Patent ID: 8128133

Claim:
A necktie knot tying apparatus comprising: a substantially triangular base having a front face, a back face, three edges and three corners; and an integrated clip extending from an area of the back face of the substantially triangular base that is proximate to one of the three edges and approximately midway between a first of the three corners and a second of the three corners, wherein the integrated clip extends across the back face of the substantially triangular base in a direction of and approximately reaching a third of the three corners; wherein the integrated clip has a flexibility that enables reception of at least one end of a necktie between the integrated clip and the substantially triangular base, and a rigidity that enables retention of the at least one end between the integrated clip and the substantially triangular base; and wherein the substantially triangular base maintains a substantially triangular structure of a necktie knot that is tied around and encases the substantially triangular base and the integrated clip, wherein the integrated clip comprises a first straight segment, a second straight segment and a third curved segment, the first straight segment extending a first predefined distance substantially perpendicularly outward from the back face of the substantially triangular base, the second straight segment extending from an end of the first segment substantially parallel with the back face of the substantially triangular base for a second predefined distance, and the third curved segment extending from an end of the second straight segment and returning toward the back face of the substantially triangular base.