Improvements in Ties and Scarfs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ties and Scarfs.
"I, FRANK THEAк, of 16 St. Thomas's Road South Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in neckties of the kind known as "Ascot "
ties which as ordinarily made up consist of a band passing round the neck and
fastening by means of a spike or spring clip, the exposed portion of the tie consisting
of a plain surface supposed to form the knot of the tie, over which the two ends are
crossed and secured by a breast pin. To fold an Ascot tie properly requires some
skill and if the material is stiff it is very difficult to do it neatly but by my Invention,
any ordinary material can be used, and a perfect imitation of the genuine knot can
be produced, whilst the fastening is really effected by the breast pin, no spike or
equivalent being necessary.
The tie which is of the usual length and width is furnished at about one third of
its length with a broad loop or band of the same material which is held in position by
buttoning or stitching to the back of the tie. The wearer has simply to pass the
longer end of the tie round his neck, pass the end thereof through the loop or band
and then cross the two ends in front securing the loop and the ends by means of a
breast or scarf pin in the usual manner.
Dated this 13th day of June 1889.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ties and Scarfs.
I, FRANK THEAK, of 16 St. Thomas' Road South Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention, and in what
manner the sanie is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
"
This Invention relates to improvements in neckties of the kind known as Ascot
ties," which as ordinarily made up, consist of a band passing round the neck, and tied
to represent a pin scarf, the exposed portion of the tie consisting of a plain surface
supposed to form the knot, of the tie, over which the two ends are crossed, and secured
by a breast pin. To fold an Ascot tie properly requires some skill, and if the material
is stiff it is very difficult to do it neatly, but by my Invention any ordinary material
can be used, and a perfect imitation of the genuine scarf can be produced, whilst the
fastening is really effected by the breast pin, no spike or equivalent being necessary,
as required in an ordinary pin scarf.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 shews the connection of the three parts of the
band of the tie, as the same is being fixed around the neck of the wearer. Figs. 2, 3,
and 4 shew respectively the successive stages in the formation of the scarf, the latter
figure representing the completed scarf with its bands and ends thereof secured in
position by means of a breast pin.
As shewn in Fig. 1 my improved scarf consists, 1, of a central band A, whose
corner edges are folded at both extremities, and which is provided with a button hole h,
designed to be fixed to a button sewn at the back of the same band, and and shewn
at dotted line at 6 in Fig. 1. 2, of a long neck band B, of peculiar shape, such as
used for Ascot ties. 3, of a band C, whose upper edge a, c, is tacked at a and c, upon

page_text: the band A; thus forming an opening or passage through which the band B is passed,
during the first stage of formation of the tie, at the back of the said band C, as
clearly shewn in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shews the next stage, the band B being drawn fully
through the loop or opening a, b. The band A is next folded over the two straightened
bands B and C, as shewn in Fig. 3 so as to fasten its upper end to the button b, or to
fix the said end in any other suitable manner to the back of the band A. The bands C
and B are now folded over the band A as shewn in Fig. 4, and the tie bands are
finally secured together by a scarf pin P.
Having thus 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 :-
The improved tie or scarf arrenced and fiend aushatantialles
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.