Improvements in Hunting Stocks or Cravats and Appliance appertaining thereto.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Hunting Stocks or Cravats and Appliance
appertaining thereto.
I, VERNEY DREW of Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Burlington Arcade London, W.
Gentleman 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 hunting stocks or cravats and appliance
appertaining thereto and has for its object to provide a simple device whereby the
said stock or cravat may be easily and expediously adjusted to, or removed from the
wearer's neck.
This improved stock or cravat consists of a band of suitable material similar in
shape to an ordinary necktie but with a button hole formed in the middle of its
length for securing the said band to the front of the wearers shirt.
A spring clip or fastener made of special design, and of any suitable material
secures the band and admits of its being tightened or drawn up around the neck of
the wearer.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will describe the
same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1. is a front view of my improved stock or cravat as it appears when
folded in position for wear-Figure 2 being a plan shewing the loop formed for
passing over the head and on to the neck of the wearer.
Figure 3. is a view of the spring clip or fastener fixed into position upon the
band, and
Figure 4 is a view at right angles to Fig. 3 of the said clip.
B represents the band forming the stock or cravat the middle or front part of
which is provided with a button hole C is the spring clip or fastener formed
out of bent nickelized wire or other suitable material as shewn in Fig. 3.-the upper
part e of this clip is bent over and split as shewn in Fig. 4 so as to form a catch for
the free end of the limb c¹ somewhat similar to an ordinary safety pin whereby the
clip is secured in position on the band B at the back of the neck-the dotted lines
shew the limb c¹ in its unlocked position.
In order to fix the stock or cravat around the wearers neck the band B is folded
in half and the clip or fastener C fastened into position thereon as shewn in
Figures 3 and 4. The band is then drawn through the clip to allow of a loop being
formed as shewn in Fig. 2 sufficiently large to pass over the wearers head and on
to his neck. The front part b is now buttoned by means of the button hole b' to
the wearer's shirt front and the free ends of the band are pulled until the loop is
sufficiently tight, the said ends being brought over and folded in front as shown in
Fig. 1, where they may be secured by means of a pin or the said ends may be tied
or formed into a knot or bow as required.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The improved stock or cravat substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
2. The combination with the stock or cravat as above claimed of a spring clip
or fastener substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of
drawing

page_text: 3. The improved clip or fastener substantially as described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings."
Dated this 22nd day of September 1892.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.