US2002231A - Necktie holder - Google Patents

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L. E. BAER NEGKTIE HOLDER Filed April 24. 1934 I INVENTOR. [aw/van? .zi'fla'er 26mm ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 21, 1935 NECKTIE HOLDER Lawrence E. Baer, Attleboro, Mass, assignor to The Baer & Wilde Company, a. corporation of Massachusetts Application April 24, 1934, Serial No. 722,076 6 Claims (01. z-ns) This invention relates to a necktie holder and has for one of its objects the provision of a necktie holder which will restrain a cravat against lateral movement while permitting longitudinal movement to prevent wrinkling of the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holder' for a cravat which will permit the cravat to lie centrally of the shirt when the holder is in mounted position thereon.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device which may be looped about the cravat laterally thereof to retain the tie in desired position without the necessity of passing the ends of the tie through the part which holds it in such position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a necktie holder so arranged that the holder may be passed about the tie and secured in position on the shirt and may be optionally so arranged that the tie may be tucked through the holder if desired.

A further object of the invention is. the provision of a holder which will utilize a part of the shirt itself as a portion of the encircling element of the tie rather than providing sufficient metal to completely encircle the tie.

, A still further object of the invention is the provision of a very simple device which may be arranged very compactly for transporting purposes and one which will be light in weight and one which is inexpensive to manufacture.

'With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a fragmental portion of a. shirt, a collar thereon and a cravat extending from the collar, showing my improved holding device as in a position to prevent, restrain or guide the movements of the tie or cravat in relation to the shirt.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a portion of the shirt with the tie as turned up to illustrate the attaching means of my device as in position on the shirt.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3'3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on line H of Fig, 2, illustrating in dot-dash lines the chain for connecting together the detachable members.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view looking at the back of one of my detachable members.

Necktie holders consisting of a pair of jaws for gripping both a cravat and shirt between them for holding the cravat in position will restrain the cravat not only against lateral movement but also against longitudinal movement. It is frequently desirable to permit the cravat to move longitudinally and to restrain it laterally; and in order that this may be accomplished I have 5 provided a flexible element and secured it to the shirt at spaced points, the flexible element extending loosely about the cravat permitting it to take the desired position on the shirt and which together with a portion of the shirt to which it 10 is gripped provides a complete encirclement of the tie or cravat so as to restrain it against lateral movement and also limitedly permit the tie to move up and down in relation to the shirt in response to movement of the body and I so detachably secure this flexible member to the shirt that it may be'detached at either end to be moved about the tie and then caused to be secured in position and by this arrangement I do not have to poke the tie through the flexible member which in some instances may become marred or provide such sharp corners as to catch in the tie and tear the same; and the following is a more detailed description of the present embodiment of the invention illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished: 1

With reference to the drawing, [0 designates a shirt with a strip of material II sewed along its edge l2, asat l3 and H. A collar I5 is mounted on the usual neckband I 6 of the shirt and a fourin-hand necktie or cravat l1 extends downwardly from the collar over the front of the shirt and over the strip ll of facing material at the edge thereof. My necktie holder consists of a pair of clip members designated generally l8, see Fig. 5, one of which may be detachably secured to the edge I! of the facing strip H on one side of the strip and the other to the edge 20 of the facing strip II on the other side, see for instance Fig. 2. These detaching members may be identical in form and as will be seen by the drawing,-are beneath the tie and are hidden from view thereby. On each of these members there is provided a ring 22 to which there is connected a flexible element or chain 23 so that these two detachable members i8 are connected together by a chain 23 extending out over the face of the tie and this chain is of such a length that it will loop about the tie and retain the same against lateral movement altho permitting some longitudinal movement of the tie by sliding through this chain which'acts as a guide therefor.

While this tie may be poked through the chain after the same is in position as illustrated in Figs.

1 and 2, I usually prefer to attach one end and then pass the other end of the chain about the tie and attach the. other clip or member to the shirt by placing them at a substantially horizontal level with respect to the vertical position of the shirt and thus maintain the entire device substantially horizontal and in a position which has a neat appearance on the shirt.

The members l8 may be of any suitable construction, permitting them to be clipped onto the shirt, that which I have shown here consisting of a front jaw 25, a back jaw 26, each being provided with ears 2l pivoted together by a pin 28 about which there extends a coiled spring 29 having portions such as 30, extending to cause these jaws 25 and 26 to move about the pin 28 as'a pivot and cause their ends 3| and 32 which are turned inwardly and provided with teeth 33 to engage and exert a biting pressure on any material placed between them. Thus when these members are placed on the edges l9 and 20, which are doubled back as illustrated in Fig. 4, they will maintain themselves securely in position.

The front jaw 25 has soldered to it the ring 22 to which the flexible element or the chain is attached, the same being of a length just about sufiicient to encircle the tie and yet restrain it in its movement laterally and-hold the tie in the desired position along the shirt front, and centrally thereof by reason of the flexibility of the chain allowing the tie to move over beyond the edge of the shirt so that its center will align with the edge of the shirt.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a shirt, a necktie holder having separate members attachable to the shirt at selected spaced points a desired distance apart,

means flexibly connecting said members together and together with the portion of the shirt between said spaced points encircling the tie.

2. In combination, a shirt, a necktie holder having separate members attachable to the shirt at selected spaced points a desired distance apart, means flexibly connecting said members together and together with the portion of the shirt between said spaced points encircling the tie, said connecting means plus the length of the space between said spaced points being of a length to loosely encircle the tie.

3. In combination, a shirt having a strip of material secured to the edge thereof with its opposite edges free, a necktie holder having members detachably attached to the opposite free edges of said strip, a flexible member connecting said members together and of a length which together with said strip of material between said members will encircle a cravat over this portion of the shirt.

4. In combination, a shirt having a strip of material secured to the edge thereof with its opposite edges free, a necktie holder having clips detachably attached to the opposite free edges of said strip, a chain member connecting said members together and of a length which together with said strip of material between said members will encircle a cravat over this portion of the shirt.

5. In combination, a shirt, a necktie and a necktie holder, said holder comprising a pair of separate members, each detachably secured to said shirt at a selected point, and a flexible element connecting said members together and partially encircling the necktie.

6. In combination, a shirt, a necktie overlying the shirt and a necktie holder, said holder comprising a pair of clip members detachably secured to said shirt beneath said tie, and a chain connecting said members together and partially encircling the necktie, whereby said members are hidden and the chain only is exposed to view.

LAWRENCE E. BAER.

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