US878734A - Necktie-fastener. - Google Patents

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No. 878,734. PATENTED FEB. ll, 1908. G. LE SAGE.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. 1906.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE, j

GIDEON- LE SAGE, OFLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NECKTIE-FASTEER.

l Specification of Letters Patent.V

Patented Feb. 11, 190s.

Application filed May 7. 1906.. Serial No. 315,533.

` and the like, and has particular .reference to a fastener adapted to hold a necktie in place.

ff Thev object of this invention is to provide a simple device over which a portion of a neck- "tie 1s secured and tied, and by means of which the unpleasant feature of forcibly evening or 'unevening the respective ends of the tie is'` obviated. A A further objectof this invention is the provision of a tie-holder which is ada ted to sit on the shank portion of a collar utton, the holder being held in place by suitable extensionsarranged to lie against a ortion of fthe collar band, and be there hel in place by the overla ping portion, as in the case of turn-down co lars` Many arrangements have hitherto been devised for forming ties and bows upon suitable members for the purpose. of avoiding the\v strain and pull incident to the pulling of the tie after it is once placed between the fold of the collar and'upon the neck-band of a shirt but in nearly all of these arrangements the bow or knot'was ma e unalterable in that the parts thereof were sewed together and lthe arrangement for adjusting it to the button of a collar, made a part of the tie or knot. Thus, whena tie became worn it was discarded and the attaching feature of no use for other ties; consequently, necessitating the j. urchase of a new one.

' ith the device'I am about to describe, I'

have overcome these disadvantages, and by it any style of knot may be tied on to it and untied from it without injuring the fastener or the neck-tie; and furthermore, the tie with the fastener in my invention may be removed without disturbing it and Without removing the stick-pin if such may. have been placed in the tie of the wearer, thus dispensing with the necessity of reinserting the pin whenever the tie is formed.

With these and other objects inview, my

' invention consists in the features and details of construction as w1ll be described 1n con.t

nection with the accompanying drawing, and

thenbe more particularly pointed out in the claims. j

In the drawing, `Figure 1 represents a front .view of the device', Fig. 2, a like view artly in section; Fig. 3, a vertical section;

ig. 4 a back view with a neck-tie attached; and Fig. 5, a front view showing the fastener as applied to a collar.

Specific reference being had to the drawing, 1 designates the device formed by bending a strand of.wire,-the end of which is incased in a tube 3,-upon itself to form a wing 2; thereupon bringing said strand through said tube, as shown at 4. thence out and away from said tube, as shown at 5 thence back into said tube, the intermediate portion being formed into a loo 6, and out at the opposite side thereof to orm the opposite wing 7, the end of said wing terminating within the tube 3. After the Jformation of the wings 2 and 7 res ectively, they are curved upon themselves incide with the contour of the curvature of the collar upon which they are arranged to rest andbepressed by the outside or overla ping o the collar, as shown at 8. T el end formed in the wings act to render the said wings resilient and to insure a better hold thereof by the collar. After the formation of the first wing, the wire is passed through and out of the tube 3, downwardly and to the rear of said tube when in position for use as shown in Fig. 3 thence back into said tube and thence outwardly to form the final loo 7, the end of which is secured-or rests wit in the tube 3. The portion of the strand lying directly beneath said tube is provided with an inverted U-shaped slot 6 adapted to sit on the collar-button. Through the space 9 formed between said U-shaped slot and the tube 3, one end of the tie is passed, as shown at 10, and the other portion thrown over .the tube 8, whereupon any form of knot may be tied. The arms which support the U-shape loop .6 converge towards each other from points adjacent the wings and extend downwardly .only to points.

ap roximately opposite the lower edge of a col ar button when located insaid seat, so

that when a bow-tie is used said arms do not appear below the lower edge of the tie. The fastener, together with the tie, is then slipped under'the collar bands, and the slotted or- 'tion of lthe fastener allowed to engage a utton 11. When the neck-tie is once fastened to the fastener it can be removed Without untying the tie and Without removing it therefrom, and Without any trouble; the entire fastener, together with the tie, being read* ily removed by simply raising the slotted portion out of its seat and slipping the Wings of the fastener from under the collar.

It is obvious from the description that the fastener is made out of a single strand of Wire or other resilient material, but this invention is not restricted to the use of a con-. tinuous piece of Wire or other material, the main object being to form the loops, together with a button receiving portion, as specified. It is thus seen that the necktie fastener is composed of a central body as at 3, two Wings in the form Aof loops 2 and 7 at the ends of said body, and a center-piece 5 extending in front of the body 3 and provided at its middle With a loo 6 forming a recess extending toward said Eody, said re. cess being adapted to embrace thecollar button, thereby holding the body and wings above said collar button. It Will also be noted from Fig. .3 that the Wings and the center-piece project forwardly relative to the body so that When the fastener is in place with the body at 3 engaging the collar, and the Wings 2 and 7 being inserted between the folds ot the collar, and the loop 6 being under the collar button, the resiliency of the wings and center-piece tends to hold the parts lirmly in place.

The loop 6 is midway of the Wire strand and the members on each side 'of said loop after forming the center-piece, are bent through the tube and are then bent to form loops at the ends of the tube, and the ends of said strands are returned into the tube, thlceby securing the parts together Without so r er.

,neck-tie fastener to arenas What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States, is

1. A device of the character described formed by bending a strand of Wire upon itself to form a loop4 encasing the end` thereof in a tube; assingsaid Wire through the tube, thereupon Ibending said Wire'upon itself to form a slot, thence passingv said strand through said tube and out of said tube, and finally bending said strand upon itself to form a loop, and securing the respective ends.

2. A neck-tie fastener comprising a tube anda Wire strand, the latter bein bent midway between its ends to form a oop to engage a collar-button, and each of the memers of the Wire on opposite sides of said loo being bent and crossed u on each other an eXtendin through the tu e and bent at each end of t e tube to form loops, and the ends of said strand being returned into and fastened in said tube.

3.A neck-tie fastener consisting of a strand of Wire and a tube, said strand of Wire being bent in the middle, forming a U to engage in the button holding the front of a turned-down collar, the limbs of said strand of Wire being thence bent out and curved vback toward each dther, both passing and Acrossing each other through the tube, then extending out' in opposite directions each formin aloop upon ltself, returning to and the en s resting 1n said tube, the pur ose of these last-named loo s'being to ena le the the collar.

In testimony whereof, 'I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles California this 28th day of April 1906.

- 'GDEGN LE SAGE. A* In presence of- ANTON GLOETZNER, Jr.,

JULIA ToWNsENn.

e held by the folds of'v

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