Improvements in Studs and Solitaires, Applicable as Cravat Holders and for other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1887
Complete Left, 8th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
Improvements in Studs and Solitaires, Applicable as Cravat
Holders and for other Purposes.
I CHARLES FERDINAND VEIT of Bartlett's Buildings in the City of London,
Commission Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The chief object of this invention is to provide a collar stud which will also serve to
hold down the cravat, but the invention is also applicable to secure the cravat to tho
shirt front, or as a solitaire for wrist bands and cuffs and for other purposes.
In carrying out this invention, a hollow flat head is employed, to the back plate of
which is hinged or pivotted a cranked stem, which is held in position by a flat spring
contained in the hollow head. The back plate is formed with two or three projecting
pegs or points, between which enter a corresponding series of pegs or points on the
underside of the stem.
When using the article as a collar stud and cravat holder, the stem is pushed through
the button holes in the shirt and collar from the inside; the cravat is then placed in
position under the stem, and the stem is then shut down on the cravat, in which
position it is held by the spring, thus serving to clamp the gravat collar and shirt
together, the points on the head and the stem gripping the materials, and thus
preventing the stud from turning round, or the cravat from slipping away.
The action, when the stud is applied to other uses, is the same; the two materials, or
parts of the same article of apparel, are clamped together between the head and the
cranked hinged stem of the stud.

page_text: Holders and for other Purposes.
I CHARLES FERDINAND VEIT of Bartlett's Buildings in the City of London,
Commission Agent, 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 object of this invention is to provide a collar stud which will serve to hold
down the band of the cravat, or as a cravat holder, but the invention is also applicable
to solitaires for wristbands and cuffs, and for other purposes.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a transverse section of a collar stud con-
structed according to this invention, in the open position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of
the stud closed, and Fig. 3 is an underside plan view of the stud closed. Fig. 4 is a
transverse section of a solitaire constructed according to this invention, and Fig. 5 is
an underside plan view.
a is the front of the head of a stud or solitaire, and 6 the back plate for the same.-
This plate is stamped out or cast with recesses b¹ to receive the pivots c¹ of a cranked
or folding stem, lever or arm c, and d is a flat spring contained in the head, against
which the pivot end of the stem, lever or arm c presses. The spring d is secured by
means of the parts d¹, which are turned back from the plate b to form hooks to hold
the opposite ends of the spring. The back plate b, and the cranked arm c, are
provided with points or teeth 63 and c², which may interlock, and so form means for
holding together two or more thicknesses of material, such as a neck-band and collar,
and the band of a cravat.
When the article is used as a collar stud, the stem is pushed through the button
holes in the shirt band and collar; the cravat band is then placed in position under the
cranked stem, and the stem is shut down or folded over, in which position it will be
maintained by the spring d.
In applying the invention as a solitaire, I prefer to employ duplicate cranked or
folding stems, levers, or arms c, the two arms shutting down in opposite direc-
tions as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the construction being otherwise the same as before
described.
In some cases, the pivots c¹ may be provided with small pinions, which, gearing
together, cause the cranked stems, levers or arms c to move simultaneously.
To secure the wristband with these solitaires, the stems, levers or arms are drawn up
by the first finger and thumb into the dotted position shown at Fig. 4, and inserted in
the bottom holes. The arms are then shut down or folded over, as shown in the
remaining figures, by pressing with the finger or thumb between the ends of the two
arms, or by pushing the arms through the button hole.
Instead of placing two armis side by side, I may make one arm broad, as seen at
Fig. 3, with a longitudinal slot in it, in which the other arm will work.

page_text: By this invention the use of a separate back to the stud or solitaire is obviated, as
the cranked stem forms both stem and back.
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 :-
1st. In a stud or solitaire, the application of a cranked or folding stem, lever or arm,
or stems, levers or arms, as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. A stud or solitaire in which the stem and back are formed of a cranked or
bent lever or arm, or levers or arms, c, pivotted or hinged to the head, and governed
by a spring, as shown and described.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.