IMPROVEMENTS IN STANLEY' AND OTHER SCARVES
Year: 1876

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LETTERS PATENT to Leon Napoleon Loob, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANLEY' AND OTHER
SCARVES." A communication from abroad by Charles Loeb, of New York,
State of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 9th September 1876, and dated the 25th May 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Leon Napoleon Loeb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th May 1876.
"IMPROVE-
LEON NAPOLEON LOEB, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
MENTS IN STANLEY AND OTHER SCARVES." A communication from abroad by
Charles Loeb, of New York, State of New York, United States of America.
According to this Invention the centre piece of a Stanley or other scarf is made
in such a way that it can be shifted in position as the upper edge next to the neck.
becomes worn, and thereby a fresh and unworn edge is presented instead of the
worn edge. For this purpose the centre piece is made to turn or shift round a
fulcrum, and if the centre piece be made with, say four sides, when one edge
the second edge may be turned so as to take its place, thereupon similarly the third
edge, and lastly the fourth, thus this part of the scarf which usually suffers most
from wear is made to last four times longer.
worn
The fulcrum may consist of a shank button fitting into a socket button and
revolving therein, but any other suitable centre button or other fulcrum appliance
may be used. The centre piece may be made with two, three, or more wearing
edges, but I prefer four, and to form it square with straight sides and the corners
taken off.
In order to give more stiffness and elasticity to the centre piere, and in order to
afford a better support or fastening for the button or other fulcrum, the so-called
"American pasteboard" is used in preference to the ordinary pasteboard, as it is
highly compressed and suitably elastic.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Leon Napoleon Loeb in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
November 1876.
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"IMPROVE-
LEON NAPOLEON LOEB, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
MENTS IN STANLEY' AND OTHER SCARVES. A communication from abroad by
Charles Loob, of New York, State of New York, United States of America.
According to this Invention the centre piece of a Stanley or other scarf is made
in such a way that it can be shifted in position as the upper edge next to the neck
becomes worn, and thereby a fresh and unworn edge is presented instead of the worn
edge. For this purpose the centre piece is made to turn or shift round a fulcrum,
and if this centre piece be made with, say four sides, when one edge is worn the
second edge may be turned so as to take its place, thereupon similarly the third
edge, and lastly the fourth, thus this part of the scarf which usually suffers most
from wear is made to last four times longer.
The fulcrum may consist of a shank button fitting into a socket button and
revolving therein, but any other suitable centre buttom or other fulcrum appliance
may be used. The centre piece may be made with two, three, or more wearing
edges, but I prefer four, and to form it square with straight or a little concave sides
and the corners taken off.
In order to give more stiffness and elasticity to the centre piece, and in order to
afford a better support or fastening for the button or other fulcrum, the so-called
"American pasteboard" is used in preference to the ordinary pasteboard as it is
highly compressed and suitably elastic.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings shows the improvements applied to a so-
called Stanley scarf.
A and B are the two flaps folded over each other and attached to the back in the
usual manner. The centre piece D which is usually sewn on to the upper points
or corners of the flaps is according to this Invention by means of a central stud or
button attached to the back of the scarf in such a manner that it can be turned
on the said centre stud d, so that any one of its four sides can be put at the top.
The sides are here shown concave and the corners taken off.
Figures 2, 3, and 4, show various forms of centre piece D, but I do not restrict
myself to any particular form or arrangement of polygonal centre piece so long as
it turns or shifts round its centre, and by preference around a centre stul or
button.
What I claim as this Invention is forming or fitting Stanley or other scarves of
a similar nature with a polygonal centre piece which can be shifted round its centre,
all substantially as and for the purpose here set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Leon Napoleon Loeb, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.