Abstract: The annular fastening device comprises a male attachment element (2) of moulded plastic material, a female attachment element (3) of moulded plastic material, and a flexible strap (4) which is attached at a first end to the male attachment element (2) and at a second end to the female attachment element (3).A seat cover includes a hem which is peripheral to an opening for introducing the cover onto a seat, together with a fastening device, the strap (4) of which is inserted through the said hem.In accordance with a method of securing the cover to the seat, a cover is used, which is slid over the seat and which is stretched over the seat cushion of the seat by means of the annular fastening device (1).

Abstract: A cable tie 1 made of plastic material with a tape portion 2, equipped with stop elements 3, and connectable with a stop zone 4 comprised of a bottom plate 5 and two side walls 6, 7, with an interpositioned cross piece 8. A stop nose 9 is carried by cross piece 8 for engagement with one of the stop elements upon arrest of tape 2 in the stop zone 4. A release element 10 is arranged at the stop region 4 for releasing the arrested tape. The stop zone 4 can thereby be transferred from an open position I into a closed position II and locked therein by the release element 10, and vise versa.

Abstract: A fastener has a head component with a channel in which are engaged bosses of a member to be secured, which bosses cooperatively form a passage for receiving the fastener. A tail component of the fastener is used for threading it through the apertures, and may thereafter be broken away to leave an inobtrusive body component, which may be released by rotating it about its axis.

Abstract: A wrist restraining device for restraining a person uses two strap element defined wrist enclosing loops and wherein strap lengths extend from the loops and are joined such as to define a U-shaped stiffened bight configuration with the bight facing a cinch bar used to tighten the loops. With tightening of the loops, the bight enlarges to a larger shaped configuration that serves as a handle locating distant from the person's restrained wrists and hands so that an officer can grasp the handle and use it as a control for controlling the person's movement without unnecessarily exposing the officer to the restrained person's hands. Structure to minimize pressure imposed on the person's wrists with the device is included in the device. A kit is provided for assembling the device from components representing the several elements of the device.

Abstract: A cable tie that includes an elongated tongue with two ends and two broad sides, a locking head at one end of the tongue, a tip at the other end of the tongue, and a set of ratchet teeth extending along one broad side of the tongue, wherein the locking head has sides defining an opening for receiving the tip of the tongue, the sides including a movable pawl that is hinged at one side of the opening and an abutment surface that is at least in part directly opposite across the opening from the pawl, and wherein the pawl has at least one pawl tooth disposed for engaging the set of ratchet teeth when the tip of the tongue has been inserted through the opening with the set of ratchet teeth facing the pawl, is injection molded by a method including the steps of (a) providing a mold that includes mold parts defining a cavity in the general shape of the tie, wherein one of the mold parts includes a core section defining a surface of the pawl that includes the at least one pawl tooth and at least a part of the abutmen

Abstract: This invention is a reusable single piece securing device including a head having a first side and a second side, a first channel passing through the head having a first aperture associated with the first end of the head and a second aperture associated with the second end of the head, a lace lock flexibly associated with the head, and an elongated flexible lace having a first end integral to the head, and a second end, the first and second ends divided by an intermediate section including a plurality of lace teeth.

Abstract: A one piece cable tie for securing one or more wires/cables together and to a supporting post of a cable management bar. The cable tie includes an elongated flexible planar strap having a plurality of ratchet teeth disposed on opposite sides of the strap. An integral locking head, located at one end of the strap, has a channel therethrough for receiving and releasably restraining the strap ratchet teeth when the opposite strap end is inserted through the locking head channel. Located in proximity to the locking head is a post retaining loop disposed transversely to the strap body. The retaining loop has a passageway shaped to receive and retain the post of an associated cable management bar, so that when positioned and looped over the post, the cable tie secures the cables together and also provides support thereto.

Abstract: A disposable, loop-type restraint includes a central portion having a pair of sockets with through openings, separated by a bridging portion, and flexible straps extending in opposite directions from the central portion. Each strap may be formed in a loop with end portions inserted through a respective socket opening. A series of ratchet teeth is formed along one surface of each strap and pawl within each socket opening has a pair of adjacent teeth for engaging ratchet teeth on the straps to permit movement of the straps through the socket openings in an insertion direction and prevent movement in a withdrawal direction. Other features include tag portions between the central portion and each strap having a patina finish for receiving inked identifying indicia, tip portions on the straps having saw teeth along each of their opposite surfaces and a pair of apertures through the bridging portion to receive the tip portions of the straps and provide a compact storage position for the device.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a device for securing an electrical elongated cord in a compacted state, of an electrical utensil, in an anchored state intermittently anchored to the electrical utensil is an elongated elastic strip having opposite flat faces extending between opposite ends, with a large hole (through-space) in one end and with an elongated slit in the other end, with spaced-apart apertures located one at each of opposite ends of and continuous with opposite ends ends of the elongated slit, with narrow strip width at the other end and along a intermediate-portion between the one and other ends, and with a broader width at the other end embodying the large hole, and with at-least one barb-shaped intermittent enlarged portion along opposite edges of the intermediate portion, and with enlarged widths on each of opposite edges of the strip aligned with each of the spaced-apart apertures, and the remaining end of the strip having diminishing width suitable for insertion through the larger hole, for prac

Abstract: A tube securing device is described which is useful for fixing the position of a medical tubing, such as a thoracostomy tube, with respect to the skin of a patient. The anchoring device comprises a unitary strap resembling a cable tie having a free end, a body portion and a buckle end. The buckle end has two or more unidirectional locking mechanism thereon for enabling movement of the body portion of the strap in only one direction. In operation, the body portion of the device is wrapped around the invasive medical tubing at the point where it enters the skin and the free end of the strap is passed through the first unidirectional locking mechanism on the buckle portion to form a first loop which encircles and grasps the tubing. The loop may be taped to the body to secure the tubing in position. A special release loop is provided that enables removal of the anchoring device from the tubing without damaging the tubing.

Abstract: A cable tie having a tongue with ratchet teeth on opposite broad sides of the tongue and two stationary teeth on an abutment surface opposite a hinged pawl within a locking head opening is injection molded by combining a first mold part defining a portion of a mold cavity that forms a first set of ratchet teeth on the one broad side of the tongue and a second mold part that defines a portion of the mold cavity that forms a second set of ratchet teeth on the other broad side of the tongue. The second mold part includes a core that defines at least a portion of the mold cavity that forms the opening in the locking head; and the first mold part is combined with the core of the second mold part at an interior parting surface that is remote from the portion of the mold cavity that forms the apexes of the stationary teeth. The solidified tie is ejected from the opened mold without separating the mold parts at any portion of the mold cavity that forms an apex of the stationary teeth.

Abstract: A plastic fastener for securing a bundle of wires to an apertured mounting surface including a buttonhead member, an elongate flexible strap having a plurality of teeth, the strap having a locking head that engages with a buttonhead member. The buttonhead member includes centering pilot sections which protect the tightened strap from sharp edges of the mounting surface.

Abstract: For the fastening of a protecting or shielding cover, in particular a tarpaulin, to a scaffolding, a fastening member is provided which has an anchor pin to be arranged on the external surface of the tarpaulin, a flexible strap being firmly connected with the anchor pin and having a slit or opening through which the free end of the strap may be pushed and a toothing to prevent the strap from being retracted. The slit or opening is provided in a clamping member at the opposite end of the strap in relation to the insertion end and the anchor pin is connected with the strap at a distance from the clamping member conforming to the dimensions of a frame member of the scaffolding, while the distance of the anchor pin from the insertion end is substantially larger.

Abstract: A tamper-evident, self-locking cover for mechanical and electrical connections includes a unitary, molded plastic member including two generally semi-cylindrical pockets connected by a first living hinge and including snap-fit, self-locking, tamper-evident means of connection. Integrally therewith and extending from one pocket half are a pair of generally cylindrical receptacles arranged so as to provide three gripping fingers. Integrally therewith and extending from the other enclosing portion are a pair of stem members which are initially oriented in a non-engaging orientation and which are connected by means of a second living hinge. As the enclosing portions are flexed and closed around the object to be encased and protected, the stem members are flexed into a controlled engaging orientation so as to be brought into alignment with the female receptacles.

Abstract: A belt clamp includes a belt portion 10 and a buckle portion 20. The belt portion 10 is provided with a series of cogs 12 on the rear side along the longitudinal direction. The buckle portion 20 is provided with a tongue piece 30 having a through hole 22 adapted to permit said belt portion 10 to pass therethrough and pawls 32 adapted to engage with the cogs 12. The tongue piece 30 is formed on an end of a base plate 24 formed on the buckle portion so that only the pawls 32 project on the interior of the through hole 22. Thus, the distance between a wire harness after bundling and the top face of a panel becomes small, and the belt clamp requires a small mounting space and causes little backlash.

Abstract: A device for establishing an adjustable and flexible loop to act as releasable cuffs to restrain a person or to act as a releasable tie for bundles of wire or cable. A strap includes a free end and a lock end to receive the free end to establish a loop. The lock has a ratchet with a set of pawls engageable with the teeth spaced along the free end of the strap. The ratchet is hingedly mounted in the lock so that urging the strap into the lock causes the teeth to apply a rotational force to the pawls which rotates the ratchet about the hinge to disengage the pawls from the teeth to allow the strap to be inserted into the lock, while urging the strap out of the lock causes the teeth to apply an opposite rotational force to the pawls which rotates the ratchet about the hinge in the opposite direction to engage the pawls with the teeth to prevent the strap from being withdrawn.

Abstract: A one piece reusable and releasable tie having no moving parts, and having the ability to be readily adjusted (loosened/tightened) in discrete increments while tied. Nine embodiments are disclosed having different shaped projections or patterns on the strap and complimentary projections in the holder. Each of the embodiments are symmetrically adjustable (tightened or loosened) using similar movements. To adjust the tie, the user pulls on the strap in the desired direction, and either moves (turns) the holder or pulls (toggles) the strap, causing the tie to tighten or loosen in discrete increments. To lock, the holder and strap are returned to a fixed position. The tie can be configured as a one piece tie, as a tie with variable length strap and a double holder, or as two pieces (strap and holder).

Abstract: A safety cap for a tie of the type employing a tie strap and a tie head where the tie strap extends through a passageway in the tie head. The cap includes a hollow body having flanges across an open side thereof to retain a tie head within the cavity. The ribs are provided along two opposite sidewalls. In the other opposite sidewalls, two ribs extend inwardly to form a tighter fit for the tie head. These ribs define lines of contact which are displaced to either side of a tie head with one lying in a horizontal plane and the other lying in a vertical plane.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for attaching tendons, ligaments, or other tissue to bone, which includes the use of adjustable head members positioned along filament members. Also disclosed are methods and apparatuses for mending breaks in tissue such as skin or meniscal layers tissue such as skin or meniscal layers skin by use of similar elements.

Abstract: An appliance for clamping a strap round an article has a tensioning member, it being necessary for the tension which is to be transmitted to the strap by the tensioning member to be limited to a predetermined value. This is achieved by the fact that the tensioning member (4) is designed to slip past on the strap (2,6) to be tensioned when the predetermined strap tension is reached. The tensioning member can be provided with projections penetrating into the strap surface, which projections are designed so as to remove chips or displace material during the slipping past. Advantageously the tensioning member comprises a tensioning roller.

Abstract: This cable tie is constituted by a band portion (1) and a lock portion (2). The lock portion (2) has an elastically deformable sawtooth lock piece (24) and stopper means (23, 26). The sawtooth lock piece (24) opposes a slot in which the band portion (1) is inserted from a distal end side thereof and engages with a sawtooth belt portion of the band portion (1), thereby locking the band portion (1). The stopper means (23, 26) suppress deformable movement of the sawtooth lock piece (24) when a force in a pull-out direction is applied to the band portion (1). When a force is applied to the sawtooth lock piece (24) through the band portion (1), excessive deformation of the sawtooth lock piece (24) is suppressed by the stopper means (23, 26), thereby preventing the sawtooth lock piece (24) from being disengaged or damaged.

Abstract: A clip which secures wiring to a base structure, composed of a head for holding the wiring and a stanchion for connecting the head with a base structure. The head is provided with an upper portion and hingably connected lower portion. The lower portion is provided with a wiring seat, a flexible retention arm and a first toothed surface member. The upper portion is provided with a flexible biasing arm, an abutment arm and a second toothed surface member. A retainer arm is connected with the lower portion of the head for preventing unintentional disengagement of the first and second toothed members. In operation, the upper portion is pivoted on the hinge toward the lower portion, during this movement, the first and second toothed surface members will mutually engage in a ratchet-like manner, while the retention arm is pressed against the wiring by abutting action of the biasing arm. Depending on the wiring diameter the abutment arm may abuttably engage the wiring.

Abstract: A closing band used for closing bags, sacks or for bundling lines, contains on one end of an elongated, flexible band (1), a holding head (2) with a fixing device for the band. In the vicinity of the facing end the band has a gripping member (3). The band is shaped into a loop and in the vicinity of its free end is engaged with the fixing device of the holding head (2) and is then tightened. By pulling the free end perpendicular to the direction of a passage (9) in the holding head (2) reopening thereof is possible.

Abstract: A T-shaped molded clip has an elongated base which can be taped at its ends to a harness, and a fastener stem extending from the middle of the base for attachment to a support. The base has a resilient longitudinal web allowing the base to be bent or hinged toward either side to conform to the harness, the amount of bending determined by the harness diameter. The base strips on either side of the web may be flat or concavely contoured on both sides of the clip for mating with the harness. Optionally, the base has two or more webs to enhance the flexibility for conformance to the harness.

Abstract: A strap assembly for surgical repair of split portions of tissue to retain the tissue portion in adjacent contacting relation during healing, which includes an elongated strap member and a buckle member for securing the strap member in a looped tensioned condition about the tissue portions. The buckle member is fabricated from a bioabsorbable material selected from the group consisting of polymers or copolymers of glycolide, lactide, trimethylene carbonate, lactone, dioxanone, and caprolactone. The preferred buckle member includes a housing member defining a longitudinal channel therethrough for reception of the strap member and a wedging member insertable within the longitudinal channel of the housing member to securely wedge the strap member against at least one bearing surface of the housing member.

Abstract: An adjustable wiring harness clamp (10) including a base portion (16), a loop portion (18), and a clamp mechanism (14). The base portion (16) includes an opening (20) for inserting a fastener (22) in order to secure the clamp to a structure, and an opening (32) for receiving clamp mechanism (14). Loop portion (18) includes an inner surface (24), an outer surface (25), and a tapered free end (28). Outer surface (25) includes a groove (26) for receiving a band (36) of clamp mechanism (14). Groove (26) is contiguous opening (32). Adjustment of clamp mechanism (14) contracts loop portion (18) and reduces its size to accommodate smaller size harnesses.

Abstract: A retention device, particularly useful for drainage tubes and the like, having a pad for adhesive attachment to a patient's skin at the exit/entry site for a post-surgical drainage tube. The device includes a retainer body secured to the pad and provided with a strap to be looped and tightened about the drainage tube for immobilizing that tube. A passage in the body receives the free end of the strap and a latching mechanism prevents retraction of the strap unless the sides of the body are squeezed towards each other to alter the configuration of the body's side and top walls and cause lateral disengagement of a restraining pawl from the ratchet teeth of the strap.

Abstract: A keeper clip for attachment to a belt or strap which is formed as a single piece from a plastics material. The clip includes a pair of arms which are connected at one end through a flexible bight portion and are connectable at their other end through a releaseable locking means. When the locking means is operative, the clip is in the form of a closed loop and a section of belt or strap is receivable in the space surrounded by that loop. When the locking means is released, a gate can be opened so that a section of belt or strap can be moved into or out of the aforementioned space. The locking means is operated or released by relative movement of end portions of the clip arms in a direction which is substantially transverse to the direction of relative movement of those end portions during opening or closing of the gate.

Abstract: A bundling tie for looping about plural articles includes a head, a tail and elongate strap body therebetween. The head and the strap body include cooperative locking means for securing the strap in the head of the bundling tie. The tail of the bundling tie includes outwardly projecting tactile elements for enhancing the gripability of the tail to facilitate pulling the strap body through the head of the bundling tie. The head and the tail also permit the removable holding of the tail in the head of the bundling tie prior to locking engagement of the strap body with the head.

Abstract: This relates to a surgical clamp which is of a simple construction, which may be readily utilized and is readily disposable. The surgical clamp is intended for being passed around and clamping off a portion of a solid organ such as a liver, kidney or any other solid organ. The surgical clamp is simply in the form of a plastic strap having two free ends. The strap is passed around the organ to clamp off the desired portion of the organ, after which the free ends of the strap are passed through openings in a clip having latch members for engaging the strap and retaining it in a tight position. The clip is then moved up onto the strap so as to tighten the strap around the organ and to clamp the organ sufficiently to prevent or greatly restrict bleeding. The clip includes latch members which automatically operate to hold the strap in an organ clamping position.

Abstract: A lock is provided for use with a container having an annular end portion defining a top opening and a radially outwardly opening annular recess. A top wall defines a removable cover overlying the opening. The lock includes an elongate band of synthetic resin operatively associated with and circumferentially surrounding the top wall with opposite ends spaced apart and having radially inwardly projecting securing structure receivable in the recess for securing the top wall to the container. A locking structure is provided for constricting the spaced ends of the band to urge the securing structure radially inwardly comprising a pair of radially out-turned tabs of a high-strength synthetic resin secured to opposite end portions of the band as by vibration welding. A locking lever is movable to an over center position for adjustably drawing the tabs toward each other and releasably locking the securing structure in the annular recess in the over center position.

Abstract: An improved cable tie having elongated generally semi-cylindrical beads longitudinally interconnecting the rack teeth on the cable tie strap so as to increase the material thickness adjacent a portion of the root sections of the rack teeth and to form an elongation of the transverse stress line and diversion thereof in a non-linear direction to increase the fracture resistance of the strap adjacent the rack teeth root sections where the strap has its minimum material thickness.

Abstract: Method for making seals, in particular for garments, in which there are supplied in series at intervals on an unbroken string alternately bodies and graft elements in seats in said bodies to constitute with the string between them a connected plurality of seals separable by cutting the unbroken string.Said method is used advantageously to realize a separable unbroken series of seals each of which comprises a body and at least one complementary graft element insertable in a seat in the body and connected by a section of string. To achieve this an unbroken string comprises alternately bodies and graft elements formed on itself at regular intervals.A specific form of embodiment calls for the alternate formation of a body and two graft elements turned in opposite directions so that each separate seal has a body connected by the string to two graft elements therein.

Abstract: This invention is a reusable single piece securing device including a head having a first side and a second side, a first channel passing through the head having a first aperture associated with the first end of the head and a second aperture associated with the second end of the head, a lace lock flexibly associated with the head, and an elongated flexible lace having a first end integral to the head, and a second end, the first and second ends divided by an intermediate section including a plurality of lace teeth.

Abstract: A cable tie with a strap guide ramp includes a strap, a locking head secured to the first end of the strap, a plurality of walls on the locking head forming a strap positioning channel, a pawl positioned within the channel and pivotally mounted to the locking head and strap guide ramp contiguous to the pawl for directing the tip of the strap during initial insertion of the strap into the channel away from the pawl and towards the strap positioning channel. The strap guide ramp prevents plastic deformation of the pawl during insertion of the tip of the strap when the tip of the strap is inadvertently directed against the pawl which enhances the reliability of the cable tie and is especially useful for cable tie formed of less resilient materials.

Abstract: A retention device, particularly useful for drainage tubes and the like, having a pad for adhesive attachment to a patient's skin at the exit/entry site for a post-surgical drainage tube. The device includes a retainer body secured to the pad and provided with a strap to be looped and tightened about the drainage tube for immobilizing that tube. A passage in the body receives the free end of the strap and a latching mechanism prevents retraction of the strap unless a pair of side flanges of the body are squeezed towards each other to alter the configuration of the body's top wall and cause upward disengagement of a restraining pawl from the ratchet teeth of the strap. In one form of the invention, the strap is oriented horizontally and the passage is spaced well above the pad so that the horizontal plane of the passage substantially bisects the loop along its axis, thereby allowing portions of the loop to be located above and below the entrance to the passage.

Abstract: In an injection molded cable tie that includes an elongated strap with an adjacent locking head at one end of the strap, a tip at the opposite end of the strap and ratchet teeth on one side of the strap, wherein the locking head defines an opening for allowing the tip end of the strap to be pulled through said opening and includes a pawl having teeth for engaging the ratchet teeth to lock the strap in the locking head after the tip end of the strap has been pulled through said opening, the pawl is thick enough so that when the strap is under normal tension in a locked position the pawl will not bend to such an extent that the pawl teeth lose engagement with the ratchet teeth and enable the strap to be at least partially released from its locked position, one side of the pawl includes the pawl teeth and the same side and/or the opposite side of the pawl includes at least one hollow section formed by the mold.

Abstract: A fastener for cabinets is provided, which can be easily adjusted to securely fasten together the paired handles of a cabinet, regardless of their spacing. The cabinet fastener includes a housing having, on one side, a latch opening of predetermined width, a finger opening disposed adjacent the latch opening and a stop disposed between the latch opening and the finger opening. One end of a flexible, elongated band having two ends passes through an opening in the housing on the side opposite the side having the latch opening, and is adjustably retained in said housing. A resilient primary latch is disposed at the opposite end of the band, which has a normal width greater than the width of the latch opening and is adapted to resiliently deflect to a smaller width to fit through the latch opening and spring back so that a portion of the primary latch protrudes into the finger opening and engages the stop, preventing the primary latch from being pulled from the latch opening.

Abstract: A wire retention clip for holding a wire or bundle of sires. The wire clip includes a retaining arm member and locking means attached to a base plate in a spaced relationship to each other. The retaining arm member includes a substantially tangentially extending press pad that extends in a direction towards the free end of the retaining arm, to ease the pressing of the free end of the retaining arm into the locked position and to cover the release lever of the locking mechanism to prevent inadvertent release of the retaining arm. The retaining arm member is further defined by its ends both tapering into a narrower middle section.

Abstract: A bundling fastener for securing a bundling band wrapped around a plurality of articles and having engaging slots or protrusions formed thereon at equal intervals. The fastener includes an inserting chamber into which the bundling band is inserted, and an accommodating chamber for receiving the end portion of the bundling band after it has been wrapped around the articles. These chamber are adjacent one another and each has a height substantially equal to the thickness of the bundling band. Further, each of the chambers includes a flexible deflecting means and saw-tooth-shaped locking protrusions to be engaged with the engaging slots or protrusions of the band, in such a manner that the locking protrusions of the inserting chamber are opposite in direction to those of the accommodating chamber. Due to this construction, the bundling band is economically used, and the bundling operation is achieved with high space efficiency.

Abstract: A winding tape for winding up printed products with a fastener having two fastening parts is described, one part of the fastener being the tape-like material and being made from a first polymer of a material pair and the other part of the fastener is an end piece on the tape-like material and at least partly is made from a second polymer of the material pair, the first polymer being chosen from among polyesters, polyamides, polyimides, polyterephthalates and polycarbonates and the second polymer is a hot-melt adhesive based on polyamide-6, polyamide copolymers, polyolefins or polyvinyl alcohol and has at one end a tape-like support material onto which is drawn a hot-melt adhesive film of the second polymer, which is heated for joining together the tape and the tape end and is pressed onto the winding tape.

Abstract: A holder for temporarily fastening an article to a fishing rod or the like including a plurality of strap-like pliable members which are fastened together by one or more elastic elements. The holders are adapted to be wrapped around the foregrip of a fishing rod and held in place by a plurality of hooks and loops. A second strap-like member or talon and elastic element are adapted to releasably hold the article in place.

Abstract: An apparatus for binding electric cables, etc. containing a series of prolonged binding bands wound round an object to be bound, like electric cables, etc., in a loop fashion, formed with a plurality of convex-like gears in a rack fashion on a surface of the binding band; a stopper having an opening portion through which the binding band is inserted with respective back faces overlapping; a pair of pawl members concurrently projected from opposing walls inside the opening portion, the pawl members engaged with the convex-like gears of the binding band; parallel ribs protrusively formed on both sides of an opening end of the opening portion of the stopper, the opening end facing toward the top, unattached end of the pawl member; and a space formed so that a cutter for cutting a protruding portion of the binding band may pass through between the ribs.

Abstract: A quick release connector including an elongate strap member having first and second ends, a first aperture formed through the first end of the strap member having a predetermined configuration, a second aperture formed through the strap member between the first and second ends and at a predetermined distance away from the first end of the strap member, a first engagement member connected to the strap member proximate the second aperture for releasable locking engagement with the first aperture upon insertion of the first end of the strap member through the second aperture, and a second engagement member connected to the strap member proximate the second aperture for releasable locking engagement with the first aperture upon insertion of the first end of the strap member through the second aperture.

Abstract: A self-clinching disposable restraint or bundling strap having a locking head with a primary bore passing through the thickness of the head into which the tip of the tape is inserted and pulled through for locking. Two rows of ratchet teeth are provided on the upper surface of the tape. A front surface of the ratchet teeth forms an acute angle with the perpendicular axis of the ratchet teeth. A pair of cantilever pawls have a tip portion to exactly fit and successively engage each of the ratchet teeth as the tape is pulled through the locking head. A finger hole in the tape near the tip enables the user to readily pull the tape through the locking head.

Abstract: A bundling tie for use in looping about a plurality of cables includes a locking head and elongate strap. A pair of locking barbs are movably supported in the head, each barb having an engagement portion for locking engagement with a strap end upon insertion of the strap ends into the head. Each barb includes a knife-like element for biting insertion into the strap and a blunt stop wall adjacent the knife-like element for limiting the depth of insertion of the knife-like element into the strap.

Abstract: A releasable cable tie having a pawl extension projecting from the cable tie's strap positioning channel allows application by a standard cable tie tensioning and severing tool by providing a tool positioning surface formed on the locking head adjacent the strap exit portion of the strap positioning channel, the tool positioning surface projecting beyond the distal end of the extension of the pawl such that a cable tie application tool can be positioned in abutment with the tool positioning surface without contacting the extension of the pawl.

Abstract: A flexible elongate strap for collecting and transporting recyclable milk containers includes opposite ends which can be fastened together, with one of the ends containing an opening, and the medial section of the strap defining a slot. A first milk container is attached to the strap by passing a first end of the strap through the handle of the container and then through the slot to form a loop around the handle. The end of the strap is then passed through the handles of additional containers which are retained on the strap by the first container. The hole in the end of the strap allows the strap and its attached containers to be suspended from a hook for storage. Prior to transporation the ends of the strap are fastened together to secure the containers to the strap.

Abstract: A cable lock assembly for the bundling of lengths of material such as logs includes a lock affixed to a first end of a cable. One of a number of buttons rigidly affixed to the cable at a second end thereof may be placed is a complementarily shaped socket in a base of the lock. The button may be retained in the socket by a cover which is rotatably connected to the base and may be releasably secured thereto in its button retaining closed position. The cable lock assembly of the present invention is easy to handle without the requirement of specific tools and is reusable, thus reducing operating costs. Slipping of the cable through the lock in the closed position of the cover is substantially prevented, thus improving the reliability of the cable lock assembly.

Abstract: A bundling tie for bundling a plurality of elongated members such as wires and cable is presented. The bundling tie is easily detachable by hand and reusable. The bundling tie comprises a flexible strap member which is secured to an anchor member (e.g., cable, wire, tube, etc.) by inserting one end of the strap through a slit in the strap, thereby circumferentially engaging the strap to the anchor. The strap is then wrapped around a bundle of additional elongated members and secured by a hook and loop (VELCRO) attachment.