IMPROVEMENTS IN NECKTIES, CRAVATS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE MICHAEL BRAGGIOTTI of 38, Craven Street, Strand, London,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN NECKTIES, CRAVATS AND THE LIKE" to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide means whereby Neckties such as
Cravats and the like can be readily neatly and firmly secured in position especially
when used with turn down collars as the fastening can if desired be effected
without the use of a neckband and the necktie can be fastened in place without
creasing the collar. According to my Invention I connect to the back of the
necktie a strip of stuff at the upper end of which is a button hole which is passed
over the Collar button or stud or over a button sewn below such collar button or
stud. The said strip may be fixed to the necktie at the lower end of the strip or
it may be passed through a slot or slots formed in the stiffening piece or through a
metal slide fixed to the back of the necktie. It may be secured in its adjusted
position by a spike or simply by the slide. A small connecting piece may be used
to attach the strip to the back of the tie. With reversible or double ended ties
the said strip may be also double ended and provided with button holes at each
end, the central part of the said strip passing through the slot or slots in the
stiffening piece or in the metal slide attached to the back of the tie.
Where a
spike is used to secure the said strip I prefer to make the spike upon a spring bar
which can be turned on a plate attached to the back of the tie, the said bar
carrying the spike which can be inserted in the strip to secure it or be released
therefrom by lowering or raising the said bar The necktie may be secured to the
shirt by a hook on the one engaging with a hole made therefor in the other. If
a neckband be used with the necktie it may be elastic or partly elastic and it may
be in two lengths to fasten together, or to the shirt at the back or it may be in one
length secured at one end permanently to the necktie or it may be passed at one
or both its ends through a metal slide or slides similar to that hereinbefore
mentioned attached to the back of the necktie. "Where a neck band is used the
strip herein before mentioned may be replaced by a piece of metal secured to the
back of the tie near the top and forming an abutment to take under the collar
button or collar band.

page_text: I GEORGE MICHAEL BRAGGIOTTI of 27 Welbeck Street Manchester Square
London, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN NECKTIES CRAVATS AND THE LIKE" and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
The object of my Invention is to provide means whereby Neckties Cravats or
the like can be readily neatly and firmly secured in position and is especially
adapted for use with turn down collars as the fastening can if desired be effected
without the use of a neck band and the necktie or the like can be fastened in
place without creasing the collar. The accompanying Drawing represents back
views of Neckties arranged according to various modifications of my Invention.
According to my Invention I affix to the back of the Necktie (or Cravat or the
like) A, a non-elastic strip B, at the upper end of which is a button hole b which is
passed over the collar button or shirt button or stud or over a button or stud
specially provided for the purpose.
The strip B may be attached to the necktie or cravat A as shewn in Figure 2
or a slot may be formed in the stiffening piece a of the necktie or cravat as at a
Figures 1 and 3 through which the strip B is passed a spike or pin being
provided in the stiffening piece a which secures the strip B in position after it is
buttoned over the shirt or collar stud or button. The said strip B is in this case
attached to the necktie or stiffening piece by a connecting piece as at 6ª Figure 1.
Where the fastening shewn at Figure 2 is used the Necktie cravat or the like is
fastened in place by buttoning the button hole b of the strip B over the shirt or
collar stud or button and the necktie will be held up thereby and retained neatly
in place under a turn down collar. Where the arrangement Figure 1 is used the
strip B will be released from the spike or pin d2 and the button hole b therein
will be buttoned on to the shirt or collar stud or button as aforesaid the said
strip B is then held down and the tie or cravat is forced into position the said
strip B is then pressed onto the spike 2 and the tie or cravat tucked under each
side of the collar and is so retained in position. I may use an ordinary spike or
pin for the fastening of the strip B but I prefer to use an attachment like that
shewn at figure 4 in section and also shewn attached to the scarf in figure 3, It
consists of a bar d hinged to a plate e and held down at its fore end by a spring e²
This resembles so far a fastening hitherto used for gloves but I provide the piece
with a spike or pin d2 at its fore end and the plate e with a hole e³ to receive it.
This spike or pin d² can thus be caused to engage with the strip B and secure it
firmly in its perfectly adjusted position instead of having to move or slacken the
strip after it has been once adjusted as is necessary in fastening with the ordinary
spike d Figure 1. I prefer to make a horn piece on the strip d or on the plate e
(for example as shewn at 3) to prevent the bar & from falling too far back. This

page_text: fastening spring spike or pin will it is evident be also useful for fastening the
ordinary neck band of ties. Where the fastenings are used with a collar which
necessitates a neck band I may make the said neck band or a part of it elastic as
at f Figure 1 and fasten it at its end in any suitable manner for example as shewn
in Figure 1 or by means of the spring spike or pin Figure 4.
In the arrangement illustrated by Figure 5 the spike herein before described is
dispensed with and the necktie is secured in position by means of a metal or other
slide h attached by its centre bar to the back of the tie by sowing or otherwise
A loose or detached strip or piece B is passed under and over the bars or through
the slots in the slide the said detached piece or band being held in position thercin
by its frictional contact with the bars or with the edges of the slots in the said
slide. Figure 5 represents a reversible necktie the strip or band B being in this
case provided with a button hole b at each end to facilitate attaching it to the
collar button or stud without removing it from the slide whichever end of the
necktie it is desired to be uppermost For non-reversible neckties a button hole
at one end of the strip is all that is necessary its length being regulated as required
by passing it more or less through the slide h or through an ordinary buckle
attached to the back of the necktie.-In applying the necktie, the strip having
been previously adjusted in the slide to the requisite length, is simply buttoned
on to the collar stud or button and the necktie passed beneath each corner of the
collar.
The band of a necktie to be used with stand up collars may be made in two
parts as shewn at g g' Figure 6 one part g being permanently fixed to the neck
tie and the other part g' connected thereto by means of a button and button hole
the two parts being adjustably joined together by means of a slide h similar to
that described with reference to Figure 5 so as to enable the band to be lengthened
or shortened as required. A piece i may be secured to the back and near the top
of the necktie so as to form an abutment to engage under the collar button or stud
or under the collar band and thus retain the necktie in position.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First Providing neckties cravats or the like with a non elastic strip B with a
button hole therein for securing the said neckties cravats or the like in place
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figures 1, 2, and 3 of
the accompanying Drawing.
Second The combination of the strip B the slotted stiffening piece a and a
spike or pin d2 as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figures 1 and 3 of the accompanying drawing.
Third The combination of the strip B slotted stiffening piece a the attaching
piece band a spike or pin d as and for the purpose herein before described and
illustrated by Figures 1 and 3 of the accompanying drawing.
Fourth The combination of the strip B and stiffening piece a with a neck band
of (or partly of) elastic material substantially as shewn in Figure 1 of the
accompanying drawing.
Fifth The spring spike or pin device or attachment constructed and arranged
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figures 3 and 4 of
the accompanying Drawings.
Sixth The combination of the loose strip B having a button hole at one or
both ends and a slotted piece or slide h attached to the back of the necktie
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described with reference to
Figure 5 of my drawings.
Seventh A necktie having a neck band in two parts in combination with a
slide for adjusting the length of the band substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figure 6 of my drawings.

page_text: Eighth The combination with a necktie provided with a neckband of an
abutinent piece secured to the back of the necktie to engage with the collar button
or stud or with the band of the collar substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described with reference to Figure 6 of my drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1995