Patent Publication Number: US-2005138779-A1

Title: Attaching device for a tie

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      The problem of a misplaced tie under a jacket, a tie flipping because of wind, while the jacket is unbuttoned, as well as the tie hanging while bending has always been a problem for those who wear ties. Moreover, not all of those who wear ties use various kinds of outer clips and pins because the latter don&#39;t always provide elegancy to the look. However, the given invention solves the problem without requiring usage of outer clips and pins by clipping a tie to the strap of a shirt. This invention is a step further from the previous inventions that were intended to restrain tie movement. Although the previous inventions did restrain tie movement, they did it by either attaching a tie to buttons with buttonholes, or the removable attaching devices were bulky and noticeable while the means of attaching a tie to a shirt of this invention is light and unnoticeable. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
      The given invention, Attaching Device for a Tie, operates by the principle of an industrially manufactured hairclip.  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2  show the clip in unlocked and locked modes, with parts being designated:  32 —body of the clip;  22 —pressing slat with stabilizer  14  and slot  13 ;  16 —clincher connecting/joining the pressing parts of the clip.  FIG. 3  shows the clip without clincher  16 .  FIG. 4  shows the clip without clincher  16  in view A-A.  
      The basis for this invention is an industrially manufactured hairclip ( FIG. 5 ). The invention piece/part has to be manufactured of spring steel thicker than that of the actual hairclip. The invention ( FIG. 5 ) preserves all of the main parts and features of the original clip. Constructional changes are made to the body  32  and pressing slat  22 . The configuration of pressing slat  22  is shown in cut view on  FIG. 6 . Pressing slat  22  should be raised to height  18  relatively to body  33 . Also, perforations  12  are made on pressing slat  22  ( FIG. 5 ,  FIG. 6 ). The size of groove  13  on stabilizer  14  may be reduced.  
      All of these additional changes are applied to the part in order to press rubber mass m with a high friction coefficient onto the functional surface of pressing slat  22  and stabilizer  14  ( FIG. 8, 9 ,  10 ).  
      After all of the procedures—bending, quenching, mass m pressing, and connecting the two parts with clincher  16 —the part on  FIG. 15  transforms into the Attaching Device for a Tie ( FIG. 7 ).  FIG. 8, 9 ,  10  separately show pressing slat  22  with stabilizer  14  on the functional surface of which the rubber mass m with a high friction coefficient is pressed.  
      Note: the mass m may not only be pressed but also glued unto the functional surface of pressing slat  22  and stabilizer  14 . In that case, there is no need in perforations  12  and groove  13  on pressing slat  22 .  
      Formed in the process of bending and quenching, claps  38 ,  53 ,  67 ,  44  ( FIG. 7, 11 ) serve for attaching the attaching device to strap  30  of tie  27  ( FIG. 13, 14 ), which is found on the back side of tie  27 , through which end  29  of tie  27  is passed ( FIG. 15 .  16 ,  17 ).  
      Schematic cut-view of the functional principle of the Attaching Device for a Tie is shown in  FIG. 16  (actual size) and  FIG. 17  (magnified view). In unlocked mode, the attaching device is put/slipped on upper strap  48  of shirt  46  so that strap  48  is placed between pressing slat  22  with stabilizer  14 , where mass m is pressed unto their surface, and body  32 . When the attaching device is locked, pressing slat  22  with stabilizer  14  presses strap  48  of shirt  46  to body  32 . As a result, tie  27  is firmly held on upper strap  48  of shirt  46 . Lower strap  48   a  of shirt  46  is not involved in the process.  
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1, 2  show the industrial clip on basis of which the invention functions.  
       FIG. 3  shows the industrial clip without a clincher.  
       FIG. 4  shows the industrial clip without a clincher in view A-A.  
       FIG. 5  shows a part cut of spring steel that the attaching device is made of.  
       FIG. 6  shows the part of  FIG. 5  in view B-B.  
       FIG. 7  is the isometric view of the Attaching Device for a Tie in unlocked mode.  
       FIG. 8, 9 ,  10  show the pressing slat of the attaching device with rubber mass m pressed unto it.  
       FIG. 11, 12  are front and back views of the attaching device in locked mode.  
       FIG. 13  is a partial view of the backside of a tie with a strap where the other end of the tie is passed through.  
       FIG. 14  shows the attaching device put/slipped on the strap of a tie.  
       FIG. 15  is decreased view of a tie with the attaching device on it.  
       FIG. 16  is a schematic view of attachment of a tie to a shirt.  
       FIG. 17  is a magnified schematic view of attachment of a tie to a shirt.