An Improved Device relating to Ties.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1897-Accepted, 14th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device relating to Ties.
I, CHARLES THOMAS GRIFFIN of Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue,
London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device relating to ties and my invention
consists in a device whereby neck ties and the like, of the kind which are tied in a
bow or otherwise may be securely retained in their proper position and prevented
from rising on the collar.
In carrying out my invention I employ a piece of suitable wire one end of
which is adapted to be hooked or otherwise attached to the stud or said end may
be adapted to be used as a stud. The remaining portion of the wire I next bend
into two loops or equivalents the one loop being at about right angles to the other,
said loops being adapted to receive and hold in position a neck tie, so that when the
ends of the neck tie are tied into a bow or otherwise which will be situated on the
outside of and will cover the wire device-the tie will be securely retained in
position.
Dated this 21st day of September 1896
CHARLES THOMAS GRIFFIN,
By his Agents, Horn Son & Co.,
151, Strand (next to Somerset House), London.
I CHARLES THOMAS GRIFFIN of Constitutional Club Northumberland Avenue in
the County of London 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:-
My invention has reference to an improved device adapted to securely retain
neck ties & the like of the kind which are tied in a bow in proper position & to
prevent their rising on the collar.
In order that my invention may be readily understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 represents one form of my improved device &
Fig. 2 an alternative form.
In carrying out my invention & referring firstly to Fig. 1 I employ a piece of wire
one end a of which is soldered or hooked or otherwise attached to the stud B or if
desired said end a' may be formned so as to be adapted to be used as a stud. I next
bend the wire into two loops or the like a² as the one loop being at about right angles

page_text: to the other the arrangement being such that when the neck tie is being tied one of
the ends is passed through the loop a² & then over the loop a³ & then the tying of
the bow is completed.
In the alternative form as shown in Fig. 2 the wire device is adapted to be hooked
on to the stud-preferably under the collar-by means of a loop c to the lower end of
which my improved device is attached. In this form of device I bend the wire so as
to form a loop a² on each side of a common loop a³. With this form of device I
also pass one end of the tie through one loop a² & over the loop a³ the tying being
then completed in the usual way."
Instead of making my improved device of wire I may stamp it from sheet metal &
I do not confine myself to any particular manner of attachment of my improved
device to the stud & the relative dimensions of the loop may be any which in practice
are found most suitable.
The tie having been arranged as described & tied cannot ride up on the collar or
otherwise become deranged inasmuch as the loop a' acts as a reversed hook & prevents
the tie riding up on the collar & the upper arm of the loop or loops a² over which the
end of the tie is passed prevents the tie dropping down away from the collar or stud.
In any event the whole of the device is hidden by the tie when properly arranged.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said invention &
in what manner the same is to be performed I eeclare that what I claim is.
An improved device consisting of a piece of wire or equivalent, bent or otherwise
formed into loops a² a adapted to receive one end of a neck-tie said device being also
capable of being fixedly or removably attached to the collar stud all for the purposes &
substantially as described & illustrated.
Dated this 21st day of June 1907
CHARLES THOMAS GRIFFIN,
By his Agents, Horn Son & Co.,
151, Strand (next to Somerset House), London.