Patent ID: 8056147

Claim:
A necktie having an integrated system to limit movement of the free ends of the necktie when worn, the necktie consisting of: a selected material formed into the shape of a necktie having a wide end section terminated in a first end of the necktie and a narrow end section terminated in a second end of the necktie, the necktie having a selected width transition from the wide end section to the narrow end section, the necktie having an overall length from the first end of the necktie to the second end of the necktie selected to allow the necktie to be secured to a person's neck using a selected knot-tying technique such that the first end of the necktie is positioned at a selected location with respect to the person's waistline and such that the second end of the necktie is positioned behind the wide end of the necktie proximate to the first end of the necktie; a plurality of buttonholes formed through an engagement portion of the narrow end section of the necktie, the engagement portion extending for a selected distance from the second end of the necktie, each of the plurality of buttonholes sized to receive a button of a shirt, each buttonhole providing an opening from a rear surface of the engagement portion to the front surface of the engagement portion; and at least one loop secured to the back of the wide end section of the necktie, the loop being sufficiently large to allow the narrow end section of the necktie to pass through the loop, the loop being displaced from the first end of the necktie by a distance selected to position the at least one of the plurality of buttonholes between the loop and the first end of the necktie when the second end of the necktie is positioned proximate to the first end of the necktie, the loop being positioned sufficiently close to the first end of the necktie such that no more than the engagement portion of the narrow end section is positioned between the loop and the first end of the necktie when the narrow end section of the necktie is passed through the loop and the second end of the necktie is positioned behind the first end of the necktie.