Patent ID: 7370371
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A41D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A necktie retaining means for use by a wearer of a shirt having spaced buttons near the center front of the shirt, and a necktie mounted in a collar around the wearer's neck comprising, in combination: a First Part, called a placket, cut from flat material, the flat material has an upper side and a lower side, each side of the placket having a smooth, low friction finish with no adhesive, said placket has a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the distance between the two ends is a pre-determined length and the typical length is 4¾ inches (about 116 millimeters), the placket has a predetermined width, typically 1 3/16 inches (about 28 millimeters), the placket has at least two button slits aligned substantially on the longitudinal axis, the button slits are spaced at a pre-determined distance from each other, typically 3.5 inches (about 90 millimeters), which corresponds to the standard button spacing on men's shirts, each button slit is adapted to receive and be held by buttons located on the shirt of the wearer, and the second part of the invention is a modified H shape, having two vertical legs and a cross bar connecting the vertical legs of the H shape, the material forming the modified H shape has an upper side and a lower side, the upper side has a relatively low friction finish with no adhesive, the lower side of the material has a coating of heat activated adhesive glue, said glue typically is activated by heating to 180 F (about 90 C.), said H shape is cut from flat material such that enough material remains near the cross bar so that the material forming the cross-bar can be folded over on itself to double the thickness of the cross bar, after folding the adhesive side of the cross bar onto itself to double the thickness, the cross-bar has a bond which has been selectively hot ironed to activate the glue between upper and lower sides of the cross bar, the horizontal bar in the H shape, as folded and hot ironed, functions as a miniature cantilever box beam between the legs of the H shape, and the horizontal bar of the H shaped cross-piece spans a predetermined distance between the inner edges of the legs of the H, said predetermined distance is at least 1.05 times the width of the placket described above, thus assuring that the placket may freely slide between the horizontal bar and the surface of the necktie.