Slotted necktie

Abstract

A necktie having one or two openings or slots in the necktie body to facilitate tying and setting the length of the front section, or “blade” of the necktie and allowing the blade and the tail of the necktie to be arranged more easily than with a conventional necktie, with embodiments having the slot extending approximately parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the necktie, alternate embodiments having the slot set at an acute angle to the longitudinal centerline of the necktie, alternate embodiments having two slots positioned approximately parallel to one another and extending along or at an acute angle from the longitudinal centerline of the necktie, alternate embodiments having the slot(s) inset in an enclosed mechanism, such as a zipper, to allow for the fine-tune adjustment of the slot's location along the length of the necktie, alternate embodiments including an insert, such as a grommet or eyelet to reinforce the edge(s) of the slot(s), alternate embodiments having buttonhole stitching to reinforce the edge(s) of the slot(s), alternate embodiments in which the tail is of sufficient length to fall vertically against the torso after tying, and alternate embodiments in which the tail is cropped short either to show as a tab at the collar adjacent the slot, or to be tucked beneath the collar and not to show.

1 . A slotted necktie comprising:
 a necktie body, having one or more layers of fabric or other flexible material, and having a predetermined necktie body length, a blade end, a tail end, a first edge extending from said blade end to said tail end and a second edge extending from said blade end to said tail end;   a single slot, having a slot first end and a slot second end, located between said blade end and said tail end of the necktie body, said slot first end positioned at a first predetermined distance from said necktie body first edge, said slot second end positioned at a second predetermined distance from said necktie body first edge and said second predetermined distance different from said first predetermined distance;   said slot forming a slot opening in the necktie body and defining a slot position at said slot first end;   a blade portion of said necktie body, extending from said blade end to said slot position; and,   a tail portion of said necktie body, extending from said tail end to said slot position.   
     
     
         2 . The slotted necktie of  claim 1  wherein said slot opening comprises a slit through said one or more layers of fabric or other flexible material, and edges of said slit being reinforced with thread stitching approximately perpendicular to the slot in the manner used for reinforcement of a buttonhole. 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The slotted necktie of  claim 1  wherein said tail portion has a length approximately equal to three-fifths of said necktie body length and said blade portion has a length approximately equal to two-fifths of the said necktie body length. 
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . (canceled)