Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Bale and package ties – hose clamps – Plastic band
Patent
1998-05-15
1999-06-15
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Bale and package ties, hose clamps
Plastic band
24 17AP, 24 305P, B65D 6300
Patent
active
059113685
ABSTRACT:
A one piece cable tie for forming a plurality of objects such as cables into a bundle. The cable tie includes an elongated flexible strap having a first end, a second end, a top planar surface, a bottom planar surface, a first recessed portion formed in the top planar surface, a second recessed portion formed in the bottom planar surface, a first set of ratchet-shaped teeth formed within the first recessed portion and a second set of ratchet-shaped teeth formed within the second recessed portion. The cable tie further includes a locking head integrally formed to the first end of the strap. The locking head includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The locking head also includes an inner channel wall, an outer channel wall and a pair of sidewalls which together define a strap accepting channel therebetween, the strap accepting channel having a first open end formed in the top surface of the locking head and a second open end formed in the bottom surface of the locking head. A locking pawl is pivotally connected to the inner channel wall of the locking head and a projection is fixedly connected to the outer channel wall of the locking head. The locking pawl and the projection lockably engage the teeth on opposite sides of the strap to prevent withdrawal of the strap from the locking head when the second end of the strap is inserted into the strap accepting channel through the first open end or when the second end of the strap is inserted into the strap accepting channel through the second open end.
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Avery Dennison Corporation
Sakran Victor N.
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