Closure fasteners – Seals – Resilient shackle ends
Patent
1985-04-09
1987-06-30
Wolfe, Robert L.
Closure fasteners
Seals
Resilient shackle ends
24 16PB, 292321, B65D 3334
Patent
active
046765352
ABSTRACT:
An all plastic fastener adapted, in one embodiment, for use as a seal for a coin bag or the like, and in another embodiment as a cable tie or the like.
The seal comprises a housing having an aperture therethrough and an integral shackle extending from the housing for insertion into the housing opening. The shackle has ratchet teeth along the outer edges, and the housing has internal means for engaging the ratchet teeth when the shackle is pulled through the opening, to prevent reverse movement of the shackle in the housing. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the shackle has an axial slot disposed in the portion having the teeth to allow the sides of the shackle to flex together when it is drawn through the housing. When used as a security seal, a locking member may be inserted into the slot between the shackle portions in the housing to maintain them pressed outwardly into engagement with the locking members in the housing. The locking member may be a segment of the housing wall impressed inwardly by a suitable tool, or may be a member formed on the end of an integral strap molded in the slot, which may be pulled into position after the seal is assembled.
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E. J. Brooks Company
Gall Lloyd A.
Wolfe Robert L.
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