WO2014108711A1

WO2014108711A1 - Necktie

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Publication number: WO2014108711A1
Application number: PCT/HU2013/000062
Authority: WO
Inventors: Márton PÉNTEK
Original assignee: Péntek Márton
Priority date: 2013-01-11
Filing date: 2013-06-27
Publication date: 2014-07-17
Also published as: HUP1300018A2

Abstract

This invention relates to a necktie comprising moving parts made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or any material having similar stiffness. The hanging web portion (1) is attached to a body consisting of a front plate (2) and a rear plate (3) and resembling a necktie knot, by means of a globe joint (4) allowing free moving. In this body a spindle (7) connected to a spiral spring (1 1) is provided. In a preferred embodiment rotation of the spindle (7) is prevented by buttons (13) through grasping of a tooth gear (8) mounted on the axis of the spindle (7). Buttons (13) are biased by a spring (14). When buttons (13) are pressed gear (8) is allowed to rotate and the spindle (7) coils the neck ribbon (5) extending around the neck, due to the force of the spiral spring (11), thus the tightness of the necktie can be adjusted.

Description

NECKTIE

This invention relates to a necktie comprising a housing having a form of a tie knot, and a neckband moved out at both sides of the housing, and a tie flap, and a mechanical arrangement adapted to adjust a fixed length of the neckband is arranged in the housing.

The history of necktie as attire supplement dates back thousands of years. Soldiers of emperor Shih Huang-ti ruling at the end of the third century BC in China's entered scarves around their necks, the Roman legionaries wore neck shawl named focales against the cold weather. Later, in the seventeenth century, the soldiers of Louis XIV of France wore shawls. The modern form of the tie evolved from the dangling end of the tie bow in the last third of the nineteenth century, and since then it has gained ground in narrower or larger versions. The patterns, colours and shape of the bow are subject to change depending on the mode of period suits and shirts. The tie is a complement to the men's clothing store, which has not a particular function; it is responsible for the decoration only, as it reflects the wearer's personality. Honore de Balzac wrote: "A tie reveals how a man estimable is - shows the person, exposes his being, reflects his spirit".

The tie is often made of the finest and most expensive material for dresses of the period, such as silk, lace or velvet. Later appeared ties made of materials different from suitings in a whole or in part. Today, a tie can be made essentially of any material, but the properties of the materials used give rise to problems associated with putting on a tie. Namely, fixing the tie made of a material different from fabric or neckties not provided with tied knots requires a solution of adjustability of the neckband. Such a solution is described for example in US Patent No. 2,142,322, where, instead of application of a tie knot, a spring operated detachable arrangement is placed in a member mimicking a tie knot made of rigid material, the management of which is quite inconvenient.

The US 4,627,113 patent discloses a tie made of glass, metal, plastic or wood, including a central portion borrowing the shape of a tie knot is attached to the neckband extending under the collar of the shirt, preferably by a bolt or a hinged eyelet. The tie flap is connected to the central portion with a flexible tape. The drawback of this solution is that the connection of the central portion and a neckband does not allow for adjustment of the length of neckband. A spring operated clamping-and-flxing arrangement hidden in the central portion borrowing the shape of a tie knot disclosed by the patent application US 1,584,036 makes it possible the adjustment of the length of a non flexible neckband. By squeezing of the clamping-and-fixing arrangement the clamping-and-flxing arrangement is displaceable along the neckband. The tie flap and the central portion mimicking a tie knot are formed from a single piece of fabric. The drawback of the solution is that although the length of the neckband can be adjusted, fixing of the neckband is not safe, so that it can easily come loose and the clipping load exerted to the neckband can break the neckband.

The object of the invention is therefore to provide a necktie, the neckband of which can be easily be adjusted, while its fixing is safe and fast, but the fixing way does not lead to rapid wear of the neckband.

The aim of the invention is achieved by providing a necktie comprising a housing having a form of a tie knot, and a neckband moved out at both sides of the housing, and a tie flap, and a mechanical arrangement adapted to adjust a fixed length of the neckband is arranged in the housing, and the housing is formed by a front plate and back plate, and said arrangement adapted to adjust a fixed length of the neckband is provided by a shaft rotatably arranged within the housing and a bobbin mounted on the shaft and secured against rotation in relation to the shaft, and a spring anchored to the housing and the shaft as well, and the neckband is secured to the bobbin.

The mechanical arrangement also includes a pinion fixed on the shaft and secured against rotation in relation to the shaft, and buttons biased to the housing by a spring and secured to ratchets releasably intermeshed with said pinion, are arranged on the front panel.

The neckband is moved out through holes formed at both sides of the housing by means of guide members rotatably arranged in the holes.

The guide members are arcuated hollow members made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or equivalent material having sufficient rigidity.

The guide members are linked by means of a snap fitting element within the housing.

The housing is made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or a material having similar rigidity.

The neckband is formed of a resilient material.

The flap is fitted to the housing by a ball joint.

The guide elements are fitted in bearings arranged within the housing. The necktie according to the invention wearable and behaving as a necktie, which is provided with a neckband to be stressed and loosened, and also provided by an arrangement with moving parts, and preferably made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or another, but appropriately rigid material for the aim, is such a suit accessory, that can be made of silver or gold on demand, thereby creating a new category within the class of neckties. It vivifies an elegant article of clothing originally made of another material as a men's jewellery by meeting the highest quality requirements as well. Another advantage of the necktie according to the invention is that it can made unique by surface dressing methods used in the field of metal working, e.g. by engraving or etching.

The invention will now be described in further details with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the necktie according to the invention,

Figure 2 is a side view of the necktie according to the invention,

Figure 3 is a side view of the housing looking like a tie knot,

Figure 4 is a front view of the housing looking like a tie knot,

Figure 5 is a rear view of the housing looking like a tie knot,

Figure 6 shows the section A-A of Fig. 4 of the housing looking like a tie

knot, provided with the neckband and the guide member,

Figure 7 shows the section B-B of Fig. 6 of the housing looking like a tie

knot,

Figure 8 shows the section C-C of Fig. 6 of the housing looking like a tie

knot,

Figure 9 shows the section D-D of Fig. 6 of the housing looking like a tie

knot, with knobs in resting position,

Figure 10 shows the section D-D of Fig. 6 of the housing looking like a tie

knot, with depressed knobs,

Fig.l 1 and 12 views of the gear and the shaft,

Fig. 13 and 14 are views of the house of coil spring,

Fig. 15 and 16 are views of the bobbin to be placed in the shaft and winding the neckband, Fig. 17 and 18 are views of the element to be snapped in the bobbin and fixing the

neckband. Fig. 19 and 20 are views of the element to be snapped and connecting the arcuated guide members, and

Fig. 21, 22 and 23 are views of the hollow, rotating arcuated guide member. In a preferred embodiment of the necktie according to the present invention shown in

Fig. 1 the necktie consists of a housing, a flap 1 connected to the housing with a ball joint and a neckband 5 joined to the housing and adjustable in length and, in a particularly preferred embodiment made of a flexible material. The house is made e.g. of metal, metal alloy, plastic or equivalent, sufficiently rigid material.

If the neckband 5 is a substantially non-elastic element having adjustable length, an arrangement suitable for adjusting the fixed length of the neckband 5 is preferably arranged in the housing. In this description the term "fixed length of the neckband 5" means the length of the section of the neckband 5 externally located of the housing.

The flap 1 of the necktie according to the present invention is connected to the housing forming a tie knot and consisting of a front plate 2 and a back plate 3 by means of a ball joint connection providing free movement, as it is shown in Fig. 1 in front elevational view and also in side elevational view in Fig. 2. The necktie is fixed beneath the collar of the shirt by the neckband 5. The neckband 5 is guided out of the housing by arc shaped, hollow guide elements 6 pivotally connected to each side of the housing. The neckbands 5 are preferably led out of the house through guide elements 6 rotatably arranged in holes F.

The guide elements 6 are rotating and hollow parts having curved shape following the line of the neck and made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or equivalent material having sufficient rigidity, preferred embodiments of which are shown in Figs 21, 22 and 23. The guide elements 6 can rotate in bearings 16 shown in FIG 7 and preferably they are connected together by a snap fit connection element 17.

It is clearly shown in Figure 3 and 4 that press buttons 13 are arranged on the front plate 2 of the housing mimicking the shape of a tie knot and preferably made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or similar rigid material. The 5 neckbands are led out of the housing through holes F formed on both sides of the housing. The front plate 2 and the back plate 3 are preferably interconnected by means of threaded bolts 18, as it is shown in Fig. 5. By separating the front plate 2 and back plate 3, a shaft 9 holding a bobbin 7, a pinion 8 and a coil spring 11 forming the arrangement adjusting the length of the neckband 5 and the flap 1 with the ball joint 4 shown in Fig. 6 as well can be removed from the housing. Both ends of the neckband 5 are attached and fixed to the bobbin 7 by means of a snap-in element 10. The shaft 9 is coupled to the coil spring 1 1 so that one end of the spring 11 is fixed to the shaft 9 and the other end of the spring 1 1 is fixed to a spring housing 12. The spring housing 12 keeps the spiral spring 1 1 in a plane of operation and it cannot rotate with the spring 1 1 , since it fits tightly in a groove formed in the backplate 3 for this purpose. This design is better shown in Fig8.

Therefore, the arrangement for adjusting the fixed length of the necktie according to a first embodiment of the present invention is provided by a shaft 9 rotatably arranged in the housing, a bobbin 7 mounted on the shaft 9 and secured against rotation in relation to the shaft 9, and a spring 11 anchored to the housing and the shaft 9 as well, and the neckband 5 is secured to the bobbin 7. In this embodiment the coil spring 1 1 permanently tensions the neckband 5. While removing the housing from the neckband 5, the latter unwind from the bobbin 7, and then releasing the housing causes the neckband 5 rewinding in the bobbin 7 due to the force of the spring 11.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention the shaft 9 is prevented from rotation by keys Kl, K2 connected to buttons 13 disposed on both sides of the housing 13, by means of a connection to the pinion 8 arranged on the shaft 9 of the bobbin 7, as it is shown in Figs 9 and 10. The buttons 13 biased apart by a spring 14 as shown in Fig. 8, and pressing the buttons 13 in the direction N (Fig. 9) the rotary shaft 9 automatically rewinds the neckband 5 extending around the neck onto the bobbin 7, by the effect of the spiral spring 1 1 and thereby the tightness of the necktie can be adjusted. The keys Kl, K2 of the buttons 13 rotate around a shaft 15 when buttons 13 are pressed in a direction N, and a tension spring 14 (Fig. 8) is arrangend in this shaft 15 biasing the buttons 13 as well. Therefore, in this embodiment, in addition to elements disclosed according to the embodiment above, the control arrangement is provided with a pinion 8 secured against rotation to the shaft 9, and further, buttons 13 biased to the housing by spring 14 and secured to the keys Kl K2 meshed with pinion 8 rotating around shaft 15 fitted in the housing are provided on the front plate 2. In this embodiment, a fixed length of neckband 5 can be changed only if the operation of the push buttons 13 takes place in the direction N. In this case, the buttons 13 release the pinion 8, and the bobbin 7 rewinds the neckband 5 extending around the neck by means of the coil spring 11 , so can the tightness of the necktie be adjusted. In the Figures 11-20 preferred embodiments of the shaft 9, the spring housing 12, the bobbin 7, the snap elements 10, 17 can be seen.

The necktie according to the invention can be formed without above spring-bobbin type band tensioner arrangement, if the neckband 5 is flexible, e.g. made of rubber or gummed. In addition, the necktie can be formed without the arch-shaped, rotating hollow guide members 6, or bearings 16 or snap elements 17.

The assembly of the necktie according to the present invention can be achieved by the following manner. Should the buttons 13 and the spring 14 biasing the buttons 13 be placed in the front plate 2, and then the shaft 15 can be fitted in place. Two piece bearings 16 are inserted into the two slots in the front plate 2 designed for this purpose. Making the neckband 5 got through the arc-shaped, rotating and hollow guiding elements 6. Drawing in the ends of the neckband 5 into the bobbin 7 through the side holes of the front plate 2 and the bearings

1 . The neckband 5 must be fixed in the bobbin 7 by means of the snap element 10. Then the neckband 5 can be reeled into the bobbin 7. The housing 12 of the helical spring 11 is fitted onto the shaft 9. The spiral spring 11 is fixed to the shaft 9 and the spring housing 12, while the helical spring 11 not stressed. Pulling the bobbin 7 over the shaft 9. Since the shaft 9 preferably has a polygonal cross-section at the location of the bobbin 7, and there is a similar hole in the bobbin 7, these the two elements can rotate together. The shaft 9 is fitted in place in the front plate 2. Getting the arc-shaped and hollow guide elements 6 through the holes F and bearings 16. Connecting the arc-shaped and hollow guide elements 6 by the snap element

17. Inserting the tie flap 1 in its proper place and screwing the back plate 3 on.

The advantage of the necktie according to the present invention in relation to the prior art solutions is that it neckband can easily be adjusted, while its fixing is safe and fast, but the fixing way does not lead to rapid wear of the neckband, and it is a suit supplement, which may be made either of silver or gold as required, thereby creating a new category within the field of neckties. Meeting the highest quality requirements, it vivifies a stylish piece of clothing as men's jewellery originally made of other material. Another advantage of the invention is that it can be formed unique by surface-machining methods used by the metal machinery, e.g. by engraving or etching.

Claims

1. A necktie comprising a housing having a form of a tie knot, and a neckband (5) extending out at both sides of the housing, and a tie flap (1), and a mechanical arrangement adapted to adjust a fixed length of the neckband (5) is arranged in the housing, characterized in that the housing is formed by a front plate (2) and back plate ( 3), and said arrangement adapted to adjust a fixed length of the neckband (5) is provided by a shaft (9) rotatably arranged within the housing and a bobbin (7) mounted on the shaft (9) and secured against rotation in relation to the shaft (9), and a spring (11) anchored to the housing and the shaft (9) as well, and the neckband (5) is secured to the bobbin (7).

2. The necktie according to the claim 1, characterized in that the mechanical arrangement also includes a pinion (8) fixed on the shaft (9) and secured against rotation in relation to the shaft (9), and buttons (13) biased to the housing by a spring (14) and secured to ratchets (Kl, K2) releasably intermeshed with said pinion (8), are arranged on the front panel (2)·

3. The necktie according to the claim 2, characterized in that the neckband (5) is moved out through holes (F) formed at both sides of the housing by means of guide members (6) rotatably arranged in the holes (F).

4. The necktie according to the claim 3, characterized in that the guide members (6) are (6) arcuated hollow members (6) made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or equivalent material having sufficient rigidity.

5. The necktie according to the claim 4, characterized in that the guide members (6) are linked by means of a snap fitting element (17) within the housing.

6. The necktie according to the claim 5, characterized in that the housing is made of metal, metal alloy, plastic or a material having similar rigidity.

7. The necktie according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the neckband (5) is formed of a resilient material.

8. The necktie according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tie flap (1) is fitted to the housing by a ball joint (4).

9. The necktie according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide elements (6) are fitted in bearings (16) arranged within the housing.