AN IMPROVED COLLAR STUD
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Bernard Gough, of Rhyl, in the County
of Flint, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COLLAR STUD."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Bernard Gough
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 23rd December 1869.
I, JAMES BERNARD GOUGH, of Rhyl, in the County of Flint, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED COLLAR
STUD," to be as follows:-
This improved collar stud is intended to serve the double purpose of
securing the back part of the loose collar to the neck or fixed collar of
the shirt, and at the same time to keep the necktie down and prevent it
from rising up out of its place, and dispense with the necessity for
securing the same by pinning as frequently practised.
The novelty in the Invention consists in combining with a collar stud
of ordinary form a clip or hand, beneath which the necktie is placed,

page_text: and by which it is held in position. The clip or band may be made in
various forms, and it may either be attached to or formed of one piece
with the smaller head of the collar stud, so that it can pass through the
button hole at the back of the collar, and forms a kind of clip or flat
hook beneath which the necktie is placed. It may either be made plain 5
or furnished with prongs or projections; or it may be made in the form
of a spring if preferred,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Bernard Gough in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd June 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
BERNARD GOUGH, of Rhyl, in the County of Flint, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of December, in the
year of our Lord Qne thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Bernard Gough, Her special
license that I, the said James Bernard Gough, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Bernard Gough,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, tho
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
COLLAR STUD," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Bernard Gough, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Bernard Gough, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and

page_text: by the following statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to
say) :-
This improved collar stud is intended to serve the double purpose of
securing the back part of the loose collar to the neck or fixed collar of
the shirt, and at the same time to keep the necktie or scarf down and
prevent it from rising up out of its place, and to dispense with the
necessity for securing the same by pinning as frequently practised.
The novelty in the Invention consists in combining with a collar stud
of ordinary form a clip or hook, beneath which the necktie or scarf is
placed, and by which it is held in position. The clip or hook may be
made in various forms, and it may either be attached to or formed of one
piece with the smaller head of the collar stud so that it can pass through
the button hole at the back of the collar, and forms a kind of clip or flat
hook, beneath which the necktie or scarf is placed. It may be made
plain or furnished with prongs or projections; or it may be made in the
form of a spring if preferred.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An
Improved Collar Stud," I will now proceed to describe more in detail
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect; and in order that the same may be clearly under-
stood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof,
and have marked the same with figures and letters of reference corre-
sponding with those in the following explanation thereof.
. Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing represents a side view, and Fig. 2 a
back view of the combined collar stud and clip in its simplest form,
which is the one I prefer to adopt. In this case the clip or hook a, a,
is formed of one flat piece of metal with the smaller head or back
plate b, b, of the collar stud, and then bent over in the form of a clip or
hook, as shown at Fig. 1; it is worn as shown at Fig. 5. The hook a
and the smaller head of the stud being passed through the
shirt from the inside and through the loose collar c, c, the back part of
the necktie or scarf d, d, is placed under the clip or hook a, and the
ends are then tied or fastened in front in the usual manner. The
combined collar stud will thus keep both the loose collar and the
necktie or scarf firmly in their places.
collar of the
Figs. 3 and 4 show similar views of a combined collar stud, in which
the clip a, a, is made in a separate piece from the back plate b, b, and

page_text: rivetted thereto, being also provided with two prongs or projections c, c,
which may be placed in a line with the clip, as shown at Fig. 3, when
being passed through the button hole, and then expanded, as shown at
Fig. 4.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
"An Improved Collar Stud," together with the manner in which the
same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I wish
it to be understood that I claim as my Invention, the combination of a
collar stud and scarf clip in one article, substantially in the manner and
for the purposes herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Bernard Gough, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
JAMES BERNARD GOUGH. (L.S.)