Patent ID: 7346934

Claim:
A necktie restrainer for securing a necktie to a button hole in a garment, the necktie comprising a tie loop; the necktie restrainer consisting essentially of: (a) a retaining means being sized to pass through the button hole and to be retained behind the button hole; (b) an attachment means comprising a continuous loop, the continuous loop having an attachment opening therein, the attachment opening being sized to allow the retaining means to pass therethrough; (c) a passthrough means being sized to pass through the tie loop, the passthrough means comprising one of the group consisting of the retaining means and the attachment means; (d) a connecting means connected to the retaining means and the attachment means, the connecting means being sized to pass partially through the button hole and to pass partially through the tie loop; the connecting means being structured such that an attachment loop may be formed by passing the passthrough means and part of the connecting means through the tie loop and passing the retaining means through the attachment means.