IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK-TIE SUPPORTERS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings London in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the
nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK-TIE SUPPORTERS
to be as
follows:-
"
This invention relates to neck-tie supporters and comprises improvements in the
body of the supporter, in the pins by which the tie proper, is attached to the
supporter; in the loop by which the supporter is attached to the collar button or
stud, and in the means for attaching the loop to the body.
In carrying the said invention into practice the body may be formed with any
desired configuration of outline and of any suitable material, metal; paste-board;
and paper, covered with cloth being common examples.
The ends of the body I loop or turn back, if deemed preferable, so as to stand
out, or away from the main body of the supporter, the requisite distance to give
the turn down collar, beneath which the loops are designed to be inserted, the
requisite appearance of fulness, and the proper set, such loops adding but slightly
to the weight or cost of the supporter, yet effectually supporting the collar in the
desired position. The said loops may be turned either to the rear or front of the
main body of the supporter, and may be arranged at such distance therefrom as
the set of the collar may require. For the purpose of securing the supporter to the
collar button or stud, and in order that it may be quickly placed in position
thereon, or removed therefrom; I provide a loop, formed preferably of a single
piece of elastic wire, which is bent into four parallel parts or members that is, it is
bent at its centre and then each half is again bent by which the four parts are
brought parallel, or nearly so, then bight and ends are turned over or bent in the
same direction, so as to form hooks. To secure this loop in the body, if the latter
be of metal, it is only necessary to form a suitable aperture and to insert the hook
like portions therein, the said hook-like portions being soldered to the body. If
the body is formed of very thin metal, paste-board, or other material which cannot
be soldered rendering it necessary to secure the loop by clinching, instead of

page_text: soldering, the central portion of the loop may be extended further downward
toward the bights in which case the central portion and the ends are inserted and
soldered or clinched in the body at separate points. Or, if preferred, the ends may
be extended downwards, instead of the central portion.
According to another modification of the loop, and the method of securing it in
the body, the bight and ends are longer than before described and are carried down
in rear of the body to near the bottom thereof, and after passing through the body,
are clinched upwards, with a long clinch.
Instead of attaching the loop directly to the body when the latter is non-
metallic, the loop may be attached to a small metallic plate in the same manner as
it is attached to a metallic body, that is, its hook-like portion is inserted in the
plate and it is soldered thereto.. In order to attach the plate to the body suitable
slits are cut therein, and through these, the pointed ends of the plate are passed
and then clinched down upon the front side of the body.
In order to detachably secure the tie to the body I employ hooks formed with
eyes and points and bent to form two parallel parts or members, so that when the
eye is bent at right angles thereto, the pointed portion may be secured therein.
The said eye is passed through holes in the body while the bight is seated in a
recess cut in the upper edge of the body; whereby the pins are secured from
displacement upon the body, and so hold the tie securely in place. I form in the
centre of body an opening to receive the head of the collar stud which is engaged.
by a loop, such seating of the head of the stud in the opening in the body serving,
in conjunction with said loop, to retain the supporter in position upon the stud
when in use.
An inexpensive, efficient, and desirable method of securing the loop in the
supporter, especially when the latter is formed of paste-board, thick paper or other
non-metallic material, is as follows that is to say the central bight of the loop is
enlarged to receive an eyelet which is inserted in the body, and passing through
the eye formed in the loop at said bight, is headed or turned over in the well
known manner; so that its concentric rim, or head, shall overlay the wire and
secure the same firmly in position.
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page_text: requisite distance to give the turn down collar, beneath which the loops bare
designed to be inserted, the requisite appearance of fulness, and the proper set.
The said loops, although adding but slightly to the weight or cost of the
supporter, yet effectually support the collar in the desired position; and they may
be turned either to the rear or front of the main body of the supporter, and may
be arranged at such distance therefrom as the set of the collar may require.
For the purpose of securing the supporter to the collar button or stud, and in
order that it may be quickly placed in position thereon, or removed therefrom, I.
_employ the loops c, formed preferably of a single piece of elastic wire, which is bent
into four parallel parts or members as shown in Figure 6; that is, it is bent at its
centre as at i, then each half is again bent as at h h, whereby the four parts g gare
brought parallel, or nearly so. The bight and ends j j are turned over or bent in
the same direction so as to be hook-shaped, as shown in Figure 6.
To secure this loop in the body a, if the latter be of metal, it is only necessary
to form a suitable aperture therein and to insert the hook-like portions i and j, j,
as shown in Figure 6, soldering said hook-like portions to the body a, as shown
at f.
If the body a is formed of very thin metal or pasteboard, or other-non-soldering
material, it is necessary to secure the loop c, therein by clinching instead of
soldering. The central portion i of the loop may be extended further downward
toward the bights h, as shown in Figure 7, in which case part i and ends j are
inserted and soldered or clinched in the body a at separate points, as shown in
Figure 13. Or, if preferred, the ends j, j may be extended downwards, instead of
the central portion i, the said ends j in such case being inserted and secured in the
body a, as shown in Figure 14.
Another modification of the loop and the method of securing it in the body a is
shown in Figure 9 where the bight i and ends j, j, are longer than in the previous
figures and are carried down in rear of the body a to near the bottom thereof, as
shown at t, and, after passing through the body, are clinched upwards with a long
clinch, so that the part t and the clinch of bight i, and ends j, on the opposite sides
of the body a, afford a sufficient bearing upon the body when the latter is of light
material, and of less than usual strength.
Instead of attaching the loop c, directly to the body a when the latter is non-
metallic, the loop may be attached to a small metallic plate in the same manner
as it is attached to a metallic body a as shown in Figure 5, that is its book-like
portion is inserted in the plate and it is soldered thereto. In order to attach the
plate u to the body a, suitable slits are cut therein, and through these the pointed
ends of the plate are passed and are then clinched down upon the front side of the
body, as shown in Figures 11 and 12.
In order to detachably secure the tie k to the body a I employ the hooks d
formed with an eye l and point n, and bent at m to form two parallel parts or
Imembers so that when the eyel is bent at right angles thereto, the pointed portion n
may be secured therein as shown in Figures 1, and 4. Said eye d is passed
through holes p in the body a, while the bight m is seated in the recess 8 cut in the
upper edge of the body, whereby the pins are secured from displacement upon the
body, and so hold the tie k securely in place.
I form in the lineal centre of the body a an opening, to receive the head of the
collar stud e, which is engaged by the loop c as shown, Such seating of the head
of the stud in the opening in the body a serves, in conjunction with the said loop c,
to retain the supporter in position upon the stud.
An efficient, inexpensive and desirable method of securing the loop c, in the
supporter a, especially when the latter is formed of pasteboard, thick paper or
other non-metallic material is shown in Figures 15 and 16, where the central
bight of the loop c is shown as enlarged to receive an eyelet v, which is inserted
in the body a, and, passing through the eye formed in the loop at said bight i,
is headed or turned over in the well know manner, so that its concentric rim or
head shall overlie the wire and secure the same firmly in position.

page_text: For the purpose of preventing the supporter from working up and so becoming
disengaged from the stud e, a projection or ledge a¹ may be formed centrally upon
the supporter, as shown in Figures 15 and 16, so that, when said supporter is
arranged upon the collar stud, said ledge will be below the head of the stud, and
by its engagement therewith, will secure the supporter from rising.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The body a of a neck-tie supporter, having the inturned ends b arranged
to form an open loop and to sustain the overlying collar of the wearer, substantially
as specified.
Second. The combination with the body a formed with openings p and seats 8,
of the securing pins & formed with the bends m, loops and pointed parts n,
and arranged to be secured to said body, substantially in the manner specified and
shown.
Third. In combination with body a, the attaching loop c formed of elastic wire
bent centrally as at i, and also bent as at h h to form four nearly parallel parts or
members g g', the said central part i and ends j, j, being bent into the form of
hooks, and inverted and secured in position, substantially as specified.
Fourth. In combination with the body a and the loop c, the supplemental
plate u having the loop secured therein and formed and adapted to be secured to
the body a in the manner specified and shown.
Fifth. The body a formed with a central opening v, to receive the head of a
collar stud or button e when the same is engaged by the loop c, substantially as
specified.
Sixth. In a neck-tie supporter, the combination of the body a, the stud engaging
the loop c, and the eyelet v inserted in the said body and engaging the loop at its
centre i to secure the same to said body, substantially as specified.
Seventh. The ledge or projection a¹ arranged to engage the head of the collar
stud and secure the supporter in place thereon, substantially as specified.
Dated this 7th das of Novembar 1901
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.