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US 5,673,434 AGranted
Necktie fabricated from a plurality of rigid components
AssigneeRisk Design, Inc.
InventorJames J. Risk
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Abstract
A solid necktie including a rounded coupling segment which has apertures extending therethrough. Also included are a plurality of supplemental segments. Each supplemental segment has a pair of apertures which extend therethrough and positioned as continuations of the apertures of the coupling segment wherein the apertures of the supplemental segments are in communication with the apertures of the coupling segment. Further included is an elastic cord material which has a central section positionable around the neck of a wearer and with portions thereof extending first through apertures of the coupling segment and then through apertures of the supplement segments for holding the segments in a generally planar orientation when worn.
Claims7
A four-in-hand necktie comprising:
- (a) a coupling segment formed of wood in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and with a large curved upper edge and a short horizontal lower edge and with downwardly tapering linear side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration, the coupling segment also having a pair of apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each aperture being parallel with an associated side edge thereof;
- (b) a plurality of supplemental segments, each supplemental segment being fabricated of wood in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and V-shaped upper and lower edges in mating relationship with its next adjacent supplemental segment and with upwardly tapering side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration thereby maintaining the tie in a natural vertical orientation during use, each supplemental segment having a pair of linear apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge with each aperture being parallel with an adjacent associated side edge thereof, the apertures of the supplemental segments being correlated so that the apertures adjacent to each edge are in axial alignment with each other, the upper most extents of the apertures of the upper supplemental segment being in communication with the lowermost extents of the apertures of the coupling segment, the lowermost supplemental segment having a transverse termination aperture coupling its rear face and its adjacent linear aperture;
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- (c) an elastic cord positioned through the apertures of the coupling segment and supplement segments including the terminating aperture with an extended central portion of the elastic cord located on the side of the coupling segment remote from the supplemental segments for positioning around the neck of a wearer.
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A bow-tie comprising:
- (a) a coupling segment formed of wood in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and with upper and lower parallel edges and parallel side edges therebetween and with apertures extending therethrough, the apertures including a transverse horizontal upper aperture and supplemental horizontal apertures extending from the side edges and transverse termination apertures extending between the supplemental apertures and intermediate points on the front face of the coupling segment;
- (b) a plurality of supplemental segments, each supplemental segment being formed of wood in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and with parallel inner and outer edges and tapering upper and lower edges therebetween and with one supplemental segment on each side of the coupling segment, each supplement segment including an upper aperture and a lower aperture, the upper aperture of each supplement segment being in axial alignment with the upper aperture of the coupling segment and with the lower apertures of the supplemental segments being parallel and in axial alignment with the lower aperture of the coupling segment, each lower aperture of each supplemental segment including a transverse termination aperture extending between its associated aperture and the rear face of its associated supplemental segment, the upper and lower apertures of the supplemental segments being in communication with the upper and lower apertures of the coupling segment adjacent to the side edges thereof;
- (c) a lower elastic cord having a central section positioned around the neck of a wearer with free ends extending through the termination and lower apertures of the coupling and supplemental segments and terminating adjacent to the rear faces of the supplemental segments;
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- (d) an upper elastic cord having a central section positioned in the upper apertures of the coupling segment and extending trough the aperture of the supplemental segments and having its free ends tied adjacent to the rear face of the supplemental segments.
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A method for forming a necktie formed from a solid material, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a coupling segment from an elongate piece of solid material in a flat configuration with a rounded front face and a rear face and with a large curved upper edge and a short horizontal lower edge and with downwardly tapering linear side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration;
- (b) shaping the remainder of the elongated solid piece into a tie-shape front piece;
- (c) forming a pair of grooves extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each groove being parallel with an associated side edge thereof;
- (d) attaching a complementary rear face to said tie-shaped front piece to form a pair of apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each aperture being parallel with an associated side edge thereof;
- (e) cutting combined front and rear face tie shaped piece to form a plurality of supplemental segments, each supplemental segment being fabricated of solid material in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and V-shaped upper and lower edges in mating relationship with its next adjacent supplemental segment and with upwardly tapering side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration thereby maintaining the tie in a natural vertical orientation during use, each supplemental segment having a pair of linear apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge with each aperture being parallel with an adjacent associated side edge thereof, the apertures of the supplemental segments being correlated so that the apertures adjacent to each edge are in axial alignment with each other, the upper most extents of the apertures of the upper supplemental segment being in communication with the lowermost extents of the apertures of the coupling segment, the lowermost supplemental segment having a transverse termination aperture coupling its rear face and its adjacent linear aperture;
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- (f) positioning an elastic cord through the apertures of the coupling segment and supplement segments including the terminating aperture with an extended central portion of the elastic cord located on the side of the coupling segment remote from the supplemental segments for positioning around the neck of a wearer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.