Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Bag fasteners – Resilient slot bag tie
Patent
1991-04-24
1992-05-05
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Bag fasteners
Resilient slot bag tie
24 305P, 24559, B65D 7710
Patent
active
051095769
ABSTRACT:
A reusable closure device for closing and sealing flexible objects such as plastic tubes or bags, balloons or similar articles which has unitary construction, is lightweight, and is resilient. The clip has two arms connected by a curved hinge portion which allows the two arms to pivot or bend relative to one another. The first arm has a bulged free end with a concave recessed channel. The second arm is formed having a tapered, linear first section and a curved second section, the two sections separated by an angled junction region having an edge. The second section is curved forming a flanged portion for receiving the bulged free end of the first arm and has an outwardly extending lever on its outer surface. An article to be sealed is inserted between the first arm and second arm and the first arm and second arm are squeezed together until the bulged free end of the first arm snaps into the flanged portion of the second arm and is secured into a closed position by a lip which engages with a concave recessed channel of the first arm. The edge formed on the second arm helps to pinch and retain the article being sealed against the inside wall of the first arm. To open the closure device, force is applied to the lever of the second arm which deflects the flanged portion and releases the free end of the first arm to allow the closure device to return to the open, unbiased position. The device can be easily and repetitively opened and reclosed without altering the effectiveness of the closure seal created by the device in the closed position.
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Liebthal Siegfried
Teekell Gordon E.
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