Necktie fabricated from a plurality of rigid components

Claim 1

A four-in-hand necktie comprising: (a) a coupling segment formed of wood in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and with a large curved upper edge and a short horizontal lower edge and with downwardly tapering linear side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration, the coupling segment also having a pair of apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each aperture being parallel with an associated side edge thereof; (b) a plurality of supplemental segments, each supplemental segment being fabricated of wood in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and V-shaped upper and lower edges in mating relationship with its next adjacent supplemental segment and with upwardly tapering side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration thereby maintaining the tie in a natural vertical orientation during use, each supplemental segment having a pair of linear apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge with each aperture being parallel with an adjacent associated side edge thereof, the apertures of the supplemental segments being correlated so that the apertures adjacent to each edge are in axial alignment with each other, the upper most extents of the apertures of the upper supplemental segment being in communication with the lowermost extents of the apertures of the coupling segment, the lowermost supplemental segment having a transverse termination aperture coupling its rear face and its adjacent linear aperture; and (c) an elastic cord positioned through the apertures of the coupling segment and supplement segments including the terminating aperture with an extended central portion of the elastic cord located on the side of the coupling segment remote from the supplemental segments for positioning around the neck of a wearer.

Claim 9

A method for forming a necktie formed from a solid material, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a coupling segment from an elongate piece of solid material in a flat configuration with a rounded front face and a rear face and with a large curved upper edge and a short horizontal lower edge and with downwardly tapering linear side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration; (b) shaping the remainder of the elongated solid piece into a tie-shape front piece; (c) forming a pair of grooves extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each groove being parallel with an associated side edge thereof; (d) attaching a complementary rear face to said tie-shaped front piece to form a pair of apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each aperture being parallel with an associated side edge thereof; (e) cutting combined front and rear face tie shaped piece to form a plurality of supplemental segments, each supplemental segment being fabricated of solid material in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and V-shaped upper and lower edges in mating relationship with its next adjacent supplemental segment and with upwardly tapering side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration thereby maintaining the tie in a natural vertical orientation during use, each supplemental segment having a pair of linear apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge with each aperture being parallel with an adjacent associated side edge thereof, the apertures of the supplemental segments being correlated so that the apertures adjacent to each edge are in axial alignment with each other, the upper most extents of the apertures of the upper supplemental segment being in communication with the lowermost extents of the apertures of the coupling segment, the lowermost supplemental segment having a transverse termination aperture coupling its rear face and its adjacent linear aperture; and (f) positioning an elastic cord through the apertures of the coupling segment and supplement segments including the terminating aperture with an extended central portion of the elastic cord located on the side of the coupling segment remote from the supplemental segments for positioning around the neck of a wearer.

Claim 10

A method for forming a necktie formed from a solid material, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a coupling segment from an elongate piece of solid material in a flat configuration with a rounded front face and a rear face and with a large curved upper edge and a short horizontal lower edge and with downwardly tapering linear side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration; (b) shaping the remainder of the elongated solid piece into a tie-shape front piece; (c) forming a pair of grooves extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each groove being parallel with an associated side edge thereof; (d) attaching a complementary rear face to said tie-shaped front piece to form a pair of apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge, each aperture being parallel with an associated side edge thereof; (e) cutting combined front and rear face tie shaped piece to form a plurality of supplemental segments, each supplemental segment being fabricated of solid material in a flat configuration with a front face and a rear face and V-shaped upper and lower edges in mating relationship with its next adjacent supplemental segment and with upwardly tapering side edges therebetween to form an essentially V-shaped configuration thereby maintaining the tie in a natural vertical orientation during use, each supplemental segment having a pair of linear apertures extending therethrough from the upper edge to the lower edge with each aperture being parallel with an adjacent associated side edge thereof, the apertures of the supplemental segments being correlated so that the apertures adjacent to each edge are in axial alignment with each other, the upper most extents of the apertures of the upper supplemental segment being in communication with the lowermost extents of the apertures of the coupling segment, the lowermost supplemental segment having a transverse termination aperture coupling its rear face and its adjacent linear aperture; and (f) positioning an elastic cord through the apertures of the coupling segment and supplement segments including the terminating aperture with an extended central portion of the elastic cord located on the side of the coupling segment remote from the supplemental segments for positioning around the neck of a wearer.