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Granted Patent B2
US 8,931,116 · App. 13/770,021 · Granted Jan 13, 2015

Pre-knotted adjustable necktie

Inventor: Adam Lucero (Anchorage, AK)
A41D25/06
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Patent No.
US 8,931,116
App. No.
13/770,021
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pre-knotted adjustable necktie is provided that includes a pre-knot and a tie body worn about a collar by a person, tie body having a first and second end as well as a front and back to accommodate a surface design and pre-knot having a cover accommodating a cover surface design wrapped about a pre-knot form having channels, a cavity and hooked ends to hold and accommodate the insertion of a tie body making an individual fashion statement over coming the limitations of the modern day necktie.

Claims (31)

1. A pre-knotted adjustable necktie comprising:

an elongated tie body having a first end and a second end;

a pre-knot form having a first channel and a second channel each extending from a top of the pre-knot form to a bottom of the pre-form, wherein the first and second channels each accept one of the first end and the second end of the tie body in a sliding arrangement so as to provide an adjustable loop to be worn around a user's neck; and

a pre-knot cover, wherein the pre-knot cover is folded over the pre-knot form laterally so as to conceal a front and back of the pre-knot form that is exposed when the necktie is worn, wherein the pre-knot cover is formed as a sheet of fabric material having an elongated shape with a first end laterally opposite a second end, and wherein the cover is:

attached at the first end of the cover to a front of the pre-knot form, and passed:

first over the top toward the back of the pre-knot form, between the first end and the second end of the tie body,

then, from the back of the pre-knot form, laterally toward one side of the form and around the front of the pre-knot form, therewith creating a cover pocket that houses the pre-knot form,

then, from the front of the pre-knot form, laterally around a second side opposite the first side of the form again toward the back of the pre-knot form, and

tucked into the cover pocket, and

attached at the second end of the cover to the back of the back of the pre-knot form.

2. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 1 , wherein the pre-knot form comprises a conical structure with a cavity therein, and wherein the channels pass through a top and a bottom of the structure.

3. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim of claim 2 , wherein the conical structure is open at a back end of the pre-knot form, wherein the opening at the back end of the per-knot form extends uninterrupted from a top of the pre-knot body to a bottom of the pre-knot body.

4. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 3 , wherein the conical structure comprises a pair of hooked ends that retain therein the tie body, and wherein the opening is located between the pair of hooked ends.

5. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 2 , wherein the conical structure is an elliptical conical structure.

6. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 5 , wherein a top and a bottom of the structure each has an elliptical cross section with dimensions at the top greater than dimensions at the bottom of the structure.

7. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 1 , wherein the pre-knot form comprises a top and a form body attached to each other.

8. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 7 , wherein the top of the pre-knot form having a plurality of apertures representing openings for the channels.

9. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 8 , wherein the form body comprises a plurality of sockets that engage with corresponding clips on the top of the pre-knot form.

10. A pre-knotted adjustable necktie comprising:

an elongated tie body having a first end and a second end;

a pre-knot form an elliptical conical structure with a cavity therein forming a first channel and a second channel each extending from a top of the pre-knot form to a bottom of the pre-form, wherein the first and second channels each accept one of the first end and the second end of the tie body in a sliding arrangement so as to provide an adjustable loop to be worn around a user's neck; and

a pre-knot cover, wherein the pre-knot cover is folded over the pre-knot form laterally so as to conceal a front and back of the pre-knot form that is exposed when the necktie is worn, wherein the pre-knot cover is formed as a sheet of fabric material having an elongated shape with a first end laterally opposite a second end, and wherein the cover is:

attached at the first end of the cover to a front of the pre-knot form, and passed:

first over the top toward the back of the pre-knot form, between the first end and the second end of the tie body,

then, from the back of the pre-knot form, laterally toward one side of the form and around the front of the pre-knot form, therewith creating a cover pocket that houses the pre-knot form,

then, from the front of the pre-knot form, laterally around a second side opposite the first side of the form again toward the back of the pre-knot form, and

tucked into the cover pocket, and

attached at the second end of the cover to the back of the back of the pre-knot form.

11. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim of claim 10 , wherein the conical structure is open at a back end of the pre-knot form.

12. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 11 , wherein the conical structure comprises a pair of hooked ends that retain therein the tie body.

13. The pre-knotted adjustable necktie of claim 12 , wherein a top and a bottom of the structure each have an elliptical cross section with dimensions at the top greater than dimensions at the bottom of the structure.

Continuity (1)
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