Necktie Retainers.
Year: 1886

page_text: Necktie Retainers.
I PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent 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 invention relates to that class of collar studs which are severally provided
at the end of the post, opposite the head, with an arm which extends transversely
to the post in one direction only therefrom.-When such a collar stud is employed
to secure the collar to a shirt-band at the back of the neck, the arm will project
downward outside the necktie, or the neck-band of the scarf, and will hold the
latter from rising or shifting up above the collar.
The invention consists in a stud having a flattened post, which is of greatest
width at the head, and tapered in width in a direction away from the head, and
also having an arm or horn extending from the narrow end of the post in a
direction transverse to the plane of the post. It is also preferred to join the post
and arm, or horn, by a globular enlargement, which will not offer any material
obstruction to inserting the stud, and will prevent its accidental loss from the
button hole.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a stud embodying
the present invention, on a somewhat enlarged scale: Fig. 2 is a vertical section
through the two portions of a neck band, a collar and a necktie, and a side view
of the improved stud applied thereto; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the
parts shown in Fig. 2.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several Figs.
A designates the post or stem of the stud, having at one end the head or shoe, B,
and at the other end, the arm or horn C, all forming one rigid structure.-The
horn or arm C extends approximately at right angles to the stem or post, and on
one side only thereof.-The post A is flattened, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and its
greatest breadth will lie parallel with the length of the button holes, as is shown
in Figs. 2 and 3.
b b. designate the overlapping edges of the neck band of the shirt.
c, designates the collar, and, d, designates the necktie or the neck-band of
a scarf.

page_text: When the stud is inserted in a button-hole, the flattened post will be parallel
with the length of the button-hole, and the arm or horn, C, will be held in a
position transverse to the greatest length of the button-hole, and will overlap and
hold down the necktie or band, d, as best shown in Fig. 2.
As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the stem or post is widest at the head or shoe, and
tapers towards the arm or horn C, where it is narrowest.-This facilitates the
insertion of the stud into a button-hole.
The stem or post, A, and arm or horn C, are shown as joined by a globular
formation or knob a, which affords little or no obstruction to the free insertion of
the stud into a button-hole, and yet gives sufficient shoulder at the end of the stem
or post, to prevent the stud from accidentally slipping out from the button-hole.
Studs of this character may be made of gold or other metal or material, and
although more particularly intended for collar studs, they may be used for the
wrist-bands of shirts or for sleeve-buttons.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The stud herein described, having a flattened post A, which is of greatest
width at the head, and tapered in width in a direction away from the head, and
also having an arm C, extending from the narrow end of the post in a direction
transverse to the plane of the post, substantially as herein set forth.
2. A stud having at one end of the post a head or shoe, and at the other end an
arm or horn extending transversely to the post, and joined by a globular enlarge-
ment a to the post, substantially as herein described.
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