US3280404A

US3280404A - Combination tie-vest device

Info

Publication number: US3280404A
Application number: US430975A
Authority: US
Inventors: David V Wills
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1965-02-08
Filing date: 1965-02-08
Publication date: 1966-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1983-10-25

Description

Oct. 25, 1966 D. v. WILLS COMBINATION TIE-VEST DEVICE Filed Feb. 8, 1965 nwewrap DAV/0 1 was ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,280,404 COMBINATION TIE-VEST DEVICE David V. Wills, 4828 Brown St.. Philadelphia, Pa. Filed Feb. 8, 1965, Ser. No. 430,975 8 Claims. (Cl. 2-102) The invention relates to an article of clothing, and more particularly to a reversible combination tie-vest device.

The invention provides an improved reversible combination tie-vest device with an adjustable neck band for lengthening or shortening the tie-band. The device also allows the removal of the tie band and use of the vest article without same. The tie-vest device is also reversible, and is provided with waist clips allowing easy reversibility.

It is therefore a primary object of the invention to provide a new and improved combination tie-vest device providing an adjustable band for lengthening or shortening the tie portion thereof and allowing removal of the tie portion for use of the article without same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved combination tie-vest device which is readily reversible and is provided with waist clips allowing easy reversal of the article.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved combination tie-vest device having a unitary construction including a tie band which may readily be tied by the wearer about the neck of a shirt garment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent as the following detailed description of the invention is read in conjunction with the claims, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a reversible combination tie-vest device embodying the invention,

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the tie-vest device of FIGURE 1 applied to a shirt garment of a wearer,

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of the blank form of the clipping means of FIGURE 3 prior to its being bent into final form,

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the device shown in FIGURE 1 illustrating its application, with its tie portion removed, to a shirt garment of a wearer, and

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the top portion of the tie-vest device with its tie portion removed and used with a neck band about the collar of a shirt garment for application to the shirt garment of a wearer.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the figures, the reversible tie-vest device 10 comprises a vest panel 12 which has an upwardly narrowing portion 14 connecting at its top 16 with a connecting means 17 joined with a tie band portion 18 having an end 20. The lower portion 22 of the vest panel 12 is provided with

arcuate bottom edges

24, 26, forming an intermediate V-noticed edge region 28 with two bottom

vest apex points

30, 32 all of a unitary construction.

The bottom portion 34 of the vest panel 12 provides laterally extending

regions

36, 38 formed by the

bottom edges

24, 26 and the upper edges 39, 40 of the vest panel 12. The

side portions

36, 38 of the vest panel 12 are provided with loops 42, 44 which pass through the

openings

46, 48 of vest attachment means 50, 52. The vest attachment means 50, 52, may be formed of a blank of material 50 which may be of metal and bent into an M-shaped form with

opposite tongues

54, 56, and a center portion 58. The center portion 58 has the extending portion 60 containing the slot openings 46.

The upper portion 14 of the vest panel 12 is provided proximate its top 16 with a flexible and bendable strip element 62 which may be secured between the front and back layers of

material

64, 66 of the vest panel 12. The strip element 62 may be of metallic or other suitable material. The section 68 of the connecting means 17 is also seemed at the top 16 of the vest panel 12 and is provided with a loop 70 at its extending end for retaining the hook element 72 of the connecting means 17. A second section 74 of the connecting means 17 is provided with a looped end 76 for detachably engaging the hook 78 of the element 72. One end 80 of the section 74 is connected with a slidablyadjustable buckle 82 which is movable along the looped portion 84 of the section 74 for shortening or lengthening the extension of the section 74 of the connecting means 17. The

sections

68 and 74 of the hook element 72 may be made of strips of elastic or inelastic flexible material.

The end 86 of the section 74 ofthe connecting means 17 is connected with the end 88 of the tie portion 18 of the tie-vest device 10. The tie portion 18 may also be provided with two layers of material 90, 92 on opposite sides corresponding to the layers of

material

64 and 66 of the vest panel 12.

In use when the combination tie-vest device 10 is worn, as shown in FIGURE 2, the vest panel is applied to the front of the shirt garment 94 shown in dashed lines, with the upwardly extending portion 14 directed toward the neck of the wearer and the connecting portion 17 extending about the collar 96 of the shirt garment 14. The tie portion 18 is formed into a knot 98 in a conventional manner and extends downwardly, with its end 20 at the bottom, in front of the vest portion 12 of the device 10. The

side regions

36, 38 of the vest panel 12 are secured by clipping the attachment means 50, 52 over the upper edge 100 (shown by dashed lines) of the trousers 101 of the wearer. The attachment means 50, 52 are thus secured by receiving the upper edge of the trousers between the tongue portion 54 and the center or intermediate portion 58 of their respective attachment means 50, 52. The attachment means 50, 52 affords easy reversal of the tie-vest device 12 by allowing clipping with the trousers between the opposite tongue 56 and the center portion 58 of respective attachment means 50, 52 when the device 10 is reversed.

By its reversibility, combination tie-vest device 10 provides additional utility n vew of the diierent desgns or ornamentation which may be presented by the

layers

64, 66 of the vest panel 12 and the layers 90, 92 of the tie portion 18 on opposite sides of the combination tie-vest device 10. The fact that the tie portion 18 may :be detached and reversibly attached by the connection means 17 also increases the number of combinations which may be achieved in the designs or ornamentations presented by the combination tie-vest device 10 and which can be chosen by the wearer.

FIGURE 6 discloses the manner in which the combination tie-vest device 10 may be applied to the shirt 102 of the wearer with the tie portion 18 detached. The attachment means 50, 52 are similarly attached in the manner described in connection with FIGURE 2, while the upper portion 14 of the vest panel 12 has its metallic element 62 bent to form an edge 104 which is positioned over the top edge 106 of the shirt 102. The metallic element 62 in its bent condition maintains the fold 104 at the top of the vest panel 12, forming a hook with its downwardly extending portion with edge 16 extending along the inside of the collar 108 of the shirt 102. This maintains the vest in position and provides an article of clothing which is different in structure and operation from the conventional or prior art vest garments.

A modified form of application of the combination tievest device is disclosed in FIGURE 7. In this application, the device 10 has its upper portion 14 folded to form an edge 104 having its downwardly extending extremity passed under a neck band 110. The neck band 110 may be made of elastic material and is provided with an attachment hook means 112. The band 110 passes about the collar 108 of the shirt 102 and provides a means for securing the top 14 of the device 10 proximate the collar 108 of the shirt 102 with its extending end 16 passing behind the neck band 110 and behind the upwardly extending portion 14 of the vest panel 12.

The Various manners in which the combination tie-vest device 10 may be used with or without the tie portion 18 and the reversal of the device 10 as a whole or with the independent reversal of the tie portion 18, provides a highly versatile and useful article of clothing.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention may find wide application with appropriate modification to meet the individual design circumstances, but without substantial departure from the essence of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A combination tie-vest device comprising a single unitary vest panel which narrows centrally of said panel to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, an elongated reversible neck tie portion having a first removable and reversibly attachable end for being knotted with the top portion of the vest panel and a second free neck tie end, and connecting means for being attached with the first end of said neck tie portion and adjustably joining the top portion of said vest panel with said neck tie portion, said panel having its greatest width at its bottom portion and including first and second attachment means at opposite sdes of the bottom portion of said vest panel.

2. A combination tie-vest device comprising a unitary vest panel which narrows to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, an elongated neck tie portion, and connecting means adjustably joining the top portionof said vest panel With said neck tie portion, said panel having its greatest width at its bottom portion and including first and second attachment means at opposite sides of the bottom portion of said vest panel, said connecting means detachably connects said vest panel and said neck tie portion, said vest panel being reversible with said first and second attachment means each being provided with first and second symmetrical clipping tongues and a center portion for attachment with said vest panel.

3. The device of claim 2 in which the top portion of said vest panel is provided with a bendable strip means for maintaining a fold in the end of top portion of said vest panel.

4. The device of claim 3 in which the first and second 4 attachment means of said vest panel each have a substantially M configuration, and said strip means comprises a flexible metallic element.

5. A combination tie-vest device comprising a unitary vest panel which narrows to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, the top portion of said vest panel being provided with a bendable strip means for maintaining a fold in the upper end of the top portion of said vest panel, said panel having its greatest width at its bottom portion and including first and second attachment means at opposite sides of the bottom portion of said vest panel, said vest panel being reversible with said first and second attachment means each being provided with first and second symmetrical clipping tongues and a center portion for attachment with said vest panel.

6. The device of claim 5 in which the first and second attachment means of said vest panel each have a substantially M configuration, and said strip means comprises a flexible metallic element.

7. A combination tievest device comprising a unitary vest panel which narrows centrally of said panel to a single band in the vertical direction towards its top portion and has abottom waist portion, the top portion of said vest panel being provided with a bendable strip means comprising a flexible metallic element extending in the vertical direction for maintaining a fold at a desired location in the upper end of the top portion of said vest panel to allow the adjustment in the length of said band and forming an attachment hook to maintain same in position, said vest panel having its greatest width at its bottom portion and including first and second symmetrical reversible attachment clip means at opposite sides of the bottom portion of said vest panel.

8. A combination tie-vest device comprising a unitary vest panel which narrows to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, the top portion of said vest panel being provided with a bendable strip means comprising a flexible metallic element for maintaining a fold in the upper end of the top portion of said vest panel, and a neck band comprising an elongated elastic strip with detachably secured ends for encompassing the neck of a wearer and retainably receiving thereabout the folded end of the top portion of said vest panel.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,737,322 11/1929 Minton 2-155 2,134,473 10/1938 Engleson 2--102 2,152,073 3/1939 McEldowney 248 2,526,274 10/1950 Riordan et al. 2153 3,093,830 6/1963 Wills 2-102 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner. R. J. SCANLAN, 1a., Assistant Examiner.

Claims

1. A COMBINATION TIE-VEST DEVICE COMPRISING A SINGLE UNITARY VEST PANEL WHICH NARROWS CENTRALLY OF SAID PANEL TO A SINGLE BAND IN THE DIRECTION TOWARD ITS TOP PORTION, AN ELONGATED REVERSIBLE NECK TIE PORTION HAVING A FIRST REMOVABLE AND REVERSIBLY ATTACHABLE END FOR BEING KNOTTED WITH THE TOP PORTION OF THE VEST PANEL AND A SECOND FREE NECK TIE END, AND CONNECTING MEANS FOR BEING ATTACHED WITH THE FIRST END OF SAID NECK TIE PORTION AND ADJUSTABLY JOINING THE TOP PORTION OF SAID VEST PANEL WITH SAID NECK TIE PORTION, SAID PANEL HAVING ITS GREATEST WIDTH AT ITS BOTTOM PORTION AND INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND ATTACHMENT MEANS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID VEST PANEL.