Improvements in Fastening Devices for Neck-ties.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastening Devices for Neck-ties.
I, CHARLES JUNGMANN, of No. 119 Mercer Street, in the City of New York,
in the County and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer,
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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for neck ties, and
consists in the novel device hereinafter described and claimed secured upon the
external inner face of the tie and adapted to engage the end of the neck-band of
the tie and securely hold the latter in place. The fastening made the subject
hereof consists of an exposed body secured at one end to the material of the tie
and at the other end provided with a pin to pierce the tie, said end being free and
adapted to be conveniently drawn outward from or pressed toward the surface of
the tie, whereby to free the pin from the neck band or cause said pin to engage
The object of the invention is to provide the tie with exterior
means which may with great convenience be quickly operated to fasten the
tie in position or to entirely release the neck-band so that the tie may be
removed without difficulty. The nature and operation of my fastening device will
be more fully understood from the detailed explanation hereinafter given, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
the same.
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Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a neck tie employing a fastening device constructed
in accordance with and embodying the invention;
Figure 2 is an edge view, partly broken away of same;
Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the fastening device detached from the scarf and
shown on an enlarged scale, and
Figure 4 is an edge view of same.
In the drawings A designates the usual neck-tie having the neck-band B, whose
free end is adapted to be passed through the customary opening formed in the
head or knot of the tie to receive it. Upon the inner side of the head of the tie
is secured the fastening device C, which has an elongated flat body a provided at
one end with the securing lugs b, b, and rearwardly projecting lug d, and at its
other end with the curved pin e, whose shank end is secured by being passed
through the apertures f, f, in the body a and turned under against the inner surface
of said body. The lugs b, b, are utilized to secure the body a at one end to the
fabric of the tie, leaving the other end of said body free to be pulled outward
from or pressed toward the tie-the fabric yielding at the lugs b, b to permit this
movement of the said body a. The extreme free end of the body a has the
outwardly turned lip y, which affords a convenient means of enabling the thumb or
finger to draw the end of the body a outward from the tie.
When it is desired to apply the tie, the wearer will draw the free end of the
body a outward until the pin e is substantially clear of the tie, and thereafter the
tie being in position the end of the band B after the latter has been passed around
the neck will be inserted through the usual opening in the tie until the latter is in
the position desired, whereupon the wearer with the hand in the usual position
holding the tie will press the free end of the body a against the fabric, thus causing
the pin e to pierce the band B and securely hold the tie in place. In removing
the tie, the wearer will take hold of the tie with one hand and with the thumb

page_text: thereof draw the free end of the body a outward to remove the pin e, thereby
fully releasing the band B and permitting the latter to be freely and instantly
withdrawn. The lug d in a limited measure opposes the outward movement of the
free end of the body a and by pressing against the fabric at such time creates a
tension in said body toward the tie. The lug d also prevents the body a from being
drawn outward unduly, and hence at all times the body a and: pin e will be found
in convenient position for use.
The invention is not limited to any special style of reck tie or analogous article
of neck-wear, nor in every instance is it limited to the special pin shown in the
drawings, since for a cheaper fastening the pin may be stamped out in one piece
with the body a..
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 neck-tie, the exterior fastening device secured at one
end to the exposed face of the tie and at the other end being free and provided
with the pin, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In combination with the neck-tie, the exterior fastening device having at one
end the lugs b, b, and d'and at the other end the pin e, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
3. In combination with the neck-tie, the exterior fastening device having at one
end the lugs b, b and at the other end the pin e and lip 9, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
4. In combination with the neck-tie, the exterior fastening device having at
one end the lugs b, b, and at the other end the pin e and apertures f, f, the shank
of the pin being passed through said apertures; substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
CHARLES JUNGMANN.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.