An Improvement in Necktie Retainers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Necktie Retainers.
CHARLES BALFOUR 66 Hornsey Rise London in the County of Middlesex
Advertising Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an appliance by means of which the
necktie or scarf may be secured so as to prevent it slipping or riding up on the
collar. For this purpose I bend or cut a piece of wire or other suitable material in
such a manner as to form a central loop with arms extending on either side each of
which is bent or cut at a suitable distance from the central loop so as to form a
perpendicular projecting S shaped hook at right angles to the arm.
In using the fastener the central loop is first slipped over the collar stud or shirt
button, the collar is then fastened and inserted in the lower loops of the hooks leaving
the two upper extremities projecting outwards & downwards to receive the band
of the necktie or scarf, & retain it in its place.
March 14th 1894.
CHARLES BALFOUR.
I CHARLES BALFOUR of 66 Hornsey Rise in the County of London, 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 my invention is to provide an appliance by means of which a
necktie or scarf may be secured so as to prevent its slipping or riding up on the
collar of the wearer.
For this purpose I take a piece of wire of suitable length and gauge, and bend it
in such a manner as to form a central loop or bulge with arms extending on either
side each of which is bent or twisted at a suitable distance from the central loop
80 as to form a downwardly projecting S shaped hook at right angles to the arm.
Sometimes I dispense with the central loop or bulge and connect the two arms by
means of a straight piece which rests on the top of the shank of the collar stud.
The central loop or bulge however is preferable as it tends to keep the device in its
proper position relatively to the collar stud.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 shews the neckband of a shirt with the device, having a central loop,
fitted thereto ready for the collar to be buttoned to the neckband;
Figure 2 is a similar view with the collar buttoned on to the shirt and
Figure 3 shews a similar view with the necktie or scarf secured by the device.
Figures 4 and 5 shew modifications of the invention.
The same letters of reference where they occur are used to indicate the same or
corresponding parts in all the figures.

page_text: Referring to Figures 1 to 3, A is the central loop or eye, B B are the arms and
CC are the S shaped hooks standing out at right angles to the plane of the
arms B B. In using the device the central loop or eye A is first clipped over the
shank of the, collar stud or shirt button D as shewn in Figure 1. The collar E is
then fastened and the lower edges thereof are slipped into the lower loops cc of
the shaped hooks C C as shewn in Figure 2, leaving the two upper extremities c¹ c
of said hooks projecting outwards and downwards to receive and secure the band F
of the necktie or scarf. The upper edges of said band F are slipped under said
upper extremities c c of the hooks and the necktie or scarf is then secured and may
be tied into a bow or knot as desired. The device is prevented from falling down
by reason of the central loop or eye A resting on the top of the shank of the collar
stud or button and the insertion of the lower parts of the hooks C under the bottom
edges of the collar prevents the device from rising.
Both
Figures 4 and 5 shew two modifications wherein the central loop or eye A is
dispensed with, in the one case (Figure 4) a slight bulge A' is substituted and in the
other case (Figure 5) the hooks C are connected by a straight arm B¹.
these modifications act in the same manner as herein before described with reference
to Figures 1 to 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A necktie or scarf retainer made from wire bent or twisted to form a central
eye or bulge, two side arms and S shaped hooks at the extremities of said arms
and at right angles to the plane containing said arms substantially as described and
illustrated and for the purpose stated.
2. A necktie or scarf retainer made from wire bent or twisted to form a central
straight arm with S shaped hooks at its extremities said hooks being at right angles
to the plane containing the central arm substantially as described and illustrated and
for the purpose stated.
Dated this 14th day of December 1894.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.