Improvements in Collar Studs and Tie Fasteners.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collar Studs and Tie Fasteners.
I, EDMUND MCCARTHY, of 14, George's Quay, Cork, Ireland, Provision Dealer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
.
This invention for improvements in collar studs and tie fasteners has for its
object to provide a simple device which will serve the purpose of the usual collar
stud and will serve for attaching the tie without any necessity for the band
usually provided for fastening round the neck.
According to this invention, the stud is formed with one head only and the
stem is preferably arranged to swivel. Instead of the head portion there is an
eye attached to the stem. The tie is not provided with a band for passing round,
but instead is provided with a pin and fastening of a safety pin character.
When putting the collar on, the stud is passed through the buttonhole as
usual and the pin of the tie passed through the eye and fastened. The tie is
therefore securely held in position and although there is no head to the stud it
cannot come out of place.
It will of course be understood that the invention is equally applicable for
scarves and the like and for bows.
Dated this 31st day of October 1899.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Collar Studs and Tie Fasteners.
I, EDMUND MCCARTHY, of No. 14, George's Quay, Cork, Ireland, Provision
Dealer, 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 collar studs and tie fasteners, and
has for its object to provide a simple device which will serve the purpose of the
usual collar stud, and at the same time serve for attaching the tie or scarf to
the collar, without any necessity for the band usually provided for fastening
around the neck.

page_text: In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of my improved collar stud and tie fastener, the
position of the tie being shewn in dotted lines.
Fig. 2, is a side elevational view of the collar stud shewn independently.
Fig. 3, being a like view shewing the stud in position for passing through the
button hole.
Fig. 4, is an elevational view of the collar stud in position in a shirt and collar.
Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the collar stud shewn independently.
Fig. 6, shews in section a modified form of the invention, while Fig 7, is a
similar view of the form of collar stud shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts wherever occurring throughout the several figures, a represents the
shank of the stud, which is provided with one head only, as at a', while the
forward end is provided with a bar a² at right angles to the said shank, and with
an eye a³ in front of such bar.
The shank a is connected to the head a¹ in such a manner as to allow such
shank to swivel in the said head, when it is desired to introduce the shank through
the button holes of the shirt and collar, the said shank is turned into such a
position as to cause the bar a² and eye a³ to coincide in position with that of the
button-holes. By this means the operation of fastening a shirt and collar is
rendered a matter of case.
When the forward part of the stud is inserted through the button-holes, the
shank is turned on its swivel so as to cause the bar a and eye a³ to assume a
position at right angles to the said button-holes, and thereby prevent the stud
from becoming accidentally displaced.
In lieu of swivelling the shank a into the head a¹, I may form such shank
integral with the said head and swivel the bar a² and eye a³ to the forward end
of such shank, as shewn at b, Fig. 6.
It may be found sufficient in operation to provide for the shank (or the bar
and eye) to have a half turn, instead of a complete rotation as shewn and
described.
In Fig. 1, I have shewn the tie fastener, which consists of a safety-pin device,
comprising a bar c, pin e¹, spring and sheath c³.
The said device is secured to the inner side of the tie, scarf or bow, near the
upper part thereof (by sewing or other suitable means) in the position shewn.
When the tie, for instance, d is to be fastened in position, the pin c¹ is passed
through the eye a³ on the shank a, and the point of such pin then sprung into
place to be securely held by the sheath c³. By this means, the usual fastening
band on the tie or the like, is dispensed with, and the fastening of such tie or
the like is rendered easier, quicker and more certain than heretofore.
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. The improvements in collar studs and tie fasteners, consisting in forming
the stud with a bar and eye on the forward end of the shank, and connecting
the rear end of said shank to the single head in such a manner as to enable such
shank to have a swivel movement; and a safety-pin device fixed to the inner side
of the tie, in such a position as to allow of the pin of such device being passed
through the eye on the stud shank, to hold the tie in place, substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated by the drawings.
2. In improvements in collar studs and tie fasteners, the combination of a
collar stud, comprising a shank, held to swivel in the single head, and having
a side projecting bar and an eye on its forward end; with a tie fastener of safety-

page_text: pin character secured to the inner side of the tie and adapted to pass through the
eye on said shank, all substantially as and for the purpose herein before described,
and as illustrated by the drawings
Dated this 9th day of August 1900
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., for Applicant.