Improved Device for Holding Neckties, Cravats, and the like in Position, applicable also for other Analogous Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1899 -Accepted, 25th Nov., 1899
Improved Device for Holding Neckties, Cravats, and the like in
Position, applicable also for other Analogous Purposes.
I, WILLIAM LUMSDON BYERS, of 11, Norfolk Street, Sunderland, in the County
of Durham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The means heretofore generally employed for preventing neckties, cravats,
and the like sliding up the collar, more particularly at the back, have been of
such nature that they are either difficult of application, or more or less unre-
liable.
Now my object is to provide a device wherewith the tie may be securely held
in its proper relative position to the collar and which may be easily and quickly
attached or detached, and which may be used for other analogous purposes as
for instance, securing the overlapping portion of a short front.
Such device I construct in the form of a short pin, having an enlarged head,
preferably flat, and milled or otherwise roughened round its edge in a similar
manner as an ordinary drawing pin, and when desired, set at an angle to the
shank.
The shank of this pin has formed on it one or more enlargements or barbs,
or is so bent that it will grip any material into which it may be pressed
sufficiently to prevent its withdrawal, except by the exercise of force.
Such pins I employ for the purpose of holding ties in position by forcing
the shank or point through the tie and collar, either at the back, or on both
sides, or otherwise, as found most convenient, or through the parts to be
secured when the device is used for other analogous purposes.
1900
improved Device for Holding Neckties, Cravats, and
the likе In
Position, applicable also for other Analogous Purposes.
I, WILLIAM LUMSDON BYERS, of 11, Norfolk Street, Sunderland, in the County
of Durham, Engineer, 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:
11- amploved for preventing neckties. cravats,

page_text: and the like sliding up the collar, or working round the collar, have been of
such nature that they are either difficult of application, or more or less unre-
liable:
Now my object is to provide a device wherewith the tie may be securely held
in its proper relative position to the collar and which may be easily and quickly
attached or detached, and which may be used for other analogous purposes, as
1or instance, securing the overlapping portion of a shirt front.
Such device I construct in the form of a short pin, having an enlarged head,
preferably flat, and milled or otherwise roughened round its edge in a similar
manner to an ordinary drawing pin, and when desired, set at an angle to the
shank.
The shank of this pin has formed on it one or more enlargements or barbs,
or screws, or is so bent that it will grip any material into which it may be pressed
suinciently to prevent its withdrawal, except by the exercise of force.
Such pins 1 employ for the purpose of holding ties in position by forcing
the shank or point through the tie and collar, either at the back, or on both
sides, or otherwise, as found most convenient, or through the parts to be
secured when the device is used for other analogous purposes.
My invention will be better understood with reference to the accompanying
drawings
Figs. 1 and 2 are a side and end view respectively of a pin, consisting of a
circular head a preferably milled round its edge, and a shank having a
barbed or enlarged point c which when said shank is forced through a tie into
a collar will enable it to retain its position. The whole head may be rough-
ened to facilitate holding by fingers and to give a good grip.
Figs. 3 and 4 are a side and end view respectively of another form, differing
from that above described in that the shank is given a similar shape to that
of the tapering end of a corkscrew.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew a side and end view of a form having a bar head and
a shank screw threaded similarly to an ordinary wood screw. Such bar head
may, as will be understood, be employed with any of the other forms of pins.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew a side and end view of a pin differing from that shewn
in Figs. 1 and 2 in that it has an enlargement d on its shank to give it
additional grip on the material into which it may be forced, and the head has
a projection e formed on it on to which may be fitted an ordinary watch key to
facilitate the insertion of the pin.
When desired, the pin may be provided with a cap or cover (of wood or
other material) to protect the point thereof when in use, although this is
generally unnecessary as the inner band of the shirt forms a protection.
The construction of such protection may be varied as desired and to suit the
shape of the shank of the pin in connection with which it may be used, but
the use of such will be understood by reference to Figs. 9, 10 and 11, in which
is shewn a protector suitable for use with pins constructed as shewn in Figs. 1
and 2. 7 and 8.
Of these Figs., Fig. 9 is a side view of a pin as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 with
the protector applied to the point thereof and Figs. 10 and 11 are end sectional
views on lines A-A and B B respectively of Fig. 9.
The protector consists of a base f from which projects an arm g having
hinged thereto a second similarly shaped arm g¹. The outer free ends of these
arms are shaped to receive the shank of the pin between them, and they are
normally held together by a spring which presses the inner end of the
arm g¹.
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 pin for holding in position a tie, and for other like purposes having

page_text: the shank thereof formed with an enlargement or barb, so that it will better
grip the material into which it may be forced substantially as described.
(2) A pin for holding in position a tie and for like purposes having the
shank thereof shaped so that it will better grip the material into which it may
be forced substantially as described.
(3) A pin for holding in position a tie and for other like purposes substan-
tially as described in reference to and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
:
(4) A pin for holding in position a tie and for other like purposes substan-
tially as described by reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
(5) A pin for holding in position a tie and for other like purposes substan-
tially as described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
(6) A pin for holding in position a tie and for other like purposes substan-
tially as described with reference to Figs. 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
(7) The combination with a pin for holding in position a tie and for other
like purposes, and which has its shank formed or shaped so that it will better
grip the material into which it may be forced, of a cap or guard for the point
of such pin substantially as described.
(8) A guard for pins for holding ties in position and for other like purposes
substantially as described in reference and illustrated by Figs. 9, 10 and 11 of
the accompanying drawings.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.