IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK TIES OR NECK SCARFS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Bosworth Ketley, of Smethwick, in the County.
of Stafford, Mechanical Engineer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
NECK TIES OR NECK SCARFS."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Bosworth Ketley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th November 1881.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY, of Smethwick, in the County of Stafford,
Mechanical Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK TIES OR NECK SCARFS."
My Invention has reference to such made up neck ties or neck scarfs as consist
essentially of a middle piece called the knot, and two outer pieces, the said outer
pieces crossing each other at the front of the knot, the crossing parts being usually
secured together by a pin or brooch or ornamental fastening.
The said neck ties or neck scarfs are ordinarily made by forming the middle
piece or knot of a piece of fabric separate from that of which the side pieces are
formed, the said separate piece covering a millboard or other stiff foundation.
The side pieces and the band are connected to the knot.
The object of my Invention is to make the essential parts of the said neck ties
or neck scarfs, that is, the knot and side pieces, of one piece of fabric, capable of
being readily separated from the foundation and band and of being readily
replaced.
By making the knot and side pieces of one plain or straight piece of removable
fabric, the said fabric can be removed and turned, or its position changed so as to
expose unworn parts, and when the material admits of it the said fabric may be
washed and male again fit for wear. The fabric can also be folded in various
ways so as to produce neck ties or neck scarfs of different designs.
In making a neck tie or neck scarf according to my Invention I form the rigid
foundation of the knot of millboard or other rigid material. I make the said
foundation preferably nearly of a lozenge shape and of two thicknesses of material
connected together at the folded part.

page_text: To the upper edge of the back part of the foundation and at the extremities of
that edge two fine cords are respectively connected, and on opposite points in the
lower folded edge notches are cut in which the ends of the cords may be inserted,
and in which they are retained by knots made in the cords near the parts which
engage in the notches. The fabric of which the knot and side pieces are formed is
of a length about double its breadth. It is folded lengthwise, and the front part
of the foundation is inserted between the folds at the middle of the folded fabric.
The cords are brought over the fabric and fixed in the notches described. The
fabric is thereby secured to the foundation at its middle, thus forming the knot,
and the loose ends being folded over the knot and secured by a pin or other
fastening the neck tie or neck scarf is complete.
The band and fastening may be of the ordinary kind, and for turn down collars
the band may be dispensed with, the neck tie or neck scarf being fixed by a button
or otherwise.
The foundation may be made of elastic metal or of wire, in which case the cords
described may be dispensed with, the elasticity of the metal or wire causing the
foundation to grip the fabric with sufficient firmness.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Bosworth Ketley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd May 1882.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY, of Smethwick, in the County of Stafford,
Mechanical Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK TIES OR NECK SCARFS."
My Invention has reference to such made up neck ties or neck scarfs as consist
essentially of a middle piece called the knot, and two outer pieces, the said outer
pieces crossing each other at the front of the knot, the crossing parts being usually
secured together by a pin or brooch or ornamental fastening.
The said neck ties or neck scarfs are ordinarily made by forming the middle
piece or knot of a piece of fabric separate from that of which the side pieces are
formed, the said separate piece covering a millboard or other stiff foundation.
The side pieces and the band are connected to the knot.
The object of my Invention is to make the essential parts of the said neck ties
or neck scarfs, that is, the knot and side pieces, of one piece of fabric, capable of
being readily separated from the foundation and band and of being readily
replaced.
By making the knot and side pieces of one plain or straight piece of removable
fabric, the said fabric can be removed and turned, or its position changed so as to
expose unworn parts, and when the material admits of it the said fabric may be
washed and made again fit for wear. The fabric can also be folded in various
ways so as to produce neck ties or neck scarfs of different designs.
In making a neck tie or neck scarf according to my Invention I form the rigid
foundation of the knot of millboard or other rigid material. I make the said
foundation preferably nearly of a lozenge shape and of two thicknesses of material
connected together at the folded part.
To the upper edge of the back part of the foundation and at the extremities of
that edge two fine cords are respectively connected, and on opposite points in the
lower folded edge notches are cut in which the ends of the cords may be inserted,
and in which they are retained by knots made in the cords near the parts which
engage in the notches. The fabric of which the knot and side pieces are formed is
of a length about double its breadth. It is folded lengthwise, and the front part of
the foundation is inserted between the folds at the middle of the folded fabric.
The cords are brought over the fabric and fixed in the notches described. The
fabric is thereby secured to the foundation at its middle, thus forming the knot,
and the loose ends being folded over the knot and secured by a pin or other
fastening the neck tie or neck scarf is complete.
The band and fastening may be of the ordinary kind, and for turn down collars
the band may be dispensed with, the neck tie or neck scarf being fixed by a button
or otherwise.
The foundation may be made of elastic metal or of wire, in which case the cords
described may be dispensed with, the elasticity of the metal or wire causing the
foundation to grip the fabric with sufficient firmness.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which my Invention is to be performed,-
Figure 1 represents the plain or straight piece of removeable fabric or material
for forming the knot and side pieces of the necktic or scarf, the dotted lines
indicating where the folding takes place in the completed necktie or scarf. The
piece of removeable fabric or material may either be single or double.

page_text: Figure 2 is a front open view of the parts of which the necktie or scarf is
made up, and illustrates the manner of connecting them and arranging the said
parts.
Figure 3 is a section of Figure 2 taken on the line A, A.
a is the fabric or textile material of the necktie or scarf; b is the folded
foundation of millboard or other rigid material; c is the neck band fixed at one
end to the foundation b; d, d, are the cords by which the fabric or material a when
folded upon the foundation b is fixed to the said foundation; 62, 6, are the notches
in the folded edge of the foundation b; and e is the spike or point by which the
neck band c is fixed.
Figure 4 is a back view representing the parts in the same positions as in
Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a front view representing the fabric a folded over the
top of the foundation b and nearly covering the said foundation b, the cords d, d,
having been brought over the front of the fabric and secured by their knots in the
notches 62, 62, in the foundation.
Figure 6 represents in cross section the parts in the same positions as in
Figure 5.
The neck band c is connected to the foundation b by a hook f, and in order to
permit of the reversal of the said band c I prefer to make the hook f double, as
represented in Figure 7.
Figure 8 is a front view and Figure 9 a back view of the necktie or scarf
complete, the ends of the fabric or material a having been folded upon one another.
The ends of the folded.fabric_or_material_may_be_fixed-in-their-places-by-a-scarf
pin, brooch, or like fastening.
Figures 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, show foundations of different forms
made of millboard or other stiff non-metallic material, having two fine cords
connected to the upper edge of the back part thereof, and notches in the opposite
points in the lower folded edge, in which notches the ends of the cords may be
inserted, and in which they are retained by knots made in the cords near the parts
which engage in the notches as herein before described.
Figure 10 represents a foundation which may be used for turn down collars
when the neck band is dispensed with.
Figures 11 and 12 represent foundations for scarfs or neckties provided with
neck bands, the loops serving to keep the said bands in position.
Figures 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 are foundations for scarfs or neckties provided
with neck bands, the top of the back part being folded over and secured by
an eyelet or other suitable means to form loops for retaining the neck band
in position.
Figure 14 represents the blank or unfolded foundation.
Figures 18 to 29, both inclusive show different forms of foundations made of
elastic metal or wire in which the cords before described are dispensed with, the
elasticity of the metal or wire causing the foundation to grip the fabric with
sufficient firmness.
Figure 18 shows the blank or unfolded metallic foundation from which the
foundations, Figures 19 and 20, are made; Figure 21 differs only from Figure 20
in external outline.
Figure 22 shows the blank from which the foundation, Figure 23, is made;
Figures 24 and 25 differ from Figure 23 principally in outline and such other
details as will be understood by an examination of the Drawing.
Figure 26 represents a foundation for scarfs or neckties to be worn with turn
down collars, and differs from Figure 10 in the absence of the cords and notches,
the elasticity of the metal of the foundation, Figure 26, sufficing to hold the fabric
in its place.
Figures 27, 28, and 29, represent foundations made of wire bent and coiled in
the manner shown, the details of which will be sufficiently understood by an
examination of the Drawing.

page_text: Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to
the precise details herein described and illustrated, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my Invention.
But I claim as my Invention,-
The improvements in neckties or neckscarfs herein before described and illus-
trated in the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, making neckties or neckscarfs
of a foundation made either of millboard or other rigid non-metallic material, or of
elastic metal or wire, and having the construction described and represented, to
which foundation the neckband and the fabric or material forming the middle
piece or knot and the side pieces of the necktic or scarf are temporarily connected
and fixed, and upon which foundation the said fabric or material is folded, whereby
the fabric or material can be removed from the foundation and turned or washed,
and its position changed and replaced for the purpose and substantially as described
and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Bosworth Ketley, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.