US1769547A - Necktie - Google Patents

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July 1, 1930. M. ROBBINS 1,769,547

NEIICKTIE Filed Jan. '7, 1929 ill WHEEL ATTORNEY Patented July 1, 1930 V r I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAURTGE ROBBINS, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS I .NECKTIE Application filed January 7, 1929. Serial No. 330,888. I

This inventionrelates to a necktie, the and thus when the, necktie is knotted, the general object of the invention being to core Will act to fill out'the knot and give place. a core of pressure resisting substance, it' a much better appearance than an ordisuch as sponge rubber and inflated rubber nary necktie. It also facilitates the unty- 5 tubing or woven or knitted fabric in the ing of the knot, as the yieldable nature of small end part of the tie so as to give the the core prevents the knotvbeing made too tie, when knotted, a much better appearance tight so that the knot can be easily untied than an ordinary tie, the core also acting or the knotted portion can be slipped over to facilitate the untying of the tie as well the part containing the core without untying 10 as to increase the life of the tie by preventthe knot. Inthis latter case, the wedge end ing the knot being made too tight, which 2 facilitates the passing of the knotted part damages the fabric from which the tie is upon the core part. formed. The invention also acts to increase the This invention also consists in certain life of the tie by preventing theknot being 15 other features of construction and in the made too tight, which acts to damage the eral views, and inwhich combination and arrangement of the sevfabric from which the tie is formed. gThe eral parts, to be hereinafter fully described, part A? of the necktie between the large and illustrated in the accompanying drawing small ends thereof may be stitched, as shown 7 and specifically pointed out in the appended at 5, to stiffen this part. 20 claim. I It is thought from the foregoing descrip- In describing.theinvention in detail, reftion that the advantages and novel features" I erence will be had to the accompanying of the inventionwill be readily apparent.

drawing wherein like characters denote like It is'to beunderstood that changes may or corresponding parts throughout the 'sevbe made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several 5 Figure 1 is a perspective View of the imparts,.p rovided that such changes fall withproved tie. in the scope of the appended claim.

Figure 2 is a View of the core. What I claim is g V a Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig- A necktie of the class described compris '30 ure 2. ing the usual neck encircling portion and 5 as shown at 1" in Fi ure 6. The inner end I Figure; isasection on line 4- of Fig the innerand outer flap portions, the inner ure 2. a I 1 1 flap portion being of tubular form, and a Figure 5 is a transverse sectional iew coreof yieldable'material fitted within'said. I

through a modified form of core. inner flap portion and having its inner end 35 Figure'6 is a similar view through an taperedatits opposite sides in the'direc- BE other form of core. I tion of the neck encircling portion of the As shown in these views, I form a core tieythe outer end of thecore being semi- 1 of sponge rubber or woven. or knitted fab- P Q O V 7 i i V i ric, or the core may be formed of an i In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. .fiated rubber tubingor cotton batting, etc.

This core may be of circularcross sectional shape, as shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4:, or it may be of oval shape,as shown at .1 in Figure 5, or it may be of rectangular shape,

of the core is of we g'e shape, as shown at r 2, and its outer end is preferably rounded, as shown at 8. This core is placed in the small end part a of the necktie A, so that 5 it will keep this small end portion expanded MAURICE ROBBINS. 90*

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