Necktie
OwnerGordon B. Langford, Shane C. Mastinventors
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Abstract
A preformed necktie has an insert with a pair of connected diverging closed conduits interconnected by a support. A slide post extends from the support proximate the lower ends of the conduits. A tie portion is wrapped about the insert to form a knot and to become the front tie panel. The two ends of a neck-embracing loop have corresponding zipper panels and pass through the conduits to be joined by the slide and form a rear panel of the tie. The neck embracing loop is tightened or loosened by movement through the knot and slide.
Claims23
An insert for supporting a knot in a preformed necktie having a neck loop formed to have a first joinable portion and a second joinable portion each joinable to the other by linear joining means and pendant front panel portion, said insert comprising:
- first conduit means having a length, a lower end, an upper end and an inner surface defining a first elongate passage sized for passage there through of a first joinable portion of the neck loop of a necktie;
- second conduit means having a length, a lower end, an upper end and an inner surface defining a second elongate passage sized for passage there through of a second joinable portion of said neck loop of said necktie;
- support means for fixedly connecting said first and second conduit means in the shape of a selected knot, said support means being connected to said first conduit means and to said second conduit means along their respective lengths with portions of said first conduit means and said second conduit means each extending away from said support means, each of said portions of said first conduit means and said second conduit means extending from said support means toward their respective upper ends a distance from about fifty per cent to about sixty per cent of the respective lengths of said first conduit means and said second conduit means;
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- operation means connected to said support means to extended away therefrom proximate said lower ends of said first and second conduit means to mechanically interact with said linear joining means for joining and disjoining said first and second joinable portions.
A performed necktie comprising:
- insert means having a first conduit means and a second conduit means each having a length and an inner surface defining a passage, both conduit means having a lower end and an upper end, support means for connecting said first conduit means to said second conduit means int he shape of a selected necktie knot, and a post attached to said support means proximate said lower ends, said support means being connected to said first conduit means and to said second conduit means along their respective lengths with a portion of said first conduit means and said second conduit means each extending away from said support means, each of said portions of said first conduit means and said second conduit means extending from said support means toward their respective upper ends a distance from about fifty per cent to a bout sixty percent of the respective lengths of said first conduit means and said second conduit means;
- a neck loop for encircling the neck of a user, said neck loop having a first portion and a second portion each of which have linear joining means attached thereto, said first portion and said second portion each passing through the passage of one of said first and second conduit means;
- operation means connected to said support means to extend away therefrom proximate the said lower ends for mechanically interacting with said linear joining means to join and disjoin said first and second portions;
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- an elongated front panel member having its upper end affixed to said insert means and wrapped about said insert means to form a selected necktie knot to extend away from said insert to form a pendant front panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.