Improvements in Neck Tie Retaining Devices.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Neck Tie Retaining Devices.
We, LOUIS WEISHAN, FRANK NICKOLAS SAUER and BERNHARD ISADOR
SAUER, all of 286 East Water Street, Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee,
and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Manufacturers, 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:
This invention relates to improvements in neck tie retaining devices for holding
the neck-bands of ties in position when the ties are in use.
In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention:-
Figure 1 is an inner elevation of a neck-tie provided with our improved retaining
device.
Figure 2 is a view of the retaining device ready for application to the tie.
Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating a slightly different form of device.
Referring by letter to said drawings, A designates the neck-tie as a whole,
B designates the upper part or body of the tic, and C the neck-band provided with
the stiffened or reenforced end c.
The neck-band C is secured at one end in the ordinary manner, to one side of
the upper part or body B, and the other side of said part B is made open for the
insertion of the stiffened or reenforced end c of said neck-band.
The tie may be made in all its parts precisely as has been heretofore common,
our invention having no relation whatever to the construction of the tie proper.
Our improved retaining device consists of a suitable metallic clip D which is
bifurcated at its lower end so as to form downwardly diverging arms E, and adapted
at its upper end to be secured in any desired or convenient manner, to the body
part B of the tie.
As shown in the drawings, the clip D may readily be made by stamping the
same from sheet metal, and in practice, we find it convenient either to provide upon
said metal piece, two or more sharp points d d adapted to be passed through the
goods forming the tie and clinching or bending against the inner surface thereof,
as in Figure 1, or to provide said piece with apertures d¹ d¹ by means of which it
may be stitched in position upon the tie. If desired, both the points d d and the
stitching holes d' d' may be employed.
In using the tie, the neck-band is adjusted about the neck of the wearer in the
usual manner, and the end c thereof passed downwardly through the opening or
passage in the body B, when the end of said neck-band is pulled between the
arms E E of the clip, and by a slight upward pull upon the band C, the lower part
thereof is firmly engaged between said arms E E.
In this position of the device, the neck-band will be firmly held against
displacement, and the tie thereby satisfactorily retained in position..
In order to free the neck-band and permit the tie to be removed, it is only
necessary to pull downwardly upon the lower end of the neck-band sufficiently to
withdraw the same from between the arms E E, when the band may be readily
withdrawn from the body B.
If desired, a supplemental retaining device may be provided by forming a point
or pin F between the upper ends of the arms E E, which pin or point may be
engaged with the neck-band in an obvious manner, when said band is in position
between said arms.

page_text: By our improvement, we are enabled to provide a very simple and efficient form
of retaining device for neck-ties, which is capable of securely holding the neck-band
of the tie in position when in engagement therewith, but which, at all other times,
will leave the said neck-band entirely free to be moved longitudinally.
Retaining devices for this purpose, as heretofore constructed, have been formed
from pins secured to the upper or body portions of the ties and adapted to be
inserted in or through the neck-band to retain the same, but a serious objection to
the use of said pins has been that they are very liable to get out of place, and are
furthermore very liable to catch upon the neck-band in such a manner as to prevent
the withdrawal of the band from the body part, when it is desired to remove
the tie.
With our improvement this objection is entirely overcome.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
1. A retaining device for neck-ties, comprising a metallic plate slotted or
bifurcated at its lower end and adapted to be secured at its upper end to the body
part of the neck-tie, and the bifurcated lower end of said plate being adapted to
engage with the neck-band of the tie, substantially as described.
2. A retaining device for neck-ties, comprising a metallic plate bifurcated or
slotted at its lower end and provided at its upper end with one or more pins
or points adapted to be passed through and clinched upon the goods forming the
tie, and provided with suitable apertures for the reception of stitching threads, and
the bifurcated or slotted lower end being adapted to engage with and retain the
neck-band, substantially as described.
3. The combination with a neck-tie provided with a neck-band and with a
passage or opening through the body part of the tie for the reception of said neck-
band, of a retaining device consisting of a metallic plate bifurcated at its lower end,
and provided at its upper erd with suitable attaching devices whereby said plate
may be secured to the body part of the tie, with its upper end within the lower
part of said passage or opening, and with its lower end projecting therefrom so as to
enable it to be readily engaged with the neck-band, substantially as described.
4. A retaining device for neck-ties, comprising a metallic plate adapted to be
secured to the body of a tie, and provided with downwardly diverging arms adapted
for engagement with the neck-band of the tie, and provided with an intermediate
pin or point adapted to penetrate said neck-band, substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of December 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.