Robert A Fortier

US Patent:

6550650, Apr 22, 2003

Filed:

Apr 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/833354

Inventors:

Robert Fortier - Boynton Beach FL 33426-7754

International Classification:

D06C 1500

US Classification:

223 81, 223 82, 2146

Abstract:

A necktie includes a single-piece tie defining a display area and a knot area with the display area having a given pattern and the knot area having a pattern different from the given pattern. The one-piece tie can be woven or printed to produce the patterns. The tie can have a single-piece display-knot portion and a single-piece tail portion to be joined together. The tail portion can have a pattern, preferably, the same as the given pattern. A method of constructing a necktie includes cutting a tie from a single-piece of fabric having a given pattern at a display area and a pattern different from the given pattern at a knot area. The tie is folded lengthwise and is connected together at long edges. The edge-connected tie is turned inside out. Also, a single-piece display-knot portion can define the display and knot areas with the display-knot portion joined to a tail portion also preferably cut from a single-piece of fabric.

US Patent:

50881191, Feb 18, 1992

Filed:

Oct 9, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/594604

Inventors:

Robert A. Fortier - Boynton Beach FL

International Classification:

A41D 2506

US Classification:

2146

Abstract:

A necktie has a central knot portion being positioned between a display portion and a tail portion. In one version, the warp angle of the knot portion is rotated ninety degrees from the warp of the display portion so that the stripes on the knot will be aligned with the corresponding stripes on the display portion when the tie is worn. In other embodiments, the knot portion is a different color or pattern from the display portion to permit coordinating or contrasting or styles between the knot and display portion. In yet another embodiment, the knot portion is made selectively replaceable at the discretion of the user to permit mix and match freedom.