Tie stay clips and methods of making and using the same

A method of securing a rear portion of a tie to a rear surface of a front portion of a tie, said method comprising:

• providing a tie stay clip having an uppermost outer major surface and a lowermost outer major surface, wherein the tie stay clip comprises:
• a first member forming the uppermost outer major surface and having a first member first end and a first member second end opposite the first member first end;
• a second member pivotably connected to the first member along a length of the first member between the first member first and second ends, the second member forming the lowermost outer major surface and having a second member first end and a second member second end opposite the second member first end, and
• a spring member positioned between the first and second members, the spring member being operatively adapted to apply a spring pressure onto the first and second members so as to force an inner surface of the first member second end toward an inner surface of the second member second end;
• applying pressure onto at least one of the first member first end and the second member first end so as to separate the inner surface of the first member second end from the inner surface of the second member second end and form a gap therebetween;
• positioning (i) the rear portion of the tie and (ii) a vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie within the gap;
• selecting a vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie located between two separate stitches operatively adapted to attach a left-hand vertically extending front portion of the tie to a righthand vertically extending front portion of the tie;
• extending the first member second end or the second member second end of the tie stay clip between the two separate stitches so that the inner surface of the first member second end or the inner surface of the second member second end abuts an interior surface of the vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie;
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• releasing the pressure on the first member first end or the second member second end so as to allow the inner surface of the first member second end and the inner surface of the second member second end to move towards one another and clamp therebetween (i) a portion of the rear portion of the tie and (ii) a portion of the vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie so as to temporarily secure the rear portion of the tie to the rear surface of the front portion of the tie.

In combination a tie and a tie stay clip, said tie stay clip comprising:

• a first member forming an uppermost outer major surface of said tie stay clip and having a first member first end and a first member second end;
• a second member pivotably connected to said first member along a length of said first member between said first member first and second ends, said second member forming a lowermost outer major surface of said tie stay clip and having a second member first end and a second member second end;
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• a spring member positioned between said first and second members, said spring member being operatively adapted to apply a spring pressure onto said first and second members so as to force an inner surface of said first member second end toward an inner surface of said second member second end;
• wherein said first member second end or said second member second end of said tie stay clip extends between two separate stitches of said tie so that said inner surface of said first member second end or said inner surface of said second member second end abuts an interior surface of a vertically extending seam portion of a front portion of said tie.