Improvements in and connected with Scarves and Ties for Personal Wear.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1891.
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in
and connected with Scarves and Ties for
Personal Wear.
We, CLARE EDGAR TOWELL and CLARE ERNEST TOWELL, both of Somerset
House Bristol Street Hulme, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Agents, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to scarves and ties for ladies' and gentlemen's personal wear,.
and especially for wear in combination with shirt fronts shirt collars and shirts.
According to these improvements, the scarf or tie consists simply of a ribbon or
strip of single or double or multi-texture fabric, or of any suitable fabric or fabrics.
made up into a similar form. Down the centre of the shirt front, or pendent from
the collar band or from the neck band, we arrange a strip of similar material
behind the upper part of which the aforesaid strip or ribbon may be passed. In the
case of a shirt front, the vertical strip may be attached to the neck-band at the top,
and to the bottom band at the bottom of the front. Between the ends, it may be
secured by studs, and the strip will resemble the middle pleat of the shirt front.
In use, the ribbon or strip which constitutes the principal portion of the scarf is
inserted behind the strip fastened over the shirt front between the top stud and the.
neck-band. The two ends, at an equal distance, or thereabouts, from the vertical
strip are then folded over each other diagonally in the manner of a made-up scarf,.
and they may thus be secured by an ornamental pin. By this arrangement the
vertical strip which is secured to the neckband or to the collar, forms the central
portion of the scarf, and the diagonally folded ends of the inserted strip form the
wings. Any other scarf or tie may be worn with the vertical strip, instead of the
folded strip, and it will be obvious that no trouble will arise in the laundry from
the adoption of these improvements.
Dated this 25th day of September A.D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Scarves and Ties for-
Personal Wear.
.
We, CLARE EDGAR TOWELL and CLARE ERNEST TOWELL both of 12 Lever
Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Agents, 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 scarves and ties for ladies' and gentlemen's personal
wear, and especially for wear with shirt fronts shirt collars and shirts.
According to these improvements the scarf or tie consists simply of a ribbon or
strip of any suitable fabric or fabrics made up in the desired form and thickness.
Down the centre of the shirt front or pendent from the collar band or neck band
we arrange a strip of similar material behind the upper part of which the aforesaid
strip or ribbon may be passed. In the case of a shirt front the vertical strip may
be attached to the neck band at the top and to the bottom band at the bottom
of the front. Between the ends it may be secured by studs and the strip will resemble
the middle pleat of the shirt front. In use the ribbon or strip which constitutes
the principal portion of the scarf is inserted behind the upper end of the vertical
strip, and its two ends are then folded diagonally over each other in the manner of
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a made up scarf and preferably secured by a pin. The vertical strip thus forms
the central portion of the scarf and the diagonally folded ends of the inserted strip
form the wings. Any other scarf or tie may be worn with the vertical strip and it
will be obvious that no trouble will arise in the laundry from the adoption of these
improvements.
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As an alternative method of carrying this invention into effect a dovetail shaped
piece of fabric may be secured by its narrowest end to the neck band in substitution
for the vertical strip, the other strip or ribbon being placed behind it and folded
over as before described.
For additional security it is preferred that the folded over strip or ribbon be
provided with a stud hole at about mid length and near one of its edges, which
. engages with the upper stud of the shirt front.
The accompanying drawings illustrate in what manner our improvements may be
applied to a shirt which fastens at the back.
A vertical strip A. formed from any suitable fabric or material is secured at its
upper end to the neck band of the shirt B so that as illustrated by Figure 1, it can
be moved away from the shirt front in order not to interfere with any laundry
operations. Figure 2 shews the strip, which is provided with stud holes coincident
with those in the shirt front, laid down and secured in place by studs, the lowest
end of the strip being passed through a loop C formed on the lower band. When
in this position an ordinary necktie can be worn with the shirt. In Figure 3 is
illustrated the first stage in the application of our new scarf or tie. The vertical
strip A is first raised and folded on itself at its upper end so as to conceal the collar
stud. The strip or ribbon D which will eventually be folded to complete the tie is
then passed behind it and secured to the upper stud of the shirt by a stud hole
placed near its lower edge as shewn by dotted lines in the figure. Owing to the
raising of the strip A its stud holes cannot now be used to secure it to the shirt but
it is held in place by its lower end being still contained within the loop C.
The tie or scarf in its completed form is shewn in Figure 4. The ends of the
strip or ribbon D are here folded diagonally one over the other and secured together
and to the strip A by means of a suitable pin.
Our improvements may obviously be applied to other shirts and to false fronts in
a similar manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be perform d, we declare that what we
claim is,-
1. A tie or scarf consisting of a strip or piece of suitable material secured to an.
pendent from a collar or the neck band of a shirt or shirt front in combination with
a second strip of suitable material which is placed behind the first and then folded
diagonally over to complete the scarf or tie, substantially as hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of June A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.