AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR SECURING NECKTIES AND SCARVES IN POSITION to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN POWELL WILLIAMS of Ebbw Vale in the County of Monmouth, Draper,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR
SECURING NECKTIES AND SCARVES IN POSITION to be as follows:-
"
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient device or
appliance for securing neckties and scarves in their proper position upon the wearer
and preventing their vertical or lateral displacement.
My improved device or holder consists of a flat bar of brass or other suitable
material provided at its upper extremity with an eye for the reception of the collar-
stud or button. A shorter bar is pivotted to and folds upon the bar above
mentioned and the short bar is 80 arranged that when folded upon the longer bar
it partially closes the eye in the longer bar and retains the said bar upon the collar-
stud or button. The longer bar is provided at its lower end with a pin or spike
for entering the scarf or with any other suitable means for securing it to the necktie
or scarf.
My improved device or holder is secured upon the collar-stud or button before
the collar is fastened thereto. The bars of the said device are opened, the eye in
the longer bar is placed over the collar-stud or button and the arms are then closed
when the device or holder will be securely held or retained upon the collar-stud or
button. The collar is then adjusted, the device is passed through a suitable
metallic or other loop or band at the back of the necktie or scarf and the lower end
of the said device is secured. The before-mentioned band or loop through which
my device is passed may be formed on or secured to a bar of brass or other suitable
material the said bar being secured to, and the upper portion of the said bar
entering the back of the said tie or scarf. The said bar is provided near its lower
end with a projecting pin or stud. The said pin or stud enters an eye in the lower
portion of the longer bar of my improved holder and passes into a alot extending
downward from the said eye. The tie or scarf is thus prevented from falling from
its proper position, while the pin, spike or other fastening at the end of the longer
bar of my improved holder prevents the upward movement of the said tie or
scarf, any lateral displacement being also prevented by my improved device or
holder.

page_text: when the device or holder will be securely held or retained upon the collar stud or
button. The collar is then adjusted and the device is passed through the loop o
carried by the bar o at the back of the scarf. The stud is then slipped into the
eye a³ and the scarf is pulled down so as to bring the stud c³ into the slot a³, the
scarf being then in such a position that its upper edge is held down by the collar.
The said scarf is thus securely held in position and all lateral or vertical
displacement of it avoided.
In figures 5 and 6 I have shown a modified form of my improved device for use
with scarves worn with "stand-up" collars such scarves being provided with a
band whereby they are secured around the neck of the wearer. In this case the
lower portion of the bar c is dispensed with, the loop o¹ only being necessary on
the back of the scarf. The bar a instead of being provided with eye a² and alot a³,
carries a pin or spike at for entering the scarf, or is provided with other suitable
means for securing the said bar a to the scarf and preventing the upward
movement of the said scarf when adjusted in position.
In this case the device or holder having been secured upon the collar-stud or
button as previously described, the said device is passed through the loop c¹ and the
pin or spike a is caused to enter the scarf, so that the scarf is in the desired
position upon the wearer. The band of the scarf is then secured around the
neck when the scarf will be securely retained and prevented from any lateral,
upward or downward movement.
The upper ends of the bars a and b are by preference curved slightly from the
wearer, and, if desired, both forms of fastener, the eye and slot a* and a³ with
stud c, and spike at or its equivalent may be employed with the one device.
The size and form of my improved device may be modified according to
circumstances and the bar o may be dispensed with and the loop c¹ and stud o
separately secured to the scarf in any suitable manner, and the said loop and stud
may be of metal or other suitable material. Or other equivalent means may be
substituted for those herein described for securing the device or holder to the scarf
and preventing the displacement of the said scarf.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First: In a device for securing neckties and scarves in position, the bar a,
having eye a¹, and eye and alot a² and a³ and bar b pivotted to and folding upon
the bar a, in combination with the. bar c secured to the necktie or scarf and
provided with loop c¹ and stud c substantially as herein set forth and illustrated
in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Second: In a device for securing neckties and scarves in position, the bar a,
having eye al and pin or spike at, and bar b pivotted to and folding upon the bar a,
in combination with the loop c¹ or its equivalent, substantially as herein set forth
and illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
Third-In a device for securing neckties and scarves in position, the bar a with
eye a¹, and bar b pivotted to and folding upon the said bar a, in combination with
means for attaching the said bar a to the scarf in such a manner as to prevent
the vertical and lateral displacement of the said scarf, substantially as set forth.
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T. N. PALMER & Co.,
.For the Applicant.