support from a location between the first portion and the front of the support, whereby the first portion constitutes a knot face and the strip depends therefrom to constitute a tie body.

2. A pretied tailless necktie, according to claim 1 wherein the loop and the strip are formed from a single length of necktie material.

3. A necktie according to claim 2, wherein one end of the single length of necktie material is at tached to that surface of the length of necktie material which is adjacent the wearers shirt front when the tie is worn, such attachment completing the loop.

4. A necktie according to claim 3, wherein the one end is attached to the length of material to complete the loop, so that relative pivotal movement is permitted between the dependent strip and the loop.

5. A necktie according to claim 4, wherein the one end is attached to the length of material to complete the loop by means of a grommet-like device.

6. A necktie according to claim 4 wherein the loop has a one-half twist therein.

7. A necktie according to claim 1, wherein the closed loop and the strip are formed from separate lengths of necktie material.

8. A necktie according to claim 7, wherein said strip is attached to the loop so that relative pivotal {movement is permitted between the strip and the 9. A necktie according to claim 8, wherein the strip is attached to the loop by means of a grommet-like device.

10. A necktie according to claim 1, wherein the junction between the strip and the loop is disposed between the knot face portion of the loop and the front of the support and is fully covered by the knot face portion.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,730,834 10/1929 Webber 2l53 3,181,175 5/1965 Less 2-15O PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

Claims (1)

1. A PRETIED TAILLESS NECKTIE, COMPRISING A TIE BLANK, HAVING A CLOSED LOOP OF NECKTIE MATERIAL; AND A STRIP OF NECKTIE MATERIAL DEPENDING FROM THE LOOP; AND A KNOT SHAPING SUPPORT HAVING A FRONT AND A BACK, WITH BOTTOM AND TOP EDGES, THE LOOP BEING ARRANGED AS A PRETIED KNOT ON THE SUPPORT, WITH A FIRST PORTION OF THE LOOP PASSING ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE SUPPORT FROM SIDE TO SIDE THEREOF, AND A SECOND PORTION OF THE LOOP EXTENDING REARWARDLY AT BOTH SIDES OF THE SUPPORT, THE REMAINDER OF THE LOOP EXTENDING AT LEAST TO THE TOP EDGE OF THE SUPPORT, THE STRIP DEPENDING FROM THE SUPPORT FROM A LOCATION BETWEEN THE FIRST PORTION AND THE FRONT OF THE SUPPORT, WHEREBY THE FIRST PORTION CONSTITUTES A KNOT FACE AND THE STRIP DEPENDS THEREFROM TO CONSTITUTE A TIE BODY.

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