Necktie Channels for Button Engagement Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional neckties often suffer from misalignment and a tendency to fall away from the shirt, leading to potential damage or soiling.

Innovation Solution

The incorporation of channels on the back surface of the necktie that engage with shirt buttons, securing the tie in place and preventing misalignment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional necktie design is used, then the necktie is simple to wear, but the necktie becomes misaligned and falls away from the shirt

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenecktie alignmentVSAvoidnecktie structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The necktie is divided into functional segments: the body portion with channels, the end portion with button engagement features, and the tip portion. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function - the channels provide alignment guidance while the button features provide secure attachment, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Buttons on the shirt serve as intermediary elements that connect the necktie to the shirt. The channels on the necktie body guide and constrain the end portion to engage with these button intermediaries, creating a reliable connection system that prevents misalignment and falling away while maintaining ease of use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If channels and button engagement features are added to the necktie, then the necktie remains securely attached to the shirt, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenecktie attachmentVSAvoidnecktie production

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The manufacturing process is segmented into distinct steps: forming channels in the body portion, creating button engagement features in the end portion, and assembling these pre-formed components. This segmentation allows each manufacturing step to be optimized independently, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while achieving reliable attachment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The channels and button engagement features are formed as preliminary structures during the necktie manufacturing process, before the final assembly. This preliminary action ensures that the attachment features are precisely formed and positioned, improving reliability while streamlining production by integrating these features into the base manufacturing process rather than adding them as separate complex steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11484073B1Necktie system and method of use

Publication Date: 2022.11.01 SHARMA DINESH

AI summary

A necktie system includes a necktie extending from a first end to a second end, the necktie to secure around a neck of a wearer; a first channel attached to a back surface of the necktie, the first channel having a body with button holes extending through a thickness of the first channel; and a gap created between the channel and the back surface of the necktie such that the second end of the necktie can be inserted through the first channel and be positioned between the first channel and the back surface; the button holes are configured to secure the necktie to a plurality of buttons on a wearer's shirt.