34 t 34 shaped tie clip the clip is designed to be used in conjunction with the tie loop commonly found on the rear surface of one of the tie ends the top portion of the clip grippingly engages the shirt and the bottom portion of the clip extends into the tie loop application_number US 43332689 A description referring to fig1 the instant invention is a tie clip 1 that is preferably in the form of a 34 t 34 the top portion 2 comprises an inner portion 4 side portion 6 and outer portion 8 extending downwardly and perpendicularly from the outer portion is bottom portion 10 fig2 is a cross sectional view of the device shown in fig1 in this figure one can readily see that the top portion 2 of the device is shaped like a bobby pin type of hair pin the top portion has a gripping function and the material from which it is fashioned has a degree of resiliency the inner portion 4 can be manually spread apart from the outer portion 8 and a material can be placed between the two portions when the portions are released they tend to spring back toward the shape shown in this figure and thereby grip the sandwiched material fig3 shows an example of the starting material from which the clip is fashioned portion 4 is bent 180 degrees to lie approximately directly in front.