Patent ID: 7455186

Claim:
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, parallel relationship to the first side arm; a mounting rod extending from the first side arm toward the second side arm, the first mounting rod having a distal end spaced from the second side arm; and a drag rod extending between the first side arm and the second side arm in a vertically and horizontally offset, parallel relationship to the mounting rod with the drag rod positioned below and forward of the mounting rod, and in a fixed, spaced-apart, and substantially parallel relationship to the support surface, the drag rod having an outer surface, wherein the ties are looped over the mounting rod with the ties overlapping one another and each tie having two portions extending from the mounting rod and extending over a forward side of the drag rod so that each of the two portions of the ties is supported by the drag rod, and wherein the coefficient of friction between the ties and the outer surface of the drag rod 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 rod, the selected tie slides over the non-selected ties thereby leaving the non-selected ties extending from the mounting rod.