US2406400A - Necktie holder - Google Patents

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Aug. 27, 1946; 7 M. PUMPSJI 2,406,400

-NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Nov. 4, 1944 Patented Aug. 27, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a N ECKTIE HOLDER- MyerPumps, Washington, 13.0.- A'pplication November 4, 1944, SerialN o. 561,979'

.1 -Thisinventionrelates to holders and more particularly to a holder especially adapted for use as a necktie holder, it being understood that while it is especially useful as a holderfor a necktie it is not restricted to such use.

' At thepresent time it is customary to secure a necktie against the front of a shirt by a clip which straddles the necktie and th portion of the shirt having button holes formed therein but such fasteners have been found unsatisfactory .since they often slip out of proper position across the necktie and also are liable to become detached and lost.

Therefore one object of the invention is to provide a holder so formed that when it is applied a portion'may engage through abuttonhole of the shirt and thus held in a desired position across a necktie and very effectively prevented from being accidentally disengaged from the shirt and becoming lost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder formed from a single strip or strand of material so bent that it has a portion for engaging a tie and an auxiliary portion or clip for engaging through a buttonhole of a shirt and gripping the shirt so that it will frictionally resist detachment of the holder from the shirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which may have gripping engagements with a shirt but fit loosely about a tie and thus not crease or otherwise mar the tie, and allowing total freedom of movement to the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide the holder with a shirt-engaging portion so formed that while it will securely hold the device in engagement With the shirt it may be easily disconnected when it is desired to remove it.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie holder which is simple in construction and capable of being manufactured at small cost and using materials that are inexpensive and not restricted because of the war emergency.

Another object of the invention is that because this invention does not require materials having strong gripping power or resilience, such materials as Lucite or the various plastics, may be used.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein: s

Fig. 1 is a view showing a holder of the improved construction in use.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of a modified form of holder.

1= Claim. (CI. 24-49) Fig.4 a View looking down upon the holder showriin Fi'gurelil- I g i 'Fig.- 5 is a -front view of another modified form ofholder; I i

Fig-. fiisfa-top view of Figure-5 l i The improved holder-* illustrated in Figuresd' and 2: is formed from a continuous strip of resilientmaterial whichmay be metal o'r other suitabl material. This strip isbe'nt in spaced relationto its endsto form anelongated loop" I ineluding a front member 2 merging intocurved end portions 3' and 4 from which extend rear arms 5 and 6'.' 'I'l iese re'ar' arms are of such length that they overlap, as shown in Figure 2; and the free: end' portion of arm 5 is bent back upon itself to form clip I which is curved longitudinally so that itsintermed-iate portion will firmly grip the pleat or edge portion 8 of a shirt 9' through which buttonholes I 0 ar formed to accomm'odatethe buttons H the clip willl-"iave its free end-spaced from the arm 5 and may beeasily When this holder is applied to a shirt for use the free end of the arm 5 carrying clip 1 is first passed through the buttonhole of the shirt, the arm 6 beingv disposed under portion 8 of the shirt during this operation. After the clip 1 has been movedentirely through the buttonhole and to a position beyond the free side edge of pleat 8 the holder is shifted longitudinally in an opposite direction and the free side edge portion of the pleat engaged under the clip so that this portion of the shirt will be gripped between the clip 1 and the portion of the arm 5 overlapped by the clip. The shirt will thus be gripped and the holder firmly held to the shirt. The tie l3 may then be passed through the loop I between the front bar and the rear arms thereof and the tie will be held against the shirt as shown in Figure 1.

If so desired, the holder may be turned to a posi tion in which it extends diago'nallyand the frictional grip of the clip 1 will hold the device in the adjusted position. Even if th holder should be caught and drawn away from the outer side edge of the pleat 8 to such an extent that the clip 1 nolonger grips the shirt there will be no danger of the holder being lost since the arcuate end portion 3 of the holder will then be passing through the buttonhole and the holder will be,

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l necessary to draw upon the holder until the clip 1 is detachedfrom the pleat and reverse longitudinal movement of the holder to move th clip 1 and free end portion of arm through the buttonhole and the pleat, the holder will then be dis- ,posed between the overlapped portions of the arms 5 and 6 aridthe holder may bEslid out of turned longitudinally so that the front'baf 2, the end portion 4 and the arm -6 may-be;slipped 1 through the buttonhole and the device easily dej tached from the shirt. 1 Y 1 t In Figures 3 and 4 there has beenillustrated j a holder of modified construction Wherein afront bar M, a rear arm l5, and a curVedsndDQrtion IBVa're' formed from a single strip ofresilient ma- The free end portion of the rear,,,arrn I5 isvbent back upon itself to f01m' a,f clip I1 I connected with the arm by a curved portion 18 constituting a spring for-the clip and also 3 forming the arm with a blunt'free end so. that If so desired the 4 passed between the front bar and the chain. If the clip should slip out of engagement with the shirt the weight of the bar I4 will cause the holder to swing downwardly and be suspended by the curved portion [6 engaging through the buttonh'ole.

Another holder of modified construction is shown in Figures 5 and 6. In this embodiment of the invention the bar 2], arm 22, curved portion 23 and crimped clip 24 are formed from a single strip of resilient material, this construc- "tion being the same as shown in Figure 4. Instead of providing a chain for extending across a necktie there has been provided an elongated loop 25 which is of approximately the same length 'as'the front bar 2| but greater width, a slot 26 being formed-longitudinally of the front wall it may be readily passed through ajbuttonhole of a shirt. Since the clipis crimped, ,as shown in Figure 4, it may havegood gripping engagement'with the-pleat of the shirt. A chain l9 extends longitudinally of the bar l4 in front thereof and has its end links enga ed through eyes 20 to suspend the chain inifront of bar, 14 in such position that the necktie may be passed between the bar and the chain. When this form of holder is in use the arm l5 and the clip H are; passed through the buttonhole of the, shirt and movement of the holder then reversed'so that the shirt will be gripped'between the clip and t the; arm and the holder firmly mounted across i the shirt pleat in position for the necktie to be ofthe loop so that when a necktie is passed through the loop a portion will show through the slot. This slot may-be omitted if so desired and also the loop may be ornamented in any desired manner. 7 v I Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: 1

In anecktie holder or the like, a front mem ber merging into a curved end portion to form a loop, an arm formed integrally with said end portion and extendin rearwardly of said front member, spaced entirely therefrom and substantially parallel therewith, to approximately the central part of said member, a clip element extending from the end of said arm, formed integrally with said arm and extending toward the said curved end portion substantially parallel with said arm withinsaid loop whereby to provide'a means forholdin an end of a necktie in place on a wearer, said arm being adapted for insertion through a buttonhole of the shirt of a wearer of saidholder and said clip bein adapted to retain said holder in said buttonhole against accidental displacement.

- MYER PUMPS.

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