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UNITES STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE 3. HUDSOr, or DALLAS, TEXAS.
COLLAR PASTENER AND sua rTFa.1,34,956.
Opecifioation of Letters Patent.. Patented July 19, 1921.
Application filed Tarch 29, 1921. Serial No. 46,656.To all whom it may concern;
Be it known that I GEORGE J. HUDsoN, a
citizen of the United tates, residing at Dal-
las, in the county of Dallas and State of
Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Collar Fasteners and
Supporters, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to new and useful
improvements in collar fasteners and sup-
porters.
The object of the invention is to provide a
supporter which may be readily attached to
the collar and at the same time concealed.
A further object is to provide a supporter
having two members which are adapted to
be hooked together so as to properly hold
the front of the collar in position. A still
further object is to make the supporter in a
simple and inexpensive manner which will
permit of a general use. _
In carrying out the invention the sup-
porter' is constructed of two members, each
of which is formed with a staff provided
with a loop and -an extending arm. The
loop has a -particular function in providing
a resilient member which clamps the fabric
to the staff, whereby the staff is retained
in position.
A construction designed to carry out the
invention will be hereinafter "described to-
gether with other features of the invention.
The invention will be more readily under-
stood from a reading of the following speci-
fication and by reference to the accompany-
ing drawings, in 'which an example of the
invention is shown and wherein:
Figure 1 is an elevation of one of the
members of. the supporter embodying the
invention,
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the other member,
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a collar
showing the fastening members. in position
thereon,
Fig. 4 is a detail showing one of the mem-
bers as it engages the inner side of the front
flap of a collar,
Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified form,
and
. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the member used
with that shown in Fig. 5.
In the drawings the numeral 10 desig-
nates a staff which may have a blunt point
11 at its lower end. The staff is bent upon
itself at its upper end to form a loop 12.
A laterally directed arm 13 extends fromeach loop. The lower end of each loop is
bent inwardly so as to engage the side of the
staff. The staffs are made in pairs to form
supporting members and the arm 13 of one 60
is provided with a downturned hook 14,
while the arm 13 of the corresponding mem-
ber is provided with a horizontal eye 15
adapted to receive said hook.
In the drawing I have shown a soft collar 65
having the usual down-turned flap A and the
inner upright neckband B to which the flap
is attached. The flap A is always made
of several layers of cloth. In using my col-
lar supporter the staff 10 is pushed into the 70
flap A by penetrating the inner layer -of
cloth with the point 11, so that the staff does
not penetrate the front layer but is con-
cealed within said flap. In inserting the
staff it is started near the front edge of the 75
flap and at a point below the fold at the top
of the flap. The location will depend some-
what upon the nature of the necktie. If the
necktie is heavy and' makes a large knot the
staff will have to be placed lower down on so
the flap than where a small tie is used.
It will be noticed that when the staff is in-
serted into the goods, said goods will be
clamped between the lower end of the loop
and the side of the staff as is clearly shown $ 5
in Fig. 4, thereby preventing upward dis-
placement of the member. ft is preferable
to make the members of resilient material.
The arnis 13 are bent downwardly so that
when the hook 14 is engaged in the eye 15 90
said arms will form an obtuse angle under
the knot of the necktie, thereby giving am-
ple room for the same which would not be
had if the arms extended straight across the
collar as will be evident from Fig. 3. When 95
the arms are-hooked together the front edges
of the collar will be connected and the staffs
will support the front edges so as to lend a
neat appearance as will be obvious.
Under some conditions it would be neces- 100
sary to provide an adjustment of the front
edges of the flap A, and for this purpose I
have shown a modification in Figs. 5 and 6.
In these figures the loops 12 each terminate
in a laterally directed eye 16. A small coiled 105
spring 17 is fastened to one of the eyes and
provided with a hook 18 at its opposite end
which is engaged in the eye 16 of the other
member. This arrangement permits the
front edges of the collar to be spread apart 110
and would be particularly useful in connec-
tion with a necktie which tied in a large
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Hudson, George J. Collar Fastener and Supporter, patent, July 19, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257450/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.