WO1990007287A1 - Neckwear-retaining brooches - Google Patents
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- WO1990007287A1 WO1990007287A1 PCT/GB1990/000007 GB9000007W WO9007287A1 WO 1990007287 A1 WO1990007287 A1 WO 1990007287A1 GB 9000007 W GB9000007 W GB 9000007W WO 9007287 A1 WO9007287 A1 WO 9007287A1
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- gripper
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- brooch
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
- A44B6/00—Retainers or tethers for neckties, cravats, neckerchiefs, or the like, e.g. tie-clips, spring clips with attached tie-tethers, woggles, pins with associated sheathing members tetherable to clothing
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- the present invention relates to neckwear-retaining brooches, that .is to say brooches intended for anchoring the free ends of neckwear such as a man's necktie or woman's scarf to an underlying garment, possibly a shirt or blouse, but especially a dress, jacket or overcoat.
- a pin can be used to hold down the free ends of a neck-scarf or necktie.
- a pin simpliciter is however as such both potentially dangerous and easy to lose; and therefore it is conventional to combat these dangers by providing an elongate member extending essentially parallel to the pin and bearing a catch for the free end of the pin.
- This kind of construction is typified in its most basic form by the universally known "safety pin” - and in more ornate forms, serving as personal adornments, by a man's tie-pin or by a woman's brooch.
- the actual pin is designed to pierce both the neckwear and the garment to which it is to be secured.
- the actual pin is designed to pierce both the neckwear and the garment to which it is to be secured.
- men's neckties and still more women's scarves are most often made of relatively thin and flimsy material, so that frequent insertion and removal of the pin (usually in much the same place) will soon cause damage to the material of the neckwear resulting ultimately in either a hole or even a teac therein.
- the Jarrett &c. British Specification No. 712,872 discloses a necktie holder, attachable to the underlying garment by means of a grip which can be slidably engaged with the frontal opening of the wearer's shirt.
- the Laughton British Specification No. 990,703 also discloses a necktie holder, attachable to the underlying garment, but in this instance via a chain and anchoring bar, which is inserted through a button-hole. Both these arrangements thus avoid damage to the underlying garment, but neither of them can achieve the firm fixing of the tie-holder at a precise point on the garment which is achieved by pinning. And these arrangements equally fail to achieve any really firm anchorage of the necktie.
- Both of them include a loop through which the necktie passes relatively loosely, and thus indeed avoid the damage caused by pinning through it - but, though the loop does of course loosely restrain the ends of the necktie, it does not positively hold the necktie in any particular, chosen position upon the underlying garment.
- necktie holder will allow the tie to move fairly freely is actually seen as an advantage according to the Jarrett British Specification, and perhaps that may be so in some circumstances; but to achieve and retain some particular "sculptural" effect even with a necktie and certainly with a man's square or lady's scarf, it is necessary for the loose ends of such neckwear to be very firmly anchored down to the underlying garment.
- a scarf brooch comprising an elongate basal member, a securing pin for fastening the brooch to an underlying garment, the pinbeingattached at one of its ends to the garment-facing surface of the basal member in such a manner that it can be moved pivotally against spring bias from an open to a closed position and vice versa, catch means associated with the basal member whereby the other, free end of the pin may be releasably retained in its closed position, and at least one gripper wing on each side of the elongate basal member, each such gripper wing being connected to the basal member at or adjacent one of the ends thereof and extending therefrom laterally to one side thereof and also longitudinally in a direction generally parallel thereto, so as thus to provide garment-facing gripper surfaces spaced to either side of the basal member, the garment-facing gripper surfaces of the gripper wings lying in essentially the same plane as the garment-remote surface of the basal member, so that in use neckwear threaded
- the elongate basal member is desirably of substantial width, thus increasing the area of frictional contact of the n-ckwear therewith.
- the attachment of the pin to the garment-facing side of the basal member is essentially conventional. Thus it may be effected via a helica] spring in the manner of a safety pin; but in good-quality costume jewellery it will normally and preferably be pivotally mounted between upstanding lugs, and biassed by a separate helical spring (or any other suitable spring means) associated with the pivotal mounting towards its open position.
- the catch member, mounted on the garment- facing s5.de of the basal member adjacent the free end of the pin, can be of any conventional nature, preferably of the kind which incorporates a locking arrangement.
- the gripper wings may take various forms. It is possible to have constructions in which a generally 'L' shap>ed gripper wing is attached to each side of the basal member, and can extend from either end thereof; or in which two such 'L' shaped gripper wings (one the mirror- image of the other) extend to each side of the basal member, but from opposite ends thereof. Alternatively the necessary lateral and longitudinal extensions of the gripper wings may be achieved simultaneously by disposing an essentially linear gripper wing at an angle (say 45°) to the basal member. Other, more complex multi-linear arrangements of gripper wing are also possible.
- each gripper wing is of arcuate shap>e, running continuously (without any gap) from a point at or adjacent one end of the basal member to a point at or adjacent the other end thereof.
- arcuate shapes can of course include -parabolas and so on, and they do not necessarily have to be symmetrical - but the simplest and probably the best shape for such a gripper wing is that of a semi-circle.
- the function to be served by the brooch of this invention also strongly recommends adoption of a feature quite unusual in normal costume jewellery, namely the p ⁇ >lishing or at least semi-polishing of surfaces thereof which contact the neckwear and which therefore are invisible when the brooch is in use, so that there shall be no rough surfaces to cause damage to flimsy neckwear material. It is for this reason advisable that the garment-remote surfaces of the basal member should be at least semi-polished, and/or that the garment-facing gripper surfaces of the gripper wings should be at least semi-polished.
- the brooch as described herein is of course intended for use as costume jewellery, and should be made aesthetically pleasing in appearance.
- the garment-remote surfaces of the gripper wings may be provided with an ornate pattern engraved thereon or with slots or apertures cut therein so as to form a given pattern or other design integral therewith and/or they may bear added embellishment in the form of for instance enamelling and/or they may support additional, non- functional and merely ornamental members, with or without mountings for precious, semi-precious or synthetic gems tones or the like.
- Figure 1 is a side-elevational view, taken in the direction of arrow A in Figure 2, of a basic embodiment of neckwear brooch in accordance with this invention
- Figure 2 is a plan view of the brooch as shown in Figure 1 ;
- Figure 3 is a part-sectional view of the same brooch, taken on the lines I-I' and II-II' in Figure 2;
- Figure 4 is a partly cut-away view, essentially from the same viewpoint as Figure 3, of the same brooch showing a scarf threaded therethrough; and
- Figure 5 is a plan view, similar to that of Figure 2, showing the brooch as if pinned in position on an underlying garment and with the ends of a scarf threaded therethrough.
- the brooch comprises an elongate basal member 10, the garment-facing surface of which adjacent one end supports twin lugs 11 between which one end of a pin 12 is pivotally supported and biassed by a helical spring (not shown) towards its open position, but with the free end of pin 12 held in its closed position, as illustrated, by means of a catch 13 also mounted on the garment-facing surface of the elongate basal member 10 adjacent its other end.
- the elongate basal member 10 carries gripper wings 14 and 15, one extending on each side of the basal member.
- Each such gripper wing extends to its side of the basal member in a manner which includes components of direction both normal to and parallel to the elongate basal member; thus gripper wing 14 includes a proximal portion 14' essentially normal to the elongate basal member 10 and a distal portion 1 " essentially parallel to the basal member 10, but in between those proximal and distal portions it is shaped in an arcuate manner.
- the gripper wing 14 is semi- circular, running continuously without any gap therein from one proximal portion 14' attached to the elongate basal member 10 at one end thereof and directed essentially normal thereto, via the distal portion 14" directed essentially parallel to the basal member 10 but spaced apart therefrom, and finally back via another proximal portion 14' attached to the elongate basal member 10 at theother end thereof.
- the other gripper wing 15 is the mirror-image of wing 14, and need not be further described.
- the gripper wings 14 and 15 have garment-facing gripper surfaces generally indicated 16.
- the gripper wings 14 and 15 are shallow, inverted 'U' section members, the lips of the channel section providing two concentric bearing surfaces 16' and 16" which together form garment-facing gripper surface 16.
- the gripper surface 16 lies in substantially the same plane as the garment-remote surface 17 of the elongate basal member 10.
- the threading of the neckscarf under the gripper wing 14, over the basal member 10 and again under the other gripper wing 1 5 involves pulling the neckscarf through the brooch, and so as to avoid any damage to flimsy neckscarf material both the gripper surface 16 (or at least the bearing surfaces 1 6' and 1 6" thereof) and also the garment-remote surface 17 of the elongate basal member 10 are sufficiently polished to ensure that the neckwear material is not snagged and thereby damaged.
- FIG. 5 shows the general effect achieved by a brooch in accordance with this invention when used to anchor down the ends of a lady's neckscarf.
- the brooch which may be made of precious metal or plated therewith is itself of aesthetically-pleasing appearance, and it can bear an ornate design, as for instance indicated at 19, and/or it may also include additional, non-functional but merely ornamental members, e.g. a garment-remote, neckwear-embracing ornamental bar as indicated at 20.
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Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB8900032.7 | 1989-01-03 | ||
GB898900032A GB8900032D0 (en) | 1989-01-03 | 1989-01-03 | Improvements in scarf brooches |
GB8902057.2 | 1989-01-31 | ||
GB898902057A GB8902057D0 (en) | 1989-01-31 | 1989-01-31 | Improvements in scarf brooches |
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WO1990007287A1 true WO1990007287A1 (en) | 1990-07-12 |
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PCT/GB1990/000007 WO1990007287A1 (en) | 1989-01-03 | 1990-01-03 | Neckwear-retaining brooches |
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EP (1) | EP0452396A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU4942590A (en) |
GB (1) | GB2226486B (en) |
WO (1) | WO1990007287A1 (en) |
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FR2704730A1 (en) * | 1993-05-05 | 1994-11-10 | Almond Jewelers Inc | Jewel with a tubular aspect. |
WO2013148401A1 (en) * | 2012-03-28 | 2013-10-03 | Tam Hannah Josephine | Fashion accessory tool |
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GB190120837A (en) * | 1901-10-17 | 1901-11-23 | Henrietta Charlotte Phelips | Improvements in Safety Brooches, Attachment Devices, Scarf Pins and the like. |
FR504968A (en) * | 1919-10-16 | 1920-07-20 | Pierre Antoine Eugene Basset | Closing system applicable to brooches and other patterns of jewelry or jewelry |
FR525970A (en) * | 1920-10-12 | 1921-09-29 | Gustave Antoine Renault | Pin device for brooch and the like |
US1815058A (en) * | 1929-01-23 | 1931-07-21 | Genser Mfg Company Inc | Means for attaching pin-tongue mountings to jewelry |
US3177682A (en) * | 1963-05-16 | 1965-04-13 | Ronnie Jewelry Inc | Convertible jewelry construction |
DE3313885A1 (en) * | 1983-04-13 | 1984-10-18 | Parwenit Projekt AG, Frauenfeld | Device for a bow tie and/or necktie |
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- 1990-01-03 WO PCT/GB1990/000007 patent/WO1990007287A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1990-01-03 AU AU49425/90A patent/AU4942590A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1990-01-03 EP EP19900901852 patent/EP0452396A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1990-01-03 GB GB9000078A patent/GB2226486B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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GB190120837A (en) * | 1901-10-17 | 1901-11-23 | Henrietta Charlotte Phelips | Improvements in Safety Brooches, Attachment Devices, Scarf Pins and the like. |
FR504968A (en) * | 1919-10-16 | 1920-07-20 | Pierre Antoine Eugene Basset | Closing system applicable to brooches and other patterns of jewelry or jewelry |
FR525970A (en) * | 1920-10-12 | 1921-09-29 | Gustave Antoine Renault | Pin device for brooch and the like |
US1815058A (en) * | 1929-01-23 | 1931-07-21 | Genser Mfg Company Inc | Means for attaching pin-tongue mountings to jewelry |
US3177682A (en) * | 1963-05-16 | 1965-04-13 | Ronnie Jewelry Inc | Convertible jewelry construction |
DE3313885A1 (en) * | 1983-04-13 | 1984-10-18 | Parwenit Projekt AG, Frauenfeld | Device for a bow tie and/or necktie |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2704730A1 (en) * | 1993-05-05 | 1994-11-10 | Almond Jewelers Inc | Jewel with a tubular aspect. |
WO2013148401A1 (en) * | 2012-03-28 | 2013-10-03 | Tam Hannah Josephine | Fashion accessory tool |
US8959725B2 (en) | 2012-03-28 | 2015-02-24 | Hannah Josephine TAM | Fashion accessory tool |
US10111479B2 (en) | 2012-03-28 | 2018-10-30 | Hannah Josephine TAM | Method of securing fabric in a decorative manner |
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EP0452396A1 (en) | 1991-10-23 |
GB2226486B (en) | 1992-03-18 |
GB9000078D0 (en) | 1990-03-07 |
AU4942590A (en) | 1990-08-01 |
GB2226486A (en) | 1990-07-04 |
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