Scarves in Position.
Year: 1886

page_text: Scarves in Position.
We, WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARK of No. 1, Mount Pleasant. Bury New Road
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Pattern Maker and WILLIAM HENRY
WITHINGTON of 69 Halston Street Hulme Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Sanitary Engineer, 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 attachments or devices for neckties scarves and the like
articles of clothing or adornment and applied thereto or employed therewith for the
purpose of holding or retaining the scarf necktie or like article in position.
These Improvements consist in attaching or applying to the back of the scarf
necktie or the like article a perforated or slotted plate in such a position that the
perforation or slot may engage with or receive the head or shank of the collar stud
or button. A spring or springs or their equivalent may be attached to or formed
upon the perforated plate and so arranged or disposed as to additionally secure the
button or the head of the stud when the attachment is in use. The perforated
plate may be applied or secured to the scarf necktie or like article by fangs formed
upon its edges or by sewing in which case holes are formed near the edges of the
plate for the reception of the stitches.
And in order that my said Invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I will now proceed to describe the same more particularly,
having reference to the annexed sheet of Drawings the various Figures whereon
are marked with similar letters to indicate similar parts.
Fig. 1 represents in plan and Fig. 2 in longitudinal section one form of these
improvements as applied to the back of a scarf. Figs. 3 to 8 inclusive represent
in plan and section respectively, various modified forms of the holding device.
A is the perforated plate the opening in which may have a key hole shape as in
figs. 1 to 6 or it may be straight and opened at one end as in fig. 7 or a curved
slot as in fig. 8.
A combination of some of the represented forms may be adopted thus:―the
straight slot in Fig. 7 may be curved as in Fig. 8.. B is a spring which may be a
pad of soft indiarubber or similar material as shown in Fig. 2, a wire or thin plate
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page_text: as in Fig. 8, a pair of wires or plates as in Fig. 6 or part of the perforated plate
bent back so as to press upon the button or head of the stud as in Figs. 3 & 7.
The function of the spring is to aid in holding the plate A and the stud or
button in their relative positions. CC are 'the fangs or holes by means of which
the device is or may be attached to the scarf or necktie. When the fangs Figs. 1
to 4 are used they are formed from the same piece of metal as the plate A and are
entered through the fabric and turned back as in Fig. 2. When the holes are
employed as in Figs. 5 to 8 the plate is attached to the tie or scarf by sewing, the
stitches passing through the holes. The perforated plate may be flat on its upper
or outer surface as shown in the drawings or bulged or indented outwards, so as to
form a partial cavity or recess for the button or the head of the stud and in all
cases we prefer to dish the plate as represented in the drawings.
In neckties or scarves having this device attached thereto the usual neck band
may if desired be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :—
(1.) As a device for retaining scarves neckties and the like in position during
wear, a perforated plate provided with fangs or holes for attaching same, sub-
stantially as herein before set forth and described and as illustrated on the appended
sheet of drawings.
(2.) As a device for retaining scarves neckties and the like in position during
wear, the combination of the perforated plate with a spring or springs, substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated on the appended
sheet of Drawings.
Tatranth day of August A·1) one thousand eight hundred and