An Improved Appliance for Preventing Neckties from Moving out of Proper Position.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
מחזnin
An Improved Appliance for Preventing Neckties from Moving out
of Proper Position.
I, EDWARD HICKLING CHURCHILL, of Frithfield House, Shepton Mallet, in the
County of Somerset, brewer, 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 :-
This invention, which relates to neckties of the kind which are tied into bows by
the wearer, consists in a frame for attachment at the front of the neck to collar studs,
or buttons, or to the collar itself for the purpose of holding the ties and preventing
the same from rising or moving sideways or otherwise out of place.
The attachment of the holder may be made in various ways.
Under one method of
attachment of the holder to a button or stud, a ring or perforated disc of india-rubber
is employed to which the holder is connected. The india-rubber ring or perforated
disc is passed over the button or over the head of the stud.
Under another arrangement, a stud is employed of the kind in which the head is
separable from the shank and base plate. The holder is fixed to the head of the stud
which is attached to and detached from the base in any manner usual in studs of the
kind. As adapted for attachment to a collar the frame is provided with shanks having
hooks which are passed under the collar from behind and engage therewith.
In the operation of tying the tie the ends thereof are first crossed and partially tied,
as is usual. The upper end is then conducted upwards through the holder and then
turned down preparatory to completing the bow. The tie is thus looped over one of
the members of the holder and is thereby prevented from shifting in any direction.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a front view and Fig. 2
a plan of one form of necktie holder comprised in this invention.
It consists of an oblong frame a of a length approximately corresponding to the
average width of a tie of the kind for tying into a bow by the wearer. The frame is
attached at the back to a ring or perforated disc of india-rubber which, after the
collar has been buttoned, is passed over the collar button or over the head of the collar
stud, the shank of the button or stud being embraced by the ring or disc. Instead
of being attached as shewn at Figs. 1 and 2, the frame a may be fixed to the head of
a collar stud in which the head is separable from the shank and base plate.
The front member of the frame may be hinged to the other part. Obviously, the
attachment of the holder to the stud or button may be made in other ways than in
those above described.
At Fig. 3 is illustrated the manner in which the holder, in which this invention
consists, is used for holding a necktie, it being understood that the collar e is
buttoned prior to attaching the holder.
After the tie has been placed round the collar and partially tied at the front in the
usual manner, the upper end d thereof is passed upwards through the holder and is
thereafter turned downwards outside the frame, that is to say over 'the front member,
preparatory to completing the bow. It will be seen that the tie being folded over the
front bar of the holder, is prevented from shifting to either side or vertically.
At Fig. 4 is represented a front view and at Fig. 5 a side view of the holder as
adapted for application to anchorage to a collar instead of attachment to a stud or button.
The hooks a formed at the lower ends of the legs a² are passed under the collar from
behind, being placed between the back of the collar and the front of the collar band
of the shirt. The shank of the stud or button is bestridden by the legs a³, as
shown.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
A necktie holder for attachment at the front of the neck to collar studs or buttons,
or for hooking to collars, consisting of a frame such as a over the front member of
which one end of the tie is passed and folded outwards and downwards, substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1889.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.