Improved Detachable Button and Necktie Holder.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug. 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1995
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Detachable Button and Necktie Holder.
I, EDWARD ARTHUR BROWN of 15 Holker Street, Keighley in the County of
York, Banker's Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
It consists of an improved form of button which is made so that it may be
readily attached to the edge of any garment or fabric as to the neckband of a shirt,
in which latter position it answers as a button for the attachment of the collar as
well as a holder for the necktie passing around said collar, while when required
said holder may be used for holding the lower end of a cravat in connection with
the front of said shirt.
To carry my invention into effect I make a spring jaw by taking any suitable
kind or piece of metal and bending same upon itself and further causing one part
to pass through an opening or slot in the other part so that same is thus made to
have a strong grip to secure its attachment to the fabric or garment, while it is
also made to be easily and readily applied or detached.
To this jaw part I attach a stem carrying a head preferably formed circular to
enable the easy attachment of a collar thereto, while by having a lateral projection
or tongue fixed to this head it is formed to serve as a necktie holder without
interfering with its use as a button or stud.
Further when not to be used as a button or stud, the jaw part may be employed
as a cravat holder to secure the lower end of this to the front of the shirt.
Dated this 31st day of October 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Detachable Button and Necktie Holder.
I, EDWARD ARTHUR BROWN of 15 Holker Street, Keighley in the County of
York, Banker's Clerk, 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, that is to say :-
It consists of an improved form of button which is made so that it may be
readily attached to the edge of any garment or fabric as to the neckband of a shirt,
in which latter position it answers as a button for the attachment of the collar as
well as a holder for the necktie passing around said collar, while when required
said holder may be used for holding the lower end of a cravat in connection with
the front of said shirt.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings which are illustrative of my invention.
Figs. 1 and 2 are side and top views of the holder and button combined.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of same.

page_text: Figs. 4 and 5 are side and top views of the button made separately from the
holder, in which case it forms a kind of stud.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the button shown by Figs. 4 and 5.
To carry my invention into effect I make a spring jaw a by taking any suitable
kind or piece of metal and bending same upon itself and further causing the part a¹
to pass through an opening er slot 6 formed in the part a so that same is thus made
to have a strong grip to secure its attachment to the fabric or garment to which it
is or may be applied while its detachment therefrom may easily be effected as and
whenever desired.
To the jaw part a I attach a stem e carrying a head d (preferably of circular
form as shown although it may be produced in other shapes) by these means when
the parts a a¹ are gripping the neckband on the shirt the stud part cd may be
used for fixing a collar thereto while by the head d having a projecting piece f
fixed to its outer surface it is made to answer the purposes of a necktie holder to
prevent same from rising or working up over the back of the collar. As shown by
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 the button or stud having the projecting part fattached thereto
may be formed separately from the gripping jaws a a¹ in which case it is only
useful as a holder for the collar and tie at the back of the shirt's neck band,
while when attached to the jaws above described it does not interfere with the
use of these latter for holding or securing the lower end of a cravat to the front of
the shirt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The formation and construction of a button and necktie-holder substantially
as herein specified.
2. A button or stud having a laterally projecting part fixed to its head
substantially as herein set forth and described.
Dated this 31st day of July 1895.
E. A. BROWN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.