IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS, AND LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ernest de Pass, of the Office for British and Foreign
Patents, 68, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agent, for an
Invention of "IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS, AND LIKE
ARTICLES." A communication from abroad by Simon Hayem, aîné, of 1,
Boulevard Saint-Denis, Paris, France, Manufacturer.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ernest de Pass at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December 1880.
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent. "IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES,
SCARFS, AND LIKE ARTICLES." A communication from abroad by Simon Hayem,
aîné, of 1, Boulevard Saint-Denis, Paris, France, Manufacturer.
This Invention relates to improved fastenings for neckties, scarfs, and like
articles, and has for its object to provide a moveable pin or prong in place of the
fixed ones now in use, which very often not only fail to answer their purpose, but
are liable to injure the fingers of the wearer in adjusting the article.
In one arrangement the fastening is composed of a base plate furnished with
guides in which the pin or prong is free to slide. This pin or prong is provided
with a knob or button by which it is worked. The base plate is fixed to the
underside of the article by eyelets or by other suitable means, and the knob or
button passes through a button hole (which may be protected by an oval metal
eyelet) in the stiffening piece of the scarf or cravat, and travels therein.
In another arrangement the base plate has a convex portion under which the
moveable pin or prong slides, and which, in this instance, is furnished with a slot.
A stud, stop, or projection passes into this slot and guides the pin or prong, and
limits its travel. Or the moveable pin or prong may be otherwise mounted and
guided.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Ernest de Pass in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th June
1881.
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent. "IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES, &
SCARFS, AND LIKE ARTICLES." A communication from abroad by Simon Hayem,
aîné, of 1, Boulevard Saint-Denis, Paris, France, Manufacturer.
This Invention relates to an improved fastening for neckties, scarfs, and like
articles, and has for its object to provide a moveable pin or prong in place of the
fixed ones now in use, which very often not only fail to retain the tie in its
fastened position, but are liable to injure the fingers of the wearer when adjusting
the article to which such fastenings are applied.
The improved fastening consists of a base plate furnished with guides, in which
is free to slide a pin or prong provided with a knob or button, by means of which
it is worked. The base plate aforesaid is secured to the underside of the scarf or
tie by eyelets, or by other suitable means, and the knob or button passes through
and travels along a button hole (which may be protected by an oval metal eyelet)
in the covering and stiffening piece of the scarf or tie.
I now proceed with reference to the annexed Drawings more particularly
to describe the said Invention, and to exemplify one mode of carrying it into
effect.
Figure 1 is a plan of the base plate serving as a guide for the pin or prong.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of same taken on the line A, B, of Fig. 1.
Figure 3 is a transverse section of same taken on the line C, D, of Fig. 1.
Figure 4 is a detached view of the pin or prong.
Figure 5 shews the arrangement of the pin or prong and the base plate.
Figure 6 is a back view of a sailors' knot" scarf in which the stiffening and
covering piece is partly removed in order that the method of fixing the fastening
may be seen.
Figure 7 is a vertical section of the scarf in which the working of the pin or
prong is shown.
Figure 8 is a back view of the scarf shewing the button hole, which allows of
the working of the pin or prong by means of the button or knob.
This fastening is composed of two parts, viz., a stamped plate a having a
projecting portion 6 in which is a slot c, and secondly, of are moveable or sliding pin
or prong d whose end is bent or curved, so as to readily penetrate the material of
which the scarf is composed. This pin d is introduced between the plate a and
the projection b which serves as a guide; m is a button or knob of metal or other
material by means of which the pin is worked forwards and backwards; its travel
is limited by the slot c.
The base plate a is preferably secured to the scarf by means of eyelets f, f.
The working of this fastening is as follows:-
After the neckband i has been introduced between the scarf g and the covering
and stiffening piece h against which the plate a is fixed, the pin d unengaged as
seen in Fig. 5, is pushed forwards and assumes the position shewn in dotted lines;
at this moment its point on leaving the face of the plate a penetrates the neck
band, and thus securely retains the same in place, as shewn in Fig. 7. The
unfastening or disengagement of the pin is effected by drawing it backwards.

page_text: Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The improved fastening for neckties, scarfs, and like articles, in which the
fastening is effected by means of a moveable pin or prong, acting substantially in
the manner herein described and as shewn by way of example in the annexed
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ernest de Pass, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of June, in the year 1881.