Patent ID: 9717358
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A47G

Claim:
1. A combined belt and necktie rack, comprising: a horizontal frame bar; a mounting block comprising 1) a support plate coupled to a vertical wall or structure, and 2) a pivot arm coupling the support plate to an end of the frame bar, wherein the pivot arm forms a joint with the frame bar that allows the frame bar to pivot relative to the mounting block; and a set of pegs coupled to the frame bar, each of the pegs including 1) a base section for coupling a corresponding peg to the frame bar 2) a front section with a cross-sectional diameter to fit through a hole in a strap of a belt and terminating in an end dimensioned to receive the hole in the strap of the belt, and 3) a middle section, which sits between the base section and the front section, wherein the middle and front section of each of the pegs is substantially parallel to the middle and front section of the other pegs, and wherein the middle section has a length to accommodate a necktie folded over the middle section and wherein the front section is oriented relative to the middle section such that, in use, when the front section is inserted through the hole in the strap of the belt, a plane of the strap of the belt is substantially parallel with a plane of the necktie folded over the middle section.