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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JUNIUS B. MAYO, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
NECKTIE-SUPPORTER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed December 9, 1909. Serial No. 532,190.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JUNIUs B. MAYO, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Necktie-Supporters, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to neck-tie sup-
porters and certain improvements therein.
10 The object of the invention is to provide
a supporter which is entirely independent of
the neck-tie-in other words a supporting
frame adapted to be engaged in the front
portion of. a turn down collar and on which
15 a neck-tie may be tied temporarily-not per-
manently.
It is to be understood that it is not the
object of this invention to sew or otherwise
fasten the neck-tie on the supporter, but to
20 provide a supporter on which any neck-tie
may be readily tied and others substituted
therefor as may be desired.
Another object is to provide a supporter
on which the tie may be folded and tied and
25 the device then engaged in the collar in such
a manner as to prevent accidental disen-
gagement of the supporter and loss of the
neck-tie.
Finally the object of the invention is to
30 provide means of the character described
that will be strong, durable, efficient, and
easy of operation, simple and comparatively
inexpensive to construct, and also in which
the several parts will not be likely to get out
35 of working order.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention has relation to certain novel
features of construction and operation, an
example of which is described in this speci-
40 fication and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, wherein:
Figure 1. is a rear elevation showing a
necktie attached to the supporter, Fig. 2. is
a plan view of the supporter, and Fig. 3. is
45 a transverse sectional detail.
In the drawings, the numeral 7 designates
an elongated narrow body member or plate
which while preferably formed of sheet
metal may be made of any suitable mate-
50 trial. This member or plate is curved longi-
tudinally and has its upper edge in substan-
tially a single continuous curve, while the
ends 8 of the plate are warped. This par-
ticular formation is carried out to cause the
55 plate to properly fit in a "turn-down" col-lar, the curved upper edge being continuous
to fit the upper fold of the collar and pre-
vent the plate from "rocking" which might
occur if a central projection was present on
the upper edge. 60
In order to permit the tying of a small
knot with a four-in-hand necktie, the under
edge of the plate is cut away at the central
portion to provide a reduced shank portion
9. By cutting away the under side and not 5
the upper side of the plate, the knot of the
necktie may be positioned higher up in the
collar, for the reason that the continuous
curved upper edge will allow the plate to
fit higher up in the collar. Where the cut 70
away portion is cut on the upper side of the
plate, the knot is drawn down and away
from the upper fold of the collar.
As collars vary in height, the distance
from the point where the collar button 75
passes through the collar, to the upper fold,
will also vary. It is obvious that some
means for attaching the plate to the collar
button and permitting the plate to adjust
itself so as to fit up against the upper fold 80
of the collar must be provided. To ac-
complish this result a resilient supporting
frame 10 is provided. This frame has
curved arms 11 extending from each side of
a central button engaging loop 12. The loop 85
12 is open at its lower end and the point of
intersection of the loop and the arms is
somewhat below the shank 9. The arms ex- --
tend above the top of the loop and have a
full curvature which will permit a consid- 90
erable movement of the loop upward or
downward with relation to Fig. 1. This
frame 10 is set off from the plate so as to
provide a space therebetween and is prefer-
ably formed of spring wire. The extreme 95
ends of the arms are bent upward to fit in
notches 13 in the under edge of the plate
and engage under upset lugs 14 on the front
side of the plate. It is obvious that the arms
resiliently support the loop 12 and. permit 100
it to yield upward or downward independ-
ently of the plate. In order to accomplish
this resilient movement the arms must be
curved to a considerable extent and only a
single arm employed on each side of the 105
loop. It is apparent that the loop 12 can
be " sprung" down to properly engage
about a button where the device is used on
a "high'" turn down collar.
In tying a necktie on the supporter, the 110973,871.
Patented Oct. 25, 1910.
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Mayo, Junius B. Necktie Supporter, patent, October 25, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510461/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.