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 748 FEDERAL JBEPOBTEE. �Hart V. Thayer.* (Circuit Court, S. D. New York. February 13, 1882.) �1. Letters Patent — Improvbment in Neck-Ties— Ueissue— New Matteu. �The specification of reissue No. 7,909, granted October 9, 1877, for an " im- provement in neck-ties," is an effort to enlarge the scope of the patent beyond what is warranted by the original; and the second claim thereof. if construed to mean anything more than the original, covers new matter, �2, Same— Same — Same — Construction cf. �Such reissue must be limited to but two ways of fastening the pin to the shield of neck-ties, — (1) by rivets passing through the body of the pin and headed, and (2) by rivets punclied ont of the body of the pin and bent over or clinched on the shield, — and is not infringed by the invention desoribed in )et- ters patent No. 206,673, in which the pin itself is bent and then passed through the shield, part of it being on one side of the shield and part on the other. �In Equity. �F. H. Betts and J. Van Santvoord, for plaintiff. �J. P. Fitch, for defendant. �Blatchfobd, g. j. This suit is brought on l-eissued' letters piatent No. 7,909, granted to the plaintiff, October 9, 1877, for an "improve- ment in neck-ties;" the original patent. No. 159,921, having been granted to him February 16, 1875. The specification of the reissue is as follows, reading what is outside of brackets and what is inside of brackets, omitting what is in italics : �" Figure 1 is a face view of the device embodying my invention. Figure 2 Is a side view thereof, partly in section. Figure 3 is a side view, enlarged, of a detached part. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. In the class of neck-ties wherein the front bow, which is made long and lies on the chest, is held in position by a band which passes around the neek, it is necessary to secure said band in some manner to pre- vent displacement of the tie. For this purpose pins have been sewed to the shields or supporting plates of the ties and the neek-bands etigaged there- with; but this is objectionable, since the pin soon loosens and is lost. Again, the cost of thus attaching the pins is a matter of considerable moment. My invention is designed to remedy these defects, and consists in securing the pins to the shields by metallic f astenings, whereby the pins are flrmly retained in place, longer service is rendered thereby, and there is a cheapness in the product. Referring to the drawings, A represents a shield or supporting plate for a neck-tie, which consists of a long bow or kuot, a, constituting the front portion, and a band, 6, which passes around the neck, the two parts being shown in dotted Unes. To the bottom portion of the shield or plate I secure a pin, B, which projects dovvn wardly so that the band, 6, may be attached thereto, in order that the band will not disengage from the' neck and release �•Reported by S. Nelson White, Esq., of the New York bar. ��� �