Patent ID: 8127371

Claim:
A method of using a tie stay clip, said method comprising: clamping a rear portion of a tie to a front portion of a tie via the tie stay clip so that a portion of a front surface of the rear portion of the tie is temporarily secured to and held adjacent to a portion of a rear surface of the front portion of the tie, wherein the tie stay clip has an uppermost outer major surface and a lowermost outer major surface, and comprises: a first member forming the uppermost outer major surface and having a first member first end and a first member second end opposite the first member first end; a second member pivotably connected to the first member along a length of the first member between the first member first and second ends, the second member forming the lowermost outer major surface and having a second member first end and a second member second end opposite the second member first end, and a spring member positioned between the first and second members, the spring member being operatively adapted to apply a spring pressure onto the first and second members so as to force an inner surface of the first member second end toward an inner surface of the second member second end wherein said clamping step comprises: applying pressure onto at least one of the first member first end and the second member first end so as to separate the inner surface of the first member second end from the inner surface of the second member second end and form a gap therebetween; positioning (i) the rear portion of the tie and (ii) a vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie within the gap by: selecting a vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie located between two separate stitches operatively adapted to attach a left-hand vertically extending front portion of the tie to a righthand vertically extending front portion of the tie; and extending the first member second end or the second member second end of the tie stay clip between the two separate stitches so that the inner surface of the first member second end or the inner surface of the second member second end abuts an interior surface of the vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie; and releasing the pressure on the first member first end or the second member second end so as to allow the inner surface of the first member second end and the inner surface of the second member second end to move towards one another and clamp therebetween (i) a portion of the rear portion of the tie and (ii) a portion of the vertically extending seam portion of the front portion of the tie.