Year: 1886

page_text: I, WILLIAM WILKINSON, of No 5 Market Place, Mansfield, in the county of
Nottingham, Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
To keep scarfs or neckties in their proper position while being worn I secure in
the underside of each scarf or necktie, a metal eyelet consisting of a straight or
curved slot of sufficient width to allow of the free passage of the stem of the stud
usually worn in the collar, the lower end of the eyelet slot terminates in a circular
orifice large enough to allow of the free passage of the outer or smaller end of the
stud worn, the upper end of the slot is formed circular, somewhat larger than the
width of the stem of the stud.
The metal eyelet may be formed in one piece with a flange all round of sufficient
depth to allow of portion of it being turned down upon the reverse side of the
hole in the material, to that through which it is passed or the eyelet may be formed
in two parts, one being the thickness of the metal from which it is formed, larger
than the other part; so that upon a suitable shaped hole being punched or
otherwise formed in the scarf or necktie, and the smaller part of the eyelet being
placed in such hole and the larger part being placed upon it, on the opposite side
they are both clamped together, the larger lower part of the eyelet is then passed
over the smaller or outer end of the stud, the stem of which is then slid up the slot
in the eyelet into the enlarged upper end of the eyelet, in which it will remain
secure until removed by the wearer. Or an eyelet having two circular orifices
joined by a straight or curved slot may be punched out of a small piece of thin
sheet brass or other suitable metal and be perforated near the edge, and be stitched
on the back of the scarf or necktic.

page_text: Figure 1 shows an outer side view of one of my improved eyelets.
Figure 2 shows a sectional view of the eyelet looking from the left side of
Figure 1 on the line A A.
Figure 3 shows a side view of the collar or neckband stud, which corresponds
with the size of the eyelet shown.
To keep scarfs or neckties in their proper position while being worn, I employ
an eyelet punched out of sheet brass or other suitable metal of the requisite
thickness, of the shape shown in side view and section at Figures 1 and 2. Each
eyelet consists of a curved slot B of sufficient width to allow of the free passage of
the stem B of the stud usually worn one of which is shown in side view at
Figure 3, the lower end of the slot terminates in a circular orifice C large enough
to allow of the free passage of the outer or smaller end C₁ of the stud, the upper
end of the slot terminates in a nearly circular orifice D somewhat larger than the
thickness of the stein of the stud, the portion of metal perforated by the orifices
and slot, is set up above the lower surrounding portion E of the eyelet of a height
equal to the thickness of the smaller end C₁ of the stud, so as to allow of the free
passage of the stud end between the plate and the back of the scarf or necktie, the
lower portion of the eyelet has as many perforations F near its edge as will suffice
to secure it firmly on the back of the scarf or necktic, by stitching through the
perforations, or headed rivets may be passed through the back of the scarf or
necktie and through the perforations F to secure the eyelet by rivetting.
When secured in position the smaller end of the stud C¹ is passed through the
orifice C of the eyelet, and the stem of the stud is slid up the slot in the eyelet
into the orifice D in which it will remain secure until removed by the wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
The improved fastener for scarfs and neckties, substantially as described and
illustrated in the Drawings annexed.