Improvements in the Securing of Neck Ties and Scarfs.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Securing of Neck Ties and Scarfs.
I, KARL SYKORA, of Neu Strakonitz, Bohemia, Austria, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to a new mode of securing scarfs and ties which consists
essentially in this that the free extremities of the neck band are not secured
together at the middle by a buckle or a hook, but that these extremities are
secured directly upon the back stud or button by means of which the collar is
attached to the shirt.
The two parts of the neck band of the cravat are provided with pieces of
elastic which carry the ordinary adjusting buckles by whose means the length of
the parts of the neck-band can be regulated so as to suit the size of collar,
Secured at the end of each piece of elastic is a clasp of special form having its
extremity narrower than its base and whose external form resembles the section
of a pear, the point corresponding to the extremity of the clasp. When attach-
ing the scarf it is only necessary to pass the clasps over the stud or button on the
back of the shirt. The button or stud may be of any shape.
The clasps may be replaced by simple rings and this arrangement whilst
specially suitable for buttons or studs with ordinary heads can be made also
suitable for all kinds of buttons and studs.
If so desired a simple arrangement, consisting of clastic cords fastened to the
ends of the two parts of the neck band, may be used instead of the clasps or
rings aforesaid. In this case the elastic loops would be merely passed over the
button or stud in order to secure the scarf.
Dated this 18th day of October 1898.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
Improvements in the Securing of Neck Ties and Scarfs.
I, KARI. SYKORA, of Neu Strakonitz, Bohemia, Austria, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to a new mode of securing scarfs and ties which consists
essentially in this that the free extremities of the neck band are not secured
together at the middle by a buckle or a hook, but, that these extremities are

page_text: secured directly upon the back stud or button by means of which the collar is
attached to the shirt.
The annexed drawings show, by way of example, three modes of carrying
out the invention,
On the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a collar to which a cravat is attached according
to my improvements.
Fig. 2 shows the attaching clasps disengaged from the stud of the shirt.
Figs. 3 and 4 show modified methods of attachment.
The two parts a of the neck band of the cravat are provided with pieces of
elastic which carry the ordinary adjusting buckles c by whose means the length
of the parts of the neck band can be regulated so as to suit the size of collar.
Secured at the end of each piece of elastic is a clasp d of special form (see Fig. 2)
and by means of which the cravat can readily be fitted in position by merely
passing these clasps d over the back stud or button of the shirt, which stud may
be of any form. At Fig. 1 of the drawings the stud is a mechanical one whose
two movable parts el, el, can be locked together after being passed through the
clasps d. When the cravat is secured in this manner it cannot be displaced in
any way through the movements of the head of the wearer.
The arrangement shown at Fig. 3 of the annexed drawings differs from that
at Fig. 1 in so far that the clasps d are replaced by simple rings f which are
specially suitable for buttons or studs with ordinary heads although they are
also suitable for all buttons and studs in general.
The most simple arrangement of my invention is shown at Fig. 4 and it
consists in furnishing the parts a of the neckband of the cravat with simple
elastic cords g (in lieu of the clasps and the rings) fixed to the neck band in
the manner shown on the drawing and simply passed over the button or stud in
order to attach the cravat.
My invention enables a considerable economy to be effected in the material from
which the cravats are made, and of attaching a cravat in an absolutely efficacious
manner in such fashion that it will always be well at the middle of the collar
and will be unable to slide up or otherwise displace itself upon the collar;
further, owing to its simplicity the arrangement will be more durable than any
of those employed up to the present time.
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 consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. An arrangement for attaching cravats or neck ties characterized by two
clasps fixed to the neck band a by means of two pieces of elastic b provided
with ordinary adjusting buckles c, said clasps being fixed upon the back button
or stud of the collar in order to attach the cravat, substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings annexed.
2. A modification of the arrangement claimed in Claim 1 wherein the clasps d
are replaced by ordinary rings f, substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings annexed.
3. A modification of the arrangement wherein two elastic cords g are fixed
to the ends of the neck band of the cravat substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Fig. 4. of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 17th day of July 1800
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.