A New or Improved Tie or Scarf Retainer.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Tie or Scarf Retainer.
I, HENRY LEIGH, of 42, Buttermarket Street, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Letterpress Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a retainer or device by means of which ties or scarves
may be held in position during wear.
The improved retainer consists essentially of two parts or ends capable of relative
movement, each part being provided with a means of attachment to either the
tie or a garment. A spring or elastic buffer is inserted between the two parts.
In a convenient form one part of the retainer consists of a tubular casing
provided with a projecting hook to engage with the tie. The other part consists
of a stem or the like which passes loosely within the casing and the projecting
end of which is also provided with a hook or other device by means of which it
may be attached to a garment or to a button or the like thereon. A helical spring
surrounds the stem and is compressed between one end of the casing and a head
formed upon the stem.
Dated this 20th day of June A.D. 1898.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Tie or Scarf Retainer.
HENRY LEIGH, of 4, Lyme Street (and of 42, Buttermarket Street), Warring-
ton, in the County of Lancaster, Letterpress Printer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to a retainer or device by means of which ties or scarves
may be held in position during wear. The improved retainer consists essentially
of two parts or ends capable of relative movement, each part being provided with
a means of attachment to either the tie or the garment. In a convenient form
one part of the retainer consists of a tubular casing provided with a projecting
hook to engage with the tie. The other part consists of a stem or the like which
passes loosely within the casing, and the projecting end of which is also provided
with a hook or other device by means of which it may be attached to a garment
or to a button or the like thereon. A helical spring surrounds the stem & is
compressed between one end of the casing and a head formed upon the stem.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING OF MY INVENTION:-
a Tubular casing.
Projecting hook to engage with tie or scarf.
Projecting movable hook for attaching to shirt front or loose front.
d Helical spring giving tension to movable hook.
Fig. 1 Article complete.
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2 & 3. Modifications of movable hook point.
4. Modification of movable hook point for attaching to a button or stud.
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-
(1) A tubular casing provided with a projecting hook to engage with the tie.
(2) A stem or the like which passes loosely within the casing & the projecting
end of which is also provided with a hook or other device by means of which it
may be attached to a garment or to a button or the like.
(3) A helical spring surrounding the stem and compressed between one end of
the casing and a head formed upon the stem.
Dated this 20th day of March 1899.