AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING NECKTIES, AND SCARFS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAMES SMITH, of 9 Brook Street Stoke-upon-Trent, in the County of Stafford,
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FASTENING NECKTIES, AND SCARFS to be as follows:-
I make a hole (preferably an eyelet hole) in the necktie or scarf on a level with
the place where the collar is usually buttoned to the shirt front The necktie or
scarf is fastened as follows: The shank of a spring stud (any other stud or
button which will apply may be used) is passed through a hole made in the band
of the shirt where the button (which is dispensed with) for fastening the collar is
usually stitched then through the holes in the band of the collar and finally
through the hole in the necktie or scarf, the whole of which are fastened together
by putting on the head of the stud.
The advantages I claim for my invention are 1st That the necktie or scarf can
be made much cheaper than the ordinary article as the usual fastening will be
dispensed with and in the case of turn down collars the band which goes round the
neck will not be required 2nd That it is much easier to put on as the fastening
of the collar and the necktie & is accomplished at the same time with much
greater ease than first buttoning the collar and then putting on the necktie 3rd No
breastpin is required as the head of the stud serves for this and 4th Some kinds
of the necktie & can be made reversible either by turning over (both front and
back in this case being made serviceable) or by turning the sides or bottom to the
top sufficient holes being made for that purpose.
Dated this eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and

page_text: I JAMES SMITH of 9 Brook Street Stoke upon Trent in the County of Stafford,
'Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FASTENING NECKTIES AND SCARFS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The said invention consists of a hole (preferably an eyelet hole as shown in
Figs 1 & 2 at A) being made in the necktie or scarf on a level with the place
where the collar is usually buttoned to the shirt front. An additional hole or
holes would be used for a reversible scarf. The necktie or scarf is fastened as
follows: The shank of a West's patent spring stud B, Fig 3 (any other stud which
will apply may be used for the purpose) is passed through a hole in the band of
the shirt (represented by C) where the buttou for fastening the Collar in front is
usually stitched then through the front holes in the collar band (D) and finally
through the hole in the necktie or scarf (E) which are fastened together by
putting on the head of the stud. The stud head may either be loose in the usual
way or be fixed permanently on the necktie or scarf to prevent it from being lost.
The necktie or scarf can be made in any suitable shape and of several kinds of
material such as any textile material metal leather or paper.
The advantages I claim for my invention are 1 That the necktie or scarf can
be made cheaper than the ordinary articles as the usual fastening will be dispensed
with and in the case of turn down collars the band which usually goes round the
neck will not be required. 2 That it is much easier to put on. 3 No breastpin
is required as the head of the stud serves for this; and 4 Some kinds of the scarf
can be made reversible twice or four times on one or both sides in a much easier
manner than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same may be performed I declare that what
I claim as novel and desire to obtain Letters Patent for is as follows
1 The making of the eyelet or other hole or holes in neckties and scarfs and
2 The method of fastening the necktie or scarf and the collar and shirt together
substantially as described herein.