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US 5,031,284 AGranted
Tie retaining device
OwnerDon R. Rayinventor
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Abstract
A tie retaining device that is attached to the left and right side rear fold members of a tie. The device has an elongated wire-like member having pointed tips on each of its ends for penetrating the rear fold members of the tie. A tethering chain has its one end attached to the wire-like member and its other end attached to a button-hole anchor bar that is detachably inserted into the button hole of a shirt. The wire-like member may take various configurations.
Claims3
A tie retaining device comprising:
- an elongated wire-like member having a predetermined length and having a left end and a right end;
- said elongated wire-like member has a loop integrally formed therein intermediate its left and right ends;
- said elongated wire-like member has integrally formed loops at its respective left and right ends;
- a right angularly shaped finger integrally formed on the left end of said wire-like member, said finger having a pointed tip for penetrating the rear fold member of a tie;
- a right angularly shaped finger integrally formed on the right end of said wire-like member, said finger having a pointed tip for penetrating the rear fold member of a tie;
- a button-hole anchor bar;
- an elongated tethering chain having a first and a second end;
- means connecting the first end of said tethering chain to said button-hole anchor bar;
- and
- means connecting the second end of said tethering chain to the loop of said wire-like member intermediate its ends.
7 more elements
A tie retaining device comprising:
- an elongated wire-like member having a predetermined length and having a left end and a right end;
- said elongated wire-like member has a loop integrally formed therein intermediate its left and right ends;
- a right angularly shaped finger integrally formed on the left end of said wire-like member, said finger having a pointed tip for penetrating the rear fold member of a tie;
- a right angularly shaped finger integrally formed on the right end of said wire-like member, said finger having a pointed tip for penetrating the rear fold member of a tie;
- said elongated wire-like member, its two right angularly shaped fingers, and its loop are all oriented in substantially the same horizontal plane;
- a button-hole anchor bar;
- an elongated tethering chain having a first and a second end;
- means connecting the first end of said tethering chain to said button-hole anchor bar;
- and
- means connecting the second end of said tethering chain to the loop of said wire-like member intermediate its ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.