A NEW OR IMPROVED RETAINER FOR NECKTIES AND SCARVES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I HENRY WILLIAM ABERLIN of 33 Ossington Street, Bayswater in the County
of Middlesex, Hosier and Shirt maker and WILLIAM JOSEPH GEOGHEGAN trading
as Geoghegan and Doucet at 178 Regent Street in the County of Middlesex
Hosier and Shirt maker do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED RETAINER FOR NECKTIES AND SCARVES " to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improved retainer for keeping neckties or scarves in
place and preventing them riding up or shifting round particularly when stand up
collars are worn.
The invention consists in the combination with the collar stud of an oblong
loop adapted to fit close against the collar and through which loop the necktie is
passed, the loop being concealed by the bow or knot formed by the tie or it might
be adapted for use as a personal ornament to take the place of the ordinary scarf
ring or clasp and in either case it might be hinged to open in the manner of a
clasp to facilitate the passing of the tie through it.
This loop or clasp is provided with a stem for attachment to the collar stud
which has a socket to receive the stem the connection being made either by
screwing or by a spring attachment in the manner now used for solitaires.
The collar stud has by preference a pillar of flat section to prevent the loop or
clasp twisting round.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
We HENRY WILLIAM ABERLIN of 33. Ossington Street, Bayswater in the
county of Middlesex, Hosier and shirt-maker, and WILLIAM JOSEPH GEOGHEGAN
trading as Geoghegan and Doucet at 178 Regent Street in the County of Middlesex,
Hosier and Shirt Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED RETAINER FOR NECKTIES AND SCARVES 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 a device for keeping neckties or scarves in place and
preventing them riding up or shifting round.
The Invention consists in the combination with the collar stud of an oblong
loop adapted to fit close against the collar, and through which loop the necktie is
passed, the loop being concealed by the bow or knot formed by the tie. The loop,
which may be hinged to open in the manner of a clasp to facilitate the passing of
. the tie through it, is provided with a stem for attachment to the collar stud which
has a socket to receive the stem, the connection being made either by screwing
or by a spring attachment in the manner now used for solitaires; or the connection
may be made in any other suitable manner. The collar stud has, by preference, a
pillar of flat or oval section to prevent the loop or clasp twisting round.
In the accompanying drawings. Figures 1 and 2 show face and top views of the
retainer as applied to a collar stud, the retainer being secured to the stud by
screwing. Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a face view of the collar stud and a
top view of the loop portion of the retainer seperately. Figure 5 is a top view of
the same form of loop as applied to a collar stud by a locking-stud or crosshead.
Figures 6 and 7 are top and rear views of the loop separately, and figure 8 is a face
view of the collar stud. Figure 9 shows a rear view of the retainer as in use, the
necktie being passed through it previous to tieing it in a bow or knot.
a is the loop, b its stem, and c the collar stud. The loop is made of metal and
of the flattened curved form shown, corresponding, approximately, to the curvature
of the neck. In figures 1 to 4 the stem b is screw threaded, and the collar stud
has a tapped hole in its head d to receive said. stem. The pillar e of the collar
stud is in all cases made of flattened or oval section, as shown at e¹ figure 2 to
prevent the collar stud turning round in the button hole.
In figures 5 to 8 the stem bis secured to the collar stud by two lugs f, on the
stem, engaging in an undercut hole in the head of the collar stud, the hole in the
collar stud being of such shape as to allow of the stem b being inserted, and retain
it when turned a quarter round therein,-that is to say the direction of the
aperture in the head of the collar stud is at right angles to the position occupied
by the lugs when the retainer a is in position, the long axis of said aperture
being vertical, as in figure 8, and the lugs f horizontal, as in figure 7, when the
two are secured together. The collar stud is retained in this position by reason
of its pillar e being of flattened or oval section as before explained.
Instead of the stem of the loop being connected to the collar stud in either of
the
ways just described it might be formed with a small head on the end adapted
to engage with a spring blade or slide, as now used for connecting the two parts of
solitaires together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, We declare that what
We claim is:-
1st The combination with a collar stud of a loop detachably connected thereto,
substantially as herein described and shown in the drawings for the purpose
anecified
.

page_text: 2nd The combination, with a necktie-retaining loop of a collar stud constructed
with a pillar of flattened or oval section, substantially as shown and described for
the purpose specified.
H. W. ABERLIN.
W. J. GEOGHEGAN.
By their Agents
A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane.