Patent ID: 7600645
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: A47B,A47F,A47G

Abstract:
1. A tie rack in combination with a plurality of ties, the tie rack comprising: a first side arm mounted to a support surface; a second side arm mounted to the support surface in a spaced apart relationship to the first side arm; a mounting rod extending from the first side arm toward the second side arm; and a drag member extending between the first side arm and the second side arm, the drag member having a drag surface vertically and horizontally offset from the mounting rod and supported in fixed, substantially parallel, and spaced apart relation to the support surface with the drag surface positioned below and forward of the mounting rod, wherein the ties are looped over the mounting rod with the ties overlapping one another and each of the ties having two portions extending from the mounting rod and extending over a forward side of the drag surface of the drag member so that each of the two portions is supported by the drag surface, and wherein the coefficient of friction between the ties and the drag surface is greater than the coefficient of friction between overlapping ties such that upon selecting one of the ties for removal from the mounting rod and pulling one of the portions of the selected tie so as to drag the selected tie over the mounting rod and the drag surface, the selected tie slides over the non-selected ties thereby leaving the non-selected ties extending from the mounting rod.