US2617107A - Neckwear bow - Google Patents

Description

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NECKWEAR BOW Filed May 10, 1948 l1 IVENTOR.

S amuei 572mm Patented Nov; 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 Samuel Semmel, Bronx N. Y.

Application May 10, 1948, Serial No. 26,030

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in neckwear and, more specifically, to neckties and the like of the bow type, and to improvements over the invention disclosed by my Patent Number 2,441,448.

One object of the present invention is the provision of an improved bow neckwear whose wings are provided with internal strips of bendable material allowing a bending of the extremities of the wings at both ends of the tie and a. holding of the points in bent position.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improved bow neckwear whose center portion is provided with new and improved means for quickly andsafely attaching it to the shirt button and engaging the collar.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of an improved bow neckwear whose inner side is provided with a new and improved lining at its seam, and the wings of which have pointed ends with provisions for converting the necktie into one having a straight-edged or square appearance.

Still a further object is the'provision of a ready made bow necktie whose construction and design are of such a character as to avoid artificial appearance and effectually simulate a selfor hand-made bow in shape and appearance.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a simplified and conveniently and economically manufacturable, conveniently wearable, strong, durable, improved, low cost, and well appearing necktie of the character described.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it bein understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear plan view of a tube, forming a part of the bow necktie, showing it as it appears during its manufacture.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the complete bow, being fractionally shown in vertical section;

Fig. 3 is a reduced rear view of the complete bow;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed fractional view of the tube, showing it as it appears at an early stage of its manufacturing process.

- 2 Fig. 5 is a detailed fractional rear plan view of the tube;

Fig. 6 is a rear view of a modification showing the tie with pointed win ends; and

Fig. 7 is a front view of the tie of Fig. 6 appeering as having straight-edged or square end wings.

Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the clip member.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing, the numeral l denotes a longitudinal sheet of fabric material, and the numeral lb denotes a shorter similar sheet of which two are used for each tie. The sheets I and lb have V-shaped extremities as shown in Fig. 4. The shorter sheets lb are placed upon the sheet I and are secured thereupon by means of marginal stitches 2| (Fi 4). A longitudinal lining l a, which is of a lesser width'than the sheet l, is attached to one longitudinal edge of the sheet I, preferably by one of therows of stitches Zl. Then the sheets I and lb are each folded outwardly upon themselves along their longitudinal center lines, so that the stitches 2| will be located at the longitudinal center of a tube formed by said sheets, and the extremities of the tube are closed by means of stitches 22 (Fig. 5). Rows 23 and 24 of side stitches are made coextensive with the edge of the tube. However, at 25 there is left open an edge portion to provide an opening for facilitating a reversing of the tube. The tube is tied into a bow tie whose wings and loops extend at both sides beyond the band 2. Beneath the back of the band 2 is interposed a spring clip member 3, which has cut-out tongue portions 4 adapted for engaging the wings of shirt collar like a collar clip. Wire portions of a W-shaped shirt button retainer member 5 are extended through the band 2 and the clip member 3 and are bent upon themselves. If the sheets I and lb have V-shaped extremities, the tie will have pointed wing ends (Fig. 6). If they have straight extremities, a straight-edged or square wing end tie as per Figs. 2 and 3 can be made therefrom. The ends of the bottom part of the spring clip extend into the sewed sheets or tube through transverse slits l5 to be retained therein. As the tube, as shown in Fig. 1, is tied, the slits will become aligned with the clip member so that the clip part can be easily extended into the slits.

Within the end portions of the tube, which form the wings of the bow necktie there are contained bendable means for holding the wings in any desired shape and position. Said means, in the case of a straight wing end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, consist of a vertical strip 1 of bendable thin sheet metal or plastic material or the like, which is contained in a substantially triangular envelope 6. The latter is attached to the inner lining IA previously referred to. In this case the width of the wing can be reduced by bending back its lower end portion 8 upon its back, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 3. It is also possible to transform the straight wing end into a pointed wing end by bending the corner portions 9 back upon themselves, as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 3.

In the case of a pointed wing (Figs. 1 and 6), I prefer to insert a horizontal strip I2 of thin bendable metal into a longitudinal envelope H of paper or thin fabric material or the like. The envelope H is secured by means of sewing or the like to a lining sheet ll) of a, light-weight fabric material that is inserted into the points of the wing ends of the tie. In this case, the pointed extremity M- of the wing can be bent upon its back, preferably around a rod (or pencil or the like) I3, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 6; if the extremities of both wings are thus bent back upon themselves, the tie appears from the front as a straight-edge wing bow, as shown in Fig. 7.

The lining I! is shaped to fill the tube and is cut to extend into the tapered end of the tube. Similarly, the small pocket sheet ll of lining material is likewise tapered. The pocket formed by the small sheet I! and the lining I accommodates the bendable short strip I 2.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the 4 invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

A bow tie of flexible material comprising a securing element, loops and tie wings extending over and outwardly from the securing element, means for securing the loops and tie wings to the securing element, inner lining portions extending respectively through the tie wing portions, flat bendable and moldable strips within the wing portions and extendin centrally and longitudinally thereof and inwardly from the tie ends, means for securing said bendable and moldable strips to the inner lining portions within the tie wings, said wings being tapered at their ends and being foldable on lines transverse to the wings and intersectin the tapered edge portions, said bendable and moldable strips extending into said tapered ends of the wings in intersecting relation to said fold lines whereby said strips may be retained in flat position within said wing ends substantially aligned with the wings and said strips may be bent on said fold lines for disposing said ends in underlying relation to said wings with said fold lines definin squared ends on said wings.

SAMUEL SEMMEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 20,806 Gold July 19, 1938 293,792 Scully Feb. 19, 1884 771,038 Bernstein Sept. 27, 1904 1,481,539 Deiches Jan. 22, 1924 1,481,839 Hewes Jan. 29, 1924 1,524,253 Steiniger et a1 Feb. 10, 1925 1,537,664 Friedman May 12, 1925 1,796,834 Deiches Mar. 17, 1931 1,871,173 Grossm'an Aug. 9, 1932 2,104,625 Sherman Jan. 4, 1938

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