US1995226A - Necktie holder - Google Patents

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March 19, 1935. F RElLLY 1,995,226

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Sept. 12, 1934 A'WAWAL AA-PIWN AVA N '0- :5-

'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Patented Mar. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES IPA-TENT OFFICE n zcx'rm HOLDER Alfred F. Reilly, North Attleboro, Mass., assignor vto Evans '02. Company, North Attleboro,

Mass., 8. corpo tion of Massachusetts Application September 12, 1934, Serial No. 743,780

10 Claims. (01. 24-49) The invention relates particularly to a device sential. This allows the ends 19 and 20 of the for attaching to a shirt or other garment to hold chain 21 to slide within the arch. The edges and retain more or less in one place the loose of the plate 1 are r d a -3- A 001- ends of a tied necktie. ated with the plate 10 is a pressing bar 24 pro- A flexibl member.f r surrounding t t i vided with transverse corrugations 25 at least at 5 provided on a base which maybe fastened t its edges which correspond with and normally garment. The flexible member is not held in age with the corrugatio 23 in the edges 01 Place rigidly but is movable so that-the tie is the Plate restrained but may have limited movement in any Preferably he pl te 10 n h bar 24 w be 10 direction. I made of one piece and material which preferably 10 Embodiments of the i v ti are sh i will be resilient metal or spring material. It will the accompanying drawin i whi h Figure 1 be understood that in operation the bar 24 and. is a top plan view of one form of device". Fig. 2 the plate 0 may s tly pa a d r t fr n is a front elevatio F 3 is a vertical section of the shirt 1'7 slipped between them. The front on the line 3, 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elethe Shirt Will thus be firmly pp between 15 vation of a fragment of a shirt-and ti showing the corrugations 23 and 25 and the plate 10 will the holding device in position.' Fig. 5 is a front be more 0 less rigidly held in Position on the elevation of another embodiment of the inven- Shirttion. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the devic f With the device attached to the shirt as indi- Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the hue oated above the loose ends of the necktie 22 after 20 7, '7 of Fig. 6. I being'tied, may be passed through the loop of The device shown in Figs, 1 to 4.o i t of the flexible member 21. The necktie will thus face plate or bar 10 which has extending backhe held not rigidly but loosely. Movement of the Ward from it a frame member 11 having b individual wearing the tie may cause upward ings 12 for a spring controlled catch member 13. and downward movement through the flexible 25 The catch member 13 has teeth 14 which are member normally held by the spring in contact. with the The plate 10 is t held fl y a st the earbearing surface 15 formed by the member 11 o merit but is held away therefrom so that there is Otherwise provided somewhat. back from t b room for the ends 19 and 20 of the flexible mem- 10. Pressure on the opposite end 16 of the catch her 21 which P through the Slot 18 to Slide 30 member 13 will allow the teeth 14 to leave the w n h garment nd th b f the p a bearing surface 15 and in this condition the de- Being free to move laterally in part or as a vice may be attached to the front seam of a garwhole the flexible member makes a limited lateral ment such as a shirt 1'7 or the like, Th face movement of the necktie possible without disenmember 10 will be on the outside of the shirt gflgemeht fr t apparatus. 35 and will be held in position somewhat away from It will be noted that the flexible member 21 is the shirt. not normally detachable from the base member Running longitudinally through more or less 10 and consequently willnot be readily separated of the face member 10.is a slot 18 in which is therefrom or lost or misplaced. Nevertheless the mounted to slide the ends 19 and 20 of some such flexible member 21 is adjustable, indeed will have 0 flexible member as a chain or ball cord 21. The self adjustments in the slot 18, and may take any arrangement preferably is such that the ends suitable oi desirable position when being put in of the member 21 are free to slide in both direcplace or when receiving or holding the tie. tions and in any position in the slot 18 but pref- The details shown may be varied and the inerably the member 21 will not slide through the vention may be embodied in structures other than 4.3

slot 18. The length of the member 21 may be a the specific form illustrated and described. desired. There is thus produced a loop of the I claim as my invention; flexible member free to have limited movement in v 1. A necktie holder comp isin a Plate having any direction but not free to be separated from a slot therein, a flexible member having its ends the plate 10. mounted slidably in the slot, and means to clasp 50 In the device illustrated in Figs. 5. 6, and 7 the plate on a garment. the plate 10 has been arched the slot 18 being 2. A necktie holder comprising a plate, a flexishown at about the crown ofthe arch and sub ble member adapted to surround a necktie and stantially in the transverse center of the arch, having both ends mounted to slide on the plate although this particular arrangement is not esand means for fastening the plate onto a garment. 55

3. A necktie holder comprising a plate, a flexible member adapted to surround a necktie and having its ends mounted to slide on the plate, a clamp mounted on the rear of the plate and a seat for the clamp set somewhat away from the plate so that a garment may be held between the clamp and the seat. i

4. A necktie holder comprising a plate having a slot therein, a flexible member having its ends passing through the slot and slidable therein, and means to clasp the plate on a garment.

5. A necktie holder comprising a plate having a closed-end slot therein, a'fiexible member lying mainly on one side of the plate and with its ends slidable in the slot, and means for fastening the' plate onto a garment.

6. A necktie holder comprising a plate having a closed-end slot therein, a flexible member passing through the slot and lying mainly on one side of the plate and having its ends slidable in the slot, and means for fastening the plate onto a garment.

7. A necktie holder, comprising a plate, a flexible member adapted to surround a necktie and mounted to slide on the plate, and a member adapted to hold a garment gripped against the edges of the plate.

8. A necktie holder comprising an arched plate. a flexible member adapted to surround a necktie and mounted to slide on the plate, and a member adapted to hold a garment gripped against the edges of the plate.

9. A necktie holder comprising a plate, a flexible member adapted to surround a necktie and mounted to slide on the plate, and means for fastening the plate onto a garment.

10. A necktie holder comprising a plate, a member adapted to surround a necktie and mounted to slide on the plate, and means for fastening the plate onto a garment.

ALFRED F. REILLY.

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