Decorative neckwear

Claim 1

A decorative neckwear device incorporating A. a pillow-shaped simulated knot having a generally trapezoidal edge outline shape with a convex front face and a rear face converging downwardly toward each other from an upper central region of substantial thickness, with both faces terminating in a thin lower edge, B. a vertically elongated fabric strip having an upper end secured to the lower edge of the simulated knot, a front face, a rear face, and a depending lower end, C. a first plurality of substantially rigid thin flat panels of sheet material, each being less than one-tenth the thickness of the central region of the simulated knot and having upper and lower parallel edges, all said thin flat panels being successively adhesively bonded to the front face of the fabric strip , with the lower edge of each panel positioned parallel to and closely adjacent to the upper edge of the next lower panel, D. a corresponding second plurality of substantially rigid thin flat panels of sheet material, each substantially corresponding in shape and thickness to a juxtaposed one of said first plurality of panels, and each successively adhesively bonded to the rear face of the fabric strip with its upper and lower edges substantially juxtaposed to corresponding respective upper and lower edges of said juxtaposed one of said first plurality of panels, forming a suple and resiliently flexibly hinged panel array of successive thin, flat sandwich panels connected for free undulatory flexing movement with both positive and negative curvature in adjacent regions of the array, and E. non-elastic neckband means connected to the simulated knot and protruding laterally therefrom to encircle the wearer's neck, having a first end and a second end adjustably and releasably securable to the first end, whereby the simulated knot is positioned in front of the wearer's neck, displaying the flexibly arrayed plurality of flat panels vertically depending therefrom.