Improvements in Necktie Adjusters and Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1896--Accepted, 28th Sept., 1896
Improvements in Necktie Adjusters and Holders.
WILLIAM JOHN TAGO of 70 Hatton Garden London, Wholesale Jeweller
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
stateinent:-
This invention relates to improvements in necktie adjusters and holders applicable
to those neckties which are tied so as to form a bow.
My improved device is formed of brass or other metal wire suitably shaped or
curved so as to form an oval shaped or elongated ring through which a part of the
necktie is passed in the act of tying or folding it into the form of a bow.
One side of this wire ring is bent into the form of an eye which takes upon or
engages with the shank of the front collar stud so as to be held in position thereby.
The said wire ring is also sc constructed and shaped that the oye formed thereon
may be placed in position on the collar stud underneath the collar without its being
necessary to unfasten the latter.
And in order to illustrate my said invention and the manner of its application
I will describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Figure 1 is a front view of the improved device and Figure 2 a plan thereof.
Figure 3 shows the device applied to a collar and shirt front and
Figure 4 is a view showing a portion of a tie passed through the device in the
act of tying it into a bow.
a represents the wire ring constituting my improved device constructed of au
elongated or oval shape and having its back or rear side a raised and suitably
curved to fit the shape of the collar. The side a' is also bent downwards at its
middle to form a loop or eye a 2 shaped so as to tightly grip the shank of the collar
stud 6 when forced up into engagement with the latter, thus keeping it in proper
position on the stud. The device may be easily disconnected or removed by forcing
it downwards so as to disengage the eye a 2 from the stud d.
In order to apply my invention the side a' of the device is forced up between the
inside of the collar and the neckband of the shirt so as to cause the loop or eye a 2
to engage with or grip the shank of the stud b. The neck or bow tie c is then
placed around the collar d and folded into position for tying a bow. One end of
the tie is then passed up and threaded through the protruding ring as shown in
Figure 4. The said end is then folded over and tied in the form of a bow, the
latter being held in position against the collar by means of the said ring.
Having now particularly 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. In a device for adjusting or holding bow-neckties in position the use of an
elongated wire ring formed with an inverted loop or eye for gripping the shank
of the collar stud substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
2. In means for holding bow-neckties in position the employment of an elongated
wire ring a formed with a curved raised side a¹ for passing between the collar and
the neck band of the shirt and with an inverted loop or eye a2 for gripping the
collar stud substantially as described and for the purposes specified.

page_text: 3. The improved device for adjusting and holding in position bow-neckties
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1896.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Gardon, London, Agent for the Applicant.