Tie Knot Engaging And Collar Attaching Patents (Class 24/66.3)
  • Patent number: 7143482
    Abstract: A necktie button for a necktie (2) provided with a front button part (3) which defines the button shape and a rear part (4) which is able to be joined to the front button part (3) for holding the necktie (2) between these two parts (3, 4). The rear part (4) is designed as a clip part for clipping the necktie button on the shirt. Both parts (3, 4) are designed in a way that a necktie (2) made from a flexible material, folded at desired positions in a transverse direction with the folded end (2a) is able to be hung and/or clipped between the two parts (3, 4). In this way any elegant necktie button may be combined with an existing necktie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventors: Peer Sens-Grosholz, Rene Rosenast
  • Patent number: 6367127
    Abstract: A tie clip is constructed to include a shell, and a clip for securing the shell to a loose knot in a necktie, the shell having a flat body and two symmetrical wings turned backwards and then inwards toward each other from two opposite sides of the body, the wings being spaced from each other by a gap and defining with the body a receiving space having a narrow bottom mouth for receiving the knot of the necktie, the clip including a base frame fixedly fastened to the body of the shell inside the receiving space, the base frame having an upper clamping arm and two lower clamping arms, and a hook coupled to the upper clamping arm and the two lower clamping arms of the mounting frame and turned between a first position where the shell is allowed to be attached to the knot of the necktie, and a second position where the hook is hooked on the knot of the necktie to secure the shell to the necktie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Hsien-Ching Lee