IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NECK TIES OR CRAVATS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Kossuth Scruton, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Tailor and Outfitter, for the Invention of
Sealed the 26th March 1872, and dated the 20th January 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Kossuth
Scruton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 20th January 1872.
I, THOMAS KOSSUTH SCRUTON, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Tailor and Outfitter, do hereby declare that nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NECK TIES OR CRAVATS,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to neck ties or cravats composed essentially of
a band passing round the neck, one end of the said band being fixed to a
knot of the kind commonly called a sailor's knot, the other loose end of
the said band being fixed in the said knot by means of a spring clip or
pin, the said knot being also furnished with two depending ends.

page_text: In the ordinary manufacture of the said neck ties or cravats, the
material forming the knot is ordinarily joined down the middle of
the back face of the said knot, and the two depending ends have their
faces turned in the same direction, that is, the back of the front end lies
on the face of the back end. By this method of manufacture the tie or
cravat can only be put on the neck in one position, that is, it can be
fastened only by passing the neck band round the neck in one direction,
and one side only of the said tie or cravat can be worn outwards.
In manufacturing neck ties or cravats according to my Invention I
make the knot of the usual form, but instead of joining the material
of which the knot is made down the middle of the back face I join the
said material at the edge of the knot, or I make the said knot of two
pieces of material joined together at the opposite edges of the knot.
Both faces of the knot have consequently the same appearance. The
depending ends are made in the usual way, but instead of fixing them in
the knot in the usual way I fix them with their back or inner faces
turned towards each other. The knot is provided in its interior with
the usual spring clip or pin for fastening the free end of the neck band.
Neck ties or cravats manufactured according to my Invention are
free from the defects of ordinary neck tics or cravats herein-before
referred to.
The said improved neck ties or cravats may be worn either side
outwards; they can be put on by passing the neck band at the back of
the neck from left to right or from right to left, and consequently can be
used with equal facility by right and left handed persons.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 11th July 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
KOSSUTH SCRUTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Tailor
and Outfitter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth

page_text: year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton, Her special licence
that I, the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton, my
exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NECK TIES OF CRAVATS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :—
My Invention relates to neck ties or cravats composed essentially of a
band passing round the neck, one end of the said band being fixed to a.
knot of the kind commonly called a sailor's knot, the other loose end of
the band being fixed in the said knot by means of a spring clip or pin,
the said knot being also furnished with two depending ends.
In the ordinary manufacture of the said neck ties or cravats, the
material forming the knot is ordinarily joined down the middle of the
back face of the said knot, and the two depending ends have their faces
turned in the same direction, that is, the back of the front end lics on
the face of the back end. By this method of manufacture the tie or
cravat can only be put on the neck in one position, that is, it can be
fastened only by passing the neck band round the neck in one
direction, and one side only of the said tie or cravat can be worn
3 outwards.
In manufacturing neck ties or cravats according to my Invention I
make the knot of the usual form, but instead of joining the material of
which the knot is made down the middle of the back face I join the

page_text: said material at the edge of the knot, or I make the said knot of two
pieces of material joined together at the opposite edges of the knot.
Both faces of the knot have consequently the same appearance. The
depending ends are made in the usual way, but instead of fixing them
in the knot in the usual way I fix them with their back or inner faces
turned towards cach other. The knot is provided in its interior with
the usual spring clip or pin for fastening the free end of the neck
band.
Neck ties or cravats manufactured according to my Invention
are free from the defects of ordinary neck ties or cravats herein-before
referred to.
The said improved neck ties or cravats may be worn with either side
outwards; they can be put on by passing the neck band at the back of
the neck from left to right, or from right to left, and consequently can
be used with equal facility by right and left handed persons.
I will now proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying
Drawing, the manner in which my Invention may be carried into
effect.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, and Figure 2 in edge view, a
reversible neck tie or cravat manufactured according to my Invention.
Figure 3 is a back elevation, and Figure 4 a front elevation of the piece
of material of which the knot of the tie or cravat is made, and Figure 5
represents the neck tie or cravat before the opposite edges of the knot
are sewn together. The same letters indicate the same parts in each of
the Figures of the Drawing.
a is the knot of the tie or cravat, both faces of which have the same
appearance; b is the neck band, and c, d, are the depending ends
sewed to the lower inner edge of the knot a, the back or inner faces of
the said depending ends c, d, being presented to cach other. The knot a
is made from a piece of material having the shape represented in Figures
3 and 4. That side of the piece of material which forms the inner side
of the knot is, lined at a², and to this lining a³ or to the material of
which the knot is formed the depending ends c, d, and neck band 6 are
sewn. The knot a is made by folding the piece of material Figures 3
and 4 at the dotted line a³, and sewing its opposite edges a', a³, together
as represented at a, in the finished knot, Figures 1 and 2; both faces of
of the knot a have consequently the same appearance. Before the

page_text: opposite edges a³, a³, of the material of which the knot a is made are
sewn together, the upper parts of the depending ends c, d, and the end of
the neck band bare sewn to the lining a² of the material, as seen in
Figure 5, or to the material itself, and by folding the material of the
knot a at the dotted line a³, and sewing its opposite edges together the
tie or cravat is complete, as represented in Figures 1 and 2, the junction
of the material of the knot being situated at the edge a of the knot.
By the folding of the material of the knot the back or inner faces
of the depending ends c, d, are presented to each other, the front or
wearing face of each depending end being outwards. The knot a has
attached to it the ordinary spring clip f, or other fastening, for fastening
the loose end 2 of the neck band b. When the tie or cravat is fastened
in its place the lower part 2 of the neck band 6 is situated between the
two depending ends c, d, as seen in Figure 2.
Instead of making the knot a of a single piece of material and folding
it at its middle, the said knot may be made of two pieces of material
joined at the opposite edges of the knot, the said pieces having the
figure respectively of one-half of the piece of material represented in
Figures 3 and 4. I prefer however to form the knot from a single picce
as illustrated in the Drawing.
By an examination of the Drawing it will be seen that the neck tie or
cravat is reversible or capable of being worn with either side outwards,
cach side of the knot a, and the outer side of each of the depending
ends c, d, and the neck band 6 being alike in appearance. It will also
be seen that the neck band of the tie or cravat can be placed round the
neck from left to right, or the reverse, the tie or cravat presenting the
same outward appearance when fastened in either way.
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 the
manufacture of neck ties or cravats herein-before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, making the knot of the
said neck ties or cravats of one piece of material joined at the edge of
the knot, or of two pieces of material joined together at the opposite
edges of the knot, and fixing the depending ends of the ties or cravats to
the said knot, with their backs or inner faces turned towards each other,

page_text: substantially as described and illustrated, whereby the said neck ties or
cravats are made reversible or capable of being worn with either side
outwards, and can be put on with equal facility by right and left handed
persons.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Kossuth Scruton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
THOMAS KOSSUTH SCRUTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
HENRY SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.