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Tie retaining device

US5031284A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
11References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 23, 1990
Grant dateJul 16, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 23, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/1962
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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.

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