Improvements in Hunting Stocks or. Cravats and Appliance appertaining thereto.
Year: 1894

page_text: .Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
Improvements in Hunting Stocks or. Cravats and Appliance
appertaining thereto.
I, VERNEY DREW, of 1, 2, and 3, Burlington Arcade, London, W. Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My invention relates to improvements in hunting stocks or cravats and appliance
appertaining thereto, and consists in improvements on my former Letters Patent
No. 16982, granted to me the 23rd day of September 1892.
My improved stock or cravat consists, as in my former Patent, of a band of
suitable material similar in shape to an ordinary necktie with a button-hole formed
in the middle of its length for securing the said band to the front of the wearer's
shirt. A spring clip or fastener of special design and of any suitable material
secures the band and admits of it being tightened or drawn up round the neck of
the wearer.
This my present invention consists in improvements in the above mentioned clip
or fastener which consist in furnishing the same with pointed projections, upon one
side, which enter into and prevent the material from slipping, the arms of the clip
or fastener are bent outward in the middle so as to allow sufficient space for a stud
to be passed through thereby securing the stock or cravat to the back of the shirt,
and the device is further furnished with a loop at the bottom through which a
safety pin can be passed for the purpose of securing the stock or cravat to the back
of the shirt when the stud is not used.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in
Fig. 1 is a plan of the improved clip or holder and Fig. 2. a side view of same.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the stock or cravat as it appears when folded in position
for wear, and
Fig. 4 is a plan showing the loop formed for passing over the head on to the neck
of the wearer.
B represents the band forming the stock or cravat the middle or front part of
which is provided with a button-hole b'. C is the spring clip or fastener formed
out of bent nickelized wire or other suitable material as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,
the upper part e of this clip is bent over and split as shown in Fig. 2 so as to form
a catch for the free end of the limb c¹ somewhat similar to an ordinary safety pin
whereby the clip is secured in position on the band B at the back of the neck, the
device is further furnished with points or projections p and the arms c¹³ are bent
outward so as to form a circular opening 9 between them, through which a stud
may be passed in order to secure the stock or cravat to the back of the wearer's
shirt and for the same purpose I furnish the device with a loop so that the cravat
can be fixed to the back of the wearer's shirt by an ordinary safety pin when the
stud is not used, or as an addition thereto.
In order to fix the stock or cravat around the wearer's neck, the band B is
folded in half and the clip or fastener C fastened into position thereon. The band
is then drawn through the clip to allow of a loop being formed as shown in Fig. 4
sufficiently large to pass over the wearer's head and on to the neck. The front
part 6 is now buttoned by means of the button-hole 6' to the front of the wearer's
shirt and the free ends of the band are pulled until the loop is sufficiently tight the
said ends being brought over and folded in front as shown in Fig. 3 where they

page_text: may be secured by means of a pin or the said ends may be tied or formed into a
knot or bow as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In combination with the stock or cravat herein described of the spring clip
or fastener substantially as described and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
2. The new or improved clip or holder furnished with points p, stud opening 9,
and loop, substantially as herein described and shown and for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 10th day 01 January
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.