US2735105A - Traub - Google Patents

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Ffib. 21, E TRAUB TIE BARRETTES Filed Jan. 20, 1954 I Emil Traub 7 a, Fig. 6" A. 12mm IN V EN TOR.

United States Patent TIE BARRETTES Emil Traub, Newark, N. J. Application January 20, 1954, Serial No. 405,182 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-150) This invention relates to ornamental neck wearing apparel known as neckties, and more particularly to a device designed to facilitate applying a tie of the four-inhand type to the neck of the wearer.

The main object of the invention is to provide a sheath or shell shaped to receive the tie in a manner such that by simply sliding the shell upwardly along the tie into snug engagement with the shirt collar the tie has the appearance of being very carefully knotted.

Another object is to provide a device of this character designed so that the tie may simply be placed around the neck and into the shirt collar, after which the two limbs of the tie may be introduced laterally into the sheath or shell and the latter slid upwardly into proper position with the collar, giving the appearance of a neatly knotted tie without requiring the tie to be knotted in the usual manner.

A further object is to provide a device of the character described which may be formed in various sizes and shapes to receive different sizes of neckties and to fit different collar designs, and may be colored or tinted, and may be formed of different materials to give the desired effect, and may be fitted with an ornament to enhance the appearance of the tie or with descriptive matter suitable for advertising purposes.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character which will be formed of a few strong, simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not inadvertently become loosened and fall off the tie to which it is applied.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a tie fitted with a device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 represents a right side elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 illustrate various forms and sizes of the device with different ornamentation applied thereto.

Referring now to the drawing, the preferred form of the device comprises a sheath or shell 10 formed as a flattened tapered tube having a narrow bottom 11 and a relatively wide top 12. The bottom 11 and top 12 are substantially elliptical and their longitudinal axes are substantially parallel to each other. The flattened tubular sheath is provided with U-shaped side-edges connected by relatively fiat front and rear walls 13 and 14. The rear wall 14 is formed with a vertically disposed tie-entrance slot 15 extending for the full length of the sheath.

Soldered or otherwise secured to the rear face of the front wall .13 is a depending prong or pin 16 which extends below the bottom edge 11 of the sheath 10. Cut into the opposite side-edges of the sheath and opening into the top edge 12 are two substantially V-shaped tie-receiving notches 17. These notches are preferably located predominately in the side-edges and rear wall rather than in the front wall so as not to be visible from the front when the device is applied'to the tie.

Fig. 1 illustrates the device'applied to a tie in a manner identical with the way the device is to be worn. It will be understood that to apply the device to atie it is onlynecessary to place the tie around the neck of the wearer and within the usual shirt collar. With the tie placed in the collar and the two ends 18 and 19 thereof hanging down the shirt front and adjusted to their proper length, the sheath is placed upon the tie by first introducing the normally exposed or front limb 18 of the tie laterally through the tie-entrance slot 15 after which the second or rear limb 19 of the tie is introduced laterally through the slot 15. With the front and rear limbs 18 and 19 now properly located within the sheath 10, the lower end of the tie is grasped in one hand and with the other hand the sheath is slid upwardly along the tie until the same snugly engages the shirt collar in which position the adjacent ends of the neck-embracing band 20 of the tie is located in the two tie-receiving notches as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The notches serve to permit the sheath to slide upwardly along the tie sufiiciently far snugly to engage the collar. Also the notches function to lock the sheath upon the tie in its normal tie-knotted position. To assist in holding the sheath in its proper position, the two limbs 18 and 19 of the tie are impaled upon the pin 16.

When it is desired to remove the tie, it is readily accomplished by grasping the sheath 10 and sliding the same upwardly only sufiiciently far as to lift or draw the pin 16 free of the tie, after which the sheath may he slid downwardly slightly so that the rear limb 19 of the tie can be laterally moved out through the tie-entrance slot 15. The released limb 19 can now be readily drawn from the collar in the usual manner. If it is desired the rear limb 19 of the tie need not be withdrawn from the sheath, it being only necessary to slide the sheath downwardly on the tie so that the neck-embracing band 20 can be enlarged sufliciently to he slipped over the head.

From the above, it will be understood that I have provided a device by which the conventional four-in-hand tie may readily be applied to the neck of the wearer with the very minimum of effort and without having to do more than place the tie within the usual collar, apply the sheath on the tie, and then slide the sheath upwardly into snug engagement with the collar. By following this very simple procedure the tie is applied with what appears to be a very carefully formed knot. Also, the so-called knot is the same uniform shape each time the tie is worn. Moreover the device remains in its tie-knotted position despite the extent of activity of the person wearing the tie.

It will be understood that the sheath may be made of thin gauge sheet metal such as aluminum or the like and may be covered with a material matching that of the tie or one contrasting thereto. Also, as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the sheath may be ornamented with suitable in which case the sheath may serve as a barrette, or with suitable descriptive material (Figs. 6 and 7) in which the sheath may be used as an advertising give-away. In Figs. 6 and 7 there is applied a strip of fine abrasive material 21 across which safety matches can be drawn to ignite the same. In cases where the sheath is to be used as an advertising give-away, it can be made of thin sheet metal on which has been applied a very highly polished finish of a suitable color, resulting in an eye-catching device suitable for use in conventions, exhibitions, parades and the like. v

It will be appreciated that when the sheath has a suitable jewel attached thereto, the resulting barrette may be used with any one of a plurality of ties. Obviously, having a number of different barrettes and a number of difierent colored ties many changes can be efiected. It will also be understood that when the jewel is of an expensive nature it can be permanently attached to the sheath as by soldering or otherwise.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is A necktie sheath of the class described comprising a tie-embracing tapered flattened tubular body having U-. folded side-edges connected by front and rear walls, said body terminating at its upper end in an elliptical top and at its lower end in a relatively smaller elliptical bottom, said rear wall having formed therein a tie-entrance slot extending lengthwise of said body from said top to said 4 bottom, a pin secured to the back face of said front wall at a location directly opposite the tie-entrance slot and having a sharpened portion thereof extending below said bottom, and a pair of substantially V-shaped tie-receiving notches formed entirely within said side-edges and rear wall and opening into said top.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,811,393 Hooper June 23, 1931 1,922,956 Joufiray Aug. 15, 1933 2,052,522 Wagenfeld Aug. 25, 1936 2,097,265 VeRelle Oct. 26', 1937 2,316,002 Koivisto Apr. 6, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS 639,055 France Mar. 5, 1928 943,880 France Oct. 11,1948

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