Ju1y1z,193s. ' W.GEHRIIG" , "2,123,601 COLLAR ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 1, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WjjhgIN VEN TOR. July 12, 1938. ' w, GEHRI'G 2,123,601 COLLAR ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. '1, 1936 ' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VEN TOR‘ Patented July 12, 1938 ' 2,123,601 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,123,601 COLLAR ATTACHMENT Walter Gehrig, Flint, Mich. Application August 1, 1936, Serial No. 93,854 ‘ 12 Claims, (01. 24-13) The present invention relates to attachments which comprises a holder 8‘ adapted to be at for garment collars and neck-ties and is particu tached tov the shirt front or neck-tie. In the larly suited to be worn on men’s shirts and-neck drawings (Fig. 1) the guideholder 8 consists of. a ties. To simplify the speci?cation I will here clasp attached to the end of the over-lapping .5; ‘after describe my invention in combination with a shirt front l5. A tie holder in the form of a 5 man’s shirt only. ' chain H) can be attached to and detached from The object of the collar and tie attachment is the guide holder 8 by means of spring-rings H. to prevent the collar-tips from curling outwardly The same tie holder Hi can also be attached to and to hold part of the neck-tie in place, thus the ends of said elongated weighty part ‘l3 by in in improving the- appearance of the person wearing serting the spring-rings H in the holes l4 pro- 10 the shirt and tie. ‘ vided therefor in the weighty part l3. The elon ' I attain the aforesaid objective by a light and gated weighty part i3 when so assembled also continuous pull on the collar-‘tips by the weight serves as a. spreader for the tie chain “land of the hereafter described attachment in the di forms a link of‘ a necktie bracelet formed by said 15 rection of a point located between and below said tie chain l0 and spreader l3. ‘ '15 collar-tips. A tie holder holds the neck-tie over If the described collar attachment is worn with the collar attachment. a shirt and neck-tie, then only the tie holder Ill , In the'accompanying drawings wherein for the and part of the hook pins 4 are visible, as shown purpose of illustration are shown preferred em in Figure 3. The wearer ?rst pins the hook-pins gm ‘bodiments of my invention and wherein like 4 to the under side of the collar tips 3, then at- ‘in reference characters designate like parts thereof: taches the guide holder 8 to the front of the Figure 1 is a front view of the upper part of a shirt at a point between the sliding ring l2 and man’s shirt equipped with my collar attachment. the swivels 6. The tie holder is looped over the Figure 2 is a top view of the assembling and neck-tie as shown in Fig. 3, the ends thereof are 9.5 guiding element for the chain. The overlapping attached to the guide holder 8 or to the weighty 25 ' ‘ ends of a shirt to which the holder is attached ornament IS. The gravity of the weighty part are shown in section. l3 causes the chain 5 to exert a light and con— Figure 3 is a front view of the upper part of a tinuous pull on the collar tips 3 in the direction man’s shirt and neck-tie equipped with my collar of the assembling and guiding element 1. If 3.9 0 attachment and tie holder. _ _ . the wearer of the described collar attachment an ' Figure 4 shows the collar attachment in a modi-i stoops or. bends to one side the portion of the ?ed form. chain 5 below the guide 1 and the weighty part l3 Figures 5 and 6 show different forms of attach will swing to some extent about said guide 1 but ing devices, adapted to be manually attached to the pull exerted on the collar tips will always -2 5 and detached from a collar-tip. be in the direction of the guide ‘I connected to the 35 Referring to Figure 1 in the drawings, the nu shirt front. ‘ ‘v meral I designates a man’s shirt having a collar 2. The holder 8 of the assembling and guiding ele-i The hereafter described collar attachment can be ment 1 is further illustrated in the top view of attached to and detached from the collar tips 3 Figure 2. The holder is shown attached to the ‘ 411 by means of an attaching device, such as for ex overlapping front of a shirt section l5 and is 40 ample the hook-pins 4. The hook or U-shaped formed by a single piece‘ of spring wire. The pin 4 has a projection 39 and a cavity 40 produc elongated face or ?rst arm I6 ‘of the holder is ing a relatively small bend adjacent to the point formed by the three wire portions indicated by 4| formed by one end of the pin 4. Each hook the numerals ll, I8 and I9, in Figure 1. The ‘45. pin 4 can be pinned to the inner side of the collar bend 20 projecting from the back side of the face 45 tip 3 and so is not ‘visible on the front side there It forms the base for the second spring pressed of as illustrated by one of the collar tips in Fig arm 2| the other end of which is pressing against -ure 1. Each end of a chain 5, or other ?exible the back side of the face I6 and thus pinches the connecting member such as thread or wire, is overlapping shirt front l5 inserted between said 50 linked to one of said hook-pins 4 by means of a arm 2| and face I 6. The continuationoi' said 50‘ ' swivel or pivot 6. The intermediate portion of second spring pressed arm 2| forms a bend 23 said chain 5 traverses a ring l2 adapted to slide and is the base for a third'spring pressed arm 24 on the chain and on which an elongated weighty which also presses against the back side of the part I3 is carried. Said chain 5 also traverses an wire portions forming the face ii. The inserted , 5s assembling and guiding element 1, such as a ring, shirt: front I5 is therefore pinched on each end 55 2 ' ' - 2,198,601 of the elongated face II to which is mounted about which the arm 8' my swing. the assembling and guiding element 1 for ‘the shut position as shown in the drawings an ?exible connecting members I. The same clasp is ofthearmliisslightly on onesideof can also be attached to the combined shirt and hinge O1 and is pressing the inserted collar necktie (not shown) or to a necktie only; in the ‘I4 against the opposite U-branch ll, thus h second case the arm I‘ and guide ‘I would be ing the arm 8| in shut position. The otherEs??? E located on theback side of the necktie strands ' of the arm Cl is provided with a barb ‘II which' and the arms Ii and 24 on the front side thereof. enters into the collar tip. 04 when the arm 00" The safety pin 25‘ shown in Fig. 2 comprises the moves into shut position, and so prevents the at- » 10 conventional pointy pin and point-guard there taching device from sliding oh the collar tip. To 10' for and is another form‘ of tie-holder whereby the attach and detach the device to and from the neck-tie can be pinned to the guiding element 1 collar tip, the arm I0 is manually held in a from the back side of the neck-tie. The safety position transverse to the U-branches. The end pin 25 is held in place by a piece of resilient of the arm forms an eyelet ‘Ii to which the ll metal 26 having a groove 21 (Fig. I). Said piece flexible connecting member I is connected ll of resilient metal 20 is rigidly attached to the The attaching device shown in Figure 8 is‘also guiding element ‘I on the lower end thereof, shown attached to a cut-off section of a collar. while the upper part is spring pressed against One end portion of a piece of spring wire forms a ‘ the guiding element ‘I. Said upper ‘part can be. pin 13 having a pointy end ‘ll, which is manually manually separated from the guiding element ‘I pushed into the seam of the collar tip ‘II up to a to insert the safety-pin 2' in the groove or to stop shoulder 16 on said pin. A coil ‘II is formed detach same therefrom. _ by the spring wire near said shoulder ‘it and the A modi?ed form of the invention containing other end portion thereof forms an arm ‘ll having the same basic parts as the collar attachment an eyelet 19 and a barb ll on the end thereof as shown in Figure 1, is shown in Figure 4. Each shown in the drawings, said pointy pin ‘II, the. one of the. attaching devices consistsof an elon wire coil ‘l1 and the arm ‘ll thus form a spring gated body 28 having a barb II projecting there pressed and resilient clasp. A connecting mcm- , from. A resilient arm ll formed by spring ber I5 is attached to said eyelet ‘It.