US544820A - Necktie-fastener - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

C. MOLB. NEGKTIE FASTENER.

No. 544,820. Patented Aug. 20, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MOL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTIEFFASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,820, dated August 20, 16 95.

Application filed May 23, 1895. Serial No. 550.361. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MoL, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a necktie-fastener of simple and durable construction, by means of which the tie maybe readilyapplied to or removed from the collar-button of the wearer, and it more particularly relates to the improvement of the necktie-fastener forming the subject-matter of United States Patent No. 499,466, granted to me the 13th day of June, 1893.

Figure l of the drawings represents a rear view of a necktie in dotted lines with a necktie-fastener embodying my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view of the necktie-fastener detached; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional View of the necktiefastener, taken on the line fr, Fig. 1.

The portion of the necktie-fastenerby which it is attached to the collarbutton is shown as formed of Wire coiled in opposite directions to form springs a a, connected by a down- Wardly-curved portion b, the free ends of the wire crossing each other and being oppositely curved at c c to form actuating-arms d d, all as in my said patent, No. 499,466, referred to, like parts herein having the same referenceletters. The part b forms the xed side of the button-engaging loop, While the crossed and oppositely-curved portions c c, extended down over the fixed side, form the top and separable sides of the loop.

In the patent referred to the fastener is ab tached or permanently secured to the necktie bystitches or other means embracing the upper part of the spring-coils, and it is not possible to quickly remove or attach the fastener to any necktie. To overcome this objection I have provided the fastener with a holder, whereby it may be quickly and easily applied to or removed from a necktie, so that one fastener may be used with any one of a number of ties of various kinds.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown a thin plate e, preferably of metal, provided on its rear face and preferably at its upper edge with ears e', overturned to form eyes to be entered loosely by the upper portions of the spring-coils a a'. The plate is bent over upon itself to form a longitudinal tubular bearing e2 at its lower edge and front face and also at its upper edge to form a bearing eS and a keeper e4, the material of the front face of the plate being cut out between them at ex, Fig. 2, leaving a laterallyprojecting prong or tongue e5. A pinfis adapted to slide in the bearing e3, the keeper e4 receiving the point of the pin when pushed into place. The pin is bent atf and then back to form a shank f2 to ent'er the long bearing e2 and to prevent its accidental removal. The tip of the shank f2 is turned up atfa to enter a slot e6 in the back of the bearing. (Clearly shown in Fig. l.) Preferably the bend f is slightly odset to form a convenient hold for the fingers of the operator.

To apply the fastener to a necktie T, Fig. l, the pin is Withdrawn into dotted-line position and the front face of the plate e is pressed against the necktie, the prong e5 entering the material and positioning the fastener. The pinfis then pushed in, its point entering the necktie material between the bearing e3 and the keeper e, firmly retaining the fastener in place, While permitting free movement of the button-engaging portion. Withdrawal of the pin instantly releases the fastener from the necktie, the friction of the pin in its bearings sufficing to retain it in place.

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement herein shown, nor to the exact button-engaging portion illustrated, as modifications in construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope Aof my invention.

I claiml. An attaching device for neck-tie fasteners, consisting of a plate having a bearing and a keeper,a pin bent to form a shank longitudinally movable in said bearings, and retaining loops for the fastener, the keeper receiving the point of the pin after its passage through the material of the neck-tie, substantially as described.

2. An attaching device for neck-tie fasteners, consisting of a plate having a longitudinally slotted bearing, a keeper, a pin bent to form a shank adapted to slide in said bearing, a projection on the shank to enter the slotof the bearingand retain the shanktherein, and a positioning prong to enter the r'naterial of the neck-tie, the keeper receivinggthe pointl of the pin when in operative position, substantially as described.

3. An attaching device for neck-tie fasten-v ers, consisting of a plate having a long bearing, a short bearing and a keeper parallel thereto, a pin bent to form a handle and a shank, the latter entering the long bearing and the portion adjacent the point. entering the short bearing, a prong to position the at.-

taching device, and a button engaging portion connected to said device, the pin enter ing the material of the neck-tie between the short bearing of the keeper, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of 2o two subscribing witnesses.

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