Multiple Tie Holding Device

Abstract

A multiple tie holding device is disclosed in which a main body ( 12, 112 ) adapted to hang in a wardrobe is provided with a plurality of individual tie holders ( 18 ) preferably arranged in staggered rows on both sides of the main body ( 12 ). The main body ( 12 ) has a width equivalent to the maximum dimension of a conventional coat hanger. The device enables tie ( 9 ), scarves, or the like to be hung in a wardrobe without risk of slipping off the device.

1 . A multiple tie holding device for holding a multiplicity of ties and/or scarves in a wardrobe, said device comprising a main body, hanger means to permit said main body to be suspended from a wardrobe rail, a multiplicity of individual tie holders each formed to releasably engage a single tie or scarf, and engagement means to permit said holders to be engaged with said main body in spaced apart relationship.  
   
   
       2 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said engagement means are arranged in a plurality of substantially parallel rows.  
   
   
       3 . The device as claimed in  claim 2  wherein said engagement means are substantially evenly spaced apart along each of said rows.  
   
   
       4 . The device as claimed in  claim 3  wherein said engagement means of one row of said rows are displaced along said one row relative to the engagement means of one or more adjacent row or rows.  
   
   
       5 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said engagement means are secured to said main body.  
   
   
       6 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said engagement means are releasably secured to said body.  
   
   
       7 . The device as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said engagement means comprises a recess formed in said main body and having adjacent its lower portions an upwardly directed retaining lip, and adjacent its upper portions a downwardly directed retaining lip.  
   
   
       8 . The device as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said engagement means comprises a receptacle having an open top and a pair of opposed side walls each of which has a base.  
   
   
       9 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said main body is generally planar having two opposite surfaces and said engagement means are located on one of said surfaces.  
   
   
       10 . The device as claimed in  claim 9  wherein said engagement means are located on both of said surfaces.  
   
   
       11 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said main body has an extent, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said wardrobe rail, substantially equal to a corresponding extent of a clothes hanger.  
   
   
       12 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said tie holders are each substantially as disclosed in WO 03/082061.  
   
   
       13 . A method of storing ties and/or scarves in a wardrobe having a hanging rail, said method comprising the steps of, in any order: 
 (i) hanging a main body from said rail.    (ii) engaging a multiplicity of individual tie holders with said main body, and    (iii) releasably retaining each if said ties and/or scarves in a corresponding one of said tie holders.    
   
   
       14 . The method as claimed in  claim 13  including the further step of: 
 (iv) releasably engaging said tie holders and said main body.    
   
   
       15 . The method as claimed in  claim 14  including the further step of: 
 (v) carrying out step (iii) with said corresponding tie holder being engaged with said main body.    
   
   
       16 . The method as claimed in  claim 14  including the further step of: 
 (vi) carrying out step (iii) with said corresponding tie holder being engaged with said main body.    
   
   
       17 . A method of fabricating a multiple tie and/or scarf holding device, said method comprising the steps of: 
 (i) fabricating a multiplicity of individual tie holders,    (ii) fabricating a main body, and    (iii) engaging said tie holders with said main body,    
   
   
       18 . The method as claimed in  claim 17  including the step of: 
 (iv) releasably engaging said tie holders and main body.    
   
   
       19 . The method of claimed in  claim 18  wherein step (iv) is carried out by a purchaser or end user.