Improvements in Reversible Neck-ties or Cravats.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reversible Neck-ties or Cravats.
We GEORGE PERRY of 20 Pomona Place Fulham gentleman and CHARLES INGLE of
69 Loftus Road Shepherds Bush Acting Manager both in the County of Middlesex
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in making up or so arranging and combining
the parts of neckties or cravats that they can be readily reversed each side of the fabric
of which they are made being of a different colour or pattern and when made of
suitable fabrics they can be readily washed.
For this purpose we take two pieces of fabric of suitable length and of the same or
of different materials either plain coloured printed or otherwise ornamented and sew
them together at their edges. Each piece of fabric may be of a different material
colour and design so that each side of the neck-tie when made up will differ in
appearance from the other on being reversed.
In place of a double fabric one single piece either plain on one or both sides or
differently ornamented on each side may be used.
The two pieces of fabric thus sewn or secured together are folded lengthways a pad
being inserted between them. This pad made of any suitable material or materials
but advantageously partly of leather or card board and felt combined together is a
very essential part of the combination as it serves to connect the neck band or strap
to the neck-tie or cravat being furnished with metal studs and loops for attaching and
securing the neck band thereto and around the neck of the wearer.
On one side the pad is furnished with a fixed stud on to which one end of the neck
band (formed with an eyelet hole) is placed the other end being passed through a
button hole in the fabric which is then folded with the pad enclosed therein and con-
nected thereto by another stud on the other side or front of the pad the upper part
being tapered off or otherwise shaped in order to give a suitable form or finish to the
front of the tie or cravat the ends of which are crossed or folded over each other the
end of the neck-band being passed around the back of the neck of the wearer then
through a metal loop (passed through a button hole in the tie) on the back of the
pad and secured in position by a fixed pin thereon in the usual manner or otherwise.
In place of fixing the inner end of the neck band on a stud as previously described
may be passed through and secured to a metal loop on the pad by means of a cross
bar on the end of the band the cross bar acting as a stop to retain and prevent the end
from passing through the loop the stud being dispensed with.
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In order to reverse the tie the fabric is simply folded the reverse way to cause the
inner surface to appear outwards the tie being made up with the pad as previously
described.
A comparatively long slit may be made in the back of the neck band of the
tie to slip over a button or stud on the collar band of the shirt in order to retain
the neck tie band in position the length of the slit rendering it capable of
adjustment.
Dated this aa1 1
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reversible Neck-ties or Cravats.
We GEORGE PERRY of 38 Wingate Road Ravenscourt Road Hammersmith Gentle-
man and CHARLES INGLE of 69 Loftus Road Shepherds Bush Acting Manager both
in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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Our invention relates to improvements in making up or so arranging and combining
the parts of neck-ties or cravats that they can be readily reversed each side of the
fabric of which they are made being of a different colour or pattern and when made
of suitable fabrics they can be readily washed.
And in order that our invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into
practice we will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings hereto
annexed.
Figure 3 shows the neck band.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 show the pad and studs for securing the neck hand.
Figure 7 is a modification thereof for securing the inner end of the neck band.
Figure 8 is a front-view of the cravat.
Figure 9 is a back view thereof.
We take two pieces of fabric a of suitable length and of the same or of different
materials either plain coloured printed or otherwise ornamented and sew them
together at their edges. Each piece of fabric may be of a different material colour or
design so that each side of the neck tie when made up will differ in appearance from
the other on being reversed.
In place of a double fabric one single piece either plain or not on one or both sides,
or fabric differently ornamented on each side, may be used.
The two pieces of fabric thus sewn or secured together or the one piece of fabric
are folded lengthways a pad b being inserted between them. This pad & made of any
suitable material or materials but advantageously partly of leather or card board or
felt combined together is a very essential part of the combination as it serves to
connect the neck band or strap c to the neck tie or cravat and is furnished with
metal studs and loops for attaching and securing the neck band thereto and around
the neck of the wearer.
On one side the pad is furnished with a fixed stud 61 on to which one end of the
neck band c (formed with an eyelet hole) is placed the other end being passed through
a button hole in the fabric which is then folded with the pad enclosed therein and
connected thereto by another stud 2 on the other side or front of the pad the upper
part being tapered off or otherwise shaped in order to give a suitable form or finish to
the front of the tie or cravat the ends of which are crossed or folded over each other
the end of the neck band being passed around the back of the neck of the wearer
then through a metal loop 63 (passed through a button hole in the tie) on the back of
the pad and secured in position by a fixed pin 64 thereon in the usual manner as shown
in the drawings or otherwise suitably secured.
In place of fixing the inner end of the neck band on a stud as previously described
it inay be passed through and secured to a metal loop on the pad by means of a
cross bar on the end of the band the cross bar acting as a stop to retain and
prevent the end from passing through the loop the stud being dispensed with.
In order to reverse the tie the fabric is simply folded the reverse way to cause
the inner surface to appear outwards the tie being made up with the pad as
previously described.

page_text: A comparatively long slit may if desired be made in the back of the neck band c of
the tie to slip over a button or stud on the collar band of the shirt in order to retain
the neck-tie band in position the length of the slit rendering it capable of
adjustment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we would remark that
we make no claim to any of the parts separately which are well known and in common
use but what we do claim is
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1. The improved method of arranging and making up the parts of a neck tie or
cravat in which a single or double oblong piece of fabric is folded lengthways with a
separate pad form or block enclosed therein with fixed metal studs and loops thereon
and having a neck band attached thereto and combined therewith substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto
annexed.
2. The arrangement and application of a separate pad form or block having
Studs and loops to connect it with the folded fabric a and to the neck band c substan-
tially as and for the purpose herein before fully described and illustrated in the
drawings annexed.
3. The improved arrangement and combination of parts for making up a neck tie
or cravat substantially as herein before described and represented in the drawings
hereto annexed.
Dated 100
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentees.