Patent ID: 9655394
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. A two-piece constructed, hand-tied bow tie comprising: an adjustable neck strap; and a bow consisting of fabric having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion; the first, second and third portions being of a same length, the first portion having a first button hole at a center of the first portion, the second portion having a second button hole at a center of the second portion, the third portion having a button attached to a surface of the fabric at a center of the third portion; wherein the two-piece constructed, hand-tied bow tie is characterized by: an expanded condition in which the first, second and the third portions are flat and are along a longitudinal axis passing through a center of the first button hole, a center of the second button hole, and a center of the button; the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion each have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; the first portion is symmetric with respect to a first axis passing through the center of the first button hole; the first axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a normal direction of the first surface of the first portion; the second portion is symmetric with respect to a second axis passing through the center of the second button hole; the second axis is parallel to the first axis; the third portion is symmetric with respect to a third axis passing through the center of the button; the third axis is parallel to the first axis; and an assembled condition in which the bow is folded so that the first button hole, the second button hole, and the button are aligned; the button passes through the first and second button holes; and the adjustable neck strap wraps around a middle section of the folded bow so as to form a knot concealing the button.