Tie construction

• US 4,506,389 A
• Filed: 09/27/1982
• Issued: 03/26/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Briar, Inc. (XMH Corp. 1)
• Original Assignee: Briar Neckwear Incorporated
• Inventors: Franklin, Stanley
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kravitz, J. L.
• Application Number:
  US06/425,037
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 2/144, 2/146, 2/150, 2/157, 2/153, 12/121.22
• US Class Current: 2/144
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 25/001 Making neckties

Abstract

A novel tie construction of enhanced stability of shape and smoothness comprises a support layer extending along the entire inside of the tie substantially complementary to the periphery of the front fabric material of the tie, the layers being folded together therewith.

Claims

1. A tie construction, comprising

a front tie material of elongated shape having end portions including tips,

tipping pieces having a periphery complementary to each end portion of said front tie material, said tipping pieces being peripherally flanged and peripherally stitched to an inwardly flanged periphery of the end portions of said front tie material so as to form pockets in cooperation with said end portions of said front tie material,

a support layer having a periphery extending substantially along the entire periphery of the front tie material from tip to tip longitudinally as well as laterally, having substantially the same size and shape as the front tie material, being substantially complementarily positioned on the inside of said front tie material, and end portions of said support layer freely extend into said pockets, respectively, with the periphery of said support layer in said pockets being free and unsecured,

a lining having a periphery smaller than that of the front tie material and substantially the same as that of the tie to be produced and formed substantially parallel to the periphery of said front tie material and positioned against said support layer in the tie, and end portions of said lining freely extending into said pockets, respectively, with the periphery of said lining in said pockets being free and unsecured,

means for connecting said lining to both said front tie material and to said support layer along abutting opposite longitudinally extending peripheral edge portions of said front tie material and said support layer exclusively at the inside of the tie, said connection means extending between and excluding said pockets.

2. The tie construction as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said means constitutes a single slip-stitching.

3. A tie construction, comprising

a front tie material of elongated shape,

a support layer having a periphery extending substantially along the entire periphery of the front tie material from end to end longitudinally as well as laterally, having substantially the same size and shape as the front tie material, being complementarily positioned on the inside of said front tie material,

a pocket layer connected to the periphery of the tie material at an end of the tie forming a separate tipping pocket, an end of said support layer freely extends in said pocket with the periphery of said support layer being unsecured in said pocket,

a lining having a periphery formed smaller but substantially parallel to the periphery of the tie material and substantially the same as that of the tie to be produced and positioned on the inside of said support layer in the tie, an end of the lining extending freely into said pocket with the periphery of said support layer being unsecured in said pocket,

a single slip-stitching connects said lining to the front tie material and to the support layer along abutting opposite longitudinally extending peripheral edge portions of the front tie material and the support layer at an intermediate longitudinal portion of said lining between the ends of the lining substantially up to but outside of said pocket.

4. The tie construction as set forth in claim 3, further comprising

a tape formed smaller than the lining and positioned centrally on the inside of said lining.

5. The tie construction as set forth in claim 4, wherein

said single stitch is exclusively at the inside of the tie, whereby it is visible on the surface of the tie.

6. The tie construction as set forth in claim 4, wherein

said stitch is also simultaneously connected to an intermediate longitudinal portion of said tape.