US45681A - Improvement in paper collars - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SIOFEOBD AND VALENTINE FOGERTY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHU- SETTS, ASSIGNOBS TO THEMSELVES AND WILLIAM S. BELL, JR., OF

SAME PLAGE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,68 l dated December 27, 1864.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES SroFFoED and VALENTINE FOGERTY, both of Boston, in the county of Sufi'ork and State of Massach usetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Collars, and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a plan of the inside of an open collar with a neektie attached to one end of the inner fold. Fig. 2 is a plan of the outside otan open collar with a necktie fastened to the upper edge of one end of the inner fold. Fig. 3 represent-s two neckties attached to the collar, one at each end of the inner fold. Fig. 4 represents the inside of an open collar, showing the back side of a necktie, one end of its front being secured to the inside edge ofthe outer fold. Fig. 5 is a view of a collar with a necktie attached thereto, both being secured to the shirt by means ofa clasp. Figs. (i and 7 are views ot a portion of a collar having the imitation of a necktie stamped on the outer and inner sides ofthe inner fold.

The object of our invention is to furnish a cheap collar and necktie combined, ot' neat appearance, which may be readily adjusted at one operation to its place on the neck, which advantages we obtain by converting the ends of a paper collar into an imitation necktie.

To enable others skilled in the art to under stand and use our invention, We will now proceed to describe the manner in which we have carried it out.

In all ofthe iigures ot1 said drawings, a represents the inner fold, and bthe outer fold, ota paper collar, A.

In Fig. l of these drawings a strip of fancycolored paper, c, answering the purpose ofa necktie, is pasted or otherwise secured to one end, d, of the inside of the inner fold, a, the end d being made longer than the end e, so as to overlay it and extend under the edge f of the outer fold, 1;,When both ends are secured to the shirt by any suitable clasp or stud.

In Fig. 2 the strip of paper, c, is attached to the upper edge of the outside of the inner fold of the collar when open, its end d also being made longer than the opposite end, e, which is firstbuttoned to the shirt, after which the end d is brought around the neck and buttoned, y

when the portion ofthe necktie above the line x a: is then turned over and tucked under the edgefof the outer fold, b.

In Fig. 3 two strips of differentcolored paper, c c, are attached to the collar-one at each end of the inner fold-so that a change of necktie may be readily Ina-de by the wearer.

The necktie seen in Fig. 4 is secured to the inside of the outer fold and made in the form ot' a bow, the back g of which is made ot' stiier paper than the front, so that after it is tucked under the outer fold it remains in place Without any liability of being disarranged, and this necktie may be used without a clasp or stud, the ends of the inner fold being buttoned to the shirt.

The necktie made in the style of a bow, as seen in Fig. 5, is provided with a hole for the reception of a stud or clasp, L. By stamping one or both ends ofthe inner fold (see Figs. 6 and 7) we are enabled to produce a neat imitation of a neckt-ie, the end d in Fig. 6 being made long enough to extend over the end c, in a manner similar to that described in Fig. 1, When the collar is buttoned, while in Fig. 7 the end e is made considerably longer than the end d, so that after the latter is buttoned the end eis buttoned over it and turned down on the line y y, and is then tucked under the edge 7c ot' the outer fold, while the end e is brought up under the opposite edge, I, ofthe same fold.

The combined collar and tie above described, on account of its being furnished at a small cost and being readily adjusted at one operation to its place on the neck, becomes a very desirable article of Wear, and is more particularly intended for summer.

In the foregoing description we have spoken of the necktie as being made of paper; but it is evident that other suitable material-such as leather-may be used without departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Converting the ends ot a paper collar into an imitation necktie, substantially as described.

VALENTINE FOGERTY. CHARLES SPOFFORD. Witnesses:

P. E. TEsoHEMAoHEa, N. W. STEARNS.

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