Device for Holding Arrangement of Oblong Objects
A device for holding an elongated assemblage of articles comprises a fastening body (3) to effect fastening to a support part (21), a looping strap (2) that stands connected by one end to the fastening body (3), and a strap receiving part (4), which via at least one flexible connecting portion (14, 15) is arranged on one side of the fastening body (3) and connected to the fastening body (3). The looping strap (2) is directly connected to the fastening body (3) in a strap fastening region (6), and the strap receiving part (4) is on the opposite side of the fastening body (3) from the strap fastening region (6) when the or each connecting portion (14, 15) is in the relaxed state. In this way, the assemblage of articles can be positioned very tightly against the fastening body, and the inventive device is distinguished by high variability with respect to the number and size of the assemblage of articles to be held.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention provides a device for holding an assemblage of elongated articles.
2. Description of the Related Art
One device is known from GB 1 242 278 A. The device of the generic kind for holding an elongated assemblage of articles comprises a fastening body to effect fastening to a support part and has a looping strap that stands connected by one end to the fastening body. Also present is a strap receiving part, which via at least one flexible connecting portion is arranged on one side of the fastening body and connected to the fastening body, said looping strap being directly connected to the fastening body in a strap fastening region, and said strap receiving part being on the opposite side of the fastening body from the strap fastening region when the or each connecting portion is in the relaxed state.
Known from U.S. Pat. No. 3,302,913 and DE 93 17 983 U1 are devices for holding an elongated assemblage of articles that comprise a fastening body to effect fastening to a support part. The fastening body is configured at one end with a latching foot that snaps into a recess configured in the support part. Configured on the upper side of the fastening body, i.e. the opposite side from the latching foot, are a looping strap and, via a connecting portion, a strap receiving part, which can be brought into engagement with each other to hold the assemblage of articles against the upper side of the fastening body opposite from the latching foot.
Known from DE 89 11 414 U1 is a device for holding an elongated assemblage of articles that comprises a fastening body to effect fastening to a support part, and a looping strap that stands connected by one end to the fastening body. Also present is a strap receiving part, which, via a rigid connecting portion, is arranged on the other side of the fastening body and connected to the fastening body.
A further device configured as a cable tie is known from EP 0 751 597 A1. In this prior cable tie, a strap receiving part is formed, via a flexible connecting portion, on a fastening body adapted to effect fastening to a support part . One end of a looping strap is attached to the opposite side of the strap receiving part from the connecting portion, and the strap is thereby indirectly connected to the fastening body. The free end of the looping strap can be inserted in the strap receiving part and can be locked in place after being tightened, so as to hold multiple cables, in particular, as an assemblage of articles.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention provides a device for holding an assemblage of elongated articles by means of which the assemblage of articles can be positioned very tightly against the fastening body and which is distinguished by high variability with respect to the number and size of the assemblage of articles to be held.
By virtue of the inventive tethering of the strap receiving part to the fastening body, the article or articles to be held lie against the fastening body when the looping strap is tightened, bending the strap receiving part, in the extreme case, all the way over to the side occupied by the looping strap, said bending-over of the strap receiving part resulting in a broad range of applicability in terms of total enlooped cross section.
The above mentioned and other features and objects of this invention, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and the invention itself will be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Although the exemplifications set out herein illustrate embodiments of the invention, in several forms, the embodiments disclosed below are not intended to be exhaustive or to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention to the precise forms disclosed.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONIt can also be gathered from
The ends of tie brackets 12, 13 that lie parallel to the narrow sides of fastening body 3 each give way to a respective connecting portion 14, 15 which is bent around flexibly in the direction of foot region 5, and both of which are relaxed in the depiction of
A respective base plate 18, 19 is configured between strap fastening region 6 and each of the ends of tie ribs 16, 17 that are disposed in foot region 5, and has the overall effect of increasing stability and the load-bearing area of the cable tie 1 in foot region 5.
In the arrangement of looping strap 2 and strap receiving part 4 described in conjunction with
It can further be understood from
In addition, it will be noted that after looping strap 2 is inserted into strap receiving part 4, strap receiving part 4 and the free end 27 of looping strap 2 are disposed on opposite sides of foot region 5 whether the assemblage of articles to be enlooped has a large or a small cross section, thereby simplifying the operations of pulling taut and cutting off the excess length of free end 27, since the strap receiving part 4 and the free end 27 are facing toward the user.
While this invention has been described as having a preferred design, the present invention can be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which this invention pertains and which fall within the limits of the appended claims.
Claims
1-4. (canceled)
5. A device for holding an assemblage of elongated articles with respect to a support part, comprising:
- a fastening body attachable to the support part;
- a looping strap connected at one end thereof to a strap fastening region on a first side of said fastening body; and
- a strap receiving part connected to two mutually opposite sides of said fastening body via a flexible connection including a pair of connecting portions and a pair of tie brackets, said connecting portions attached to tie ribs that jut out laterally from said fastening body and said pair of tie brackets laterally attached to said strap receiving part, said strap receiving part disposed on a second, opposite side of said fastening body when said flexible connection is in a relaxed state.
6. The device of claim 5, wherein said strap receiving part and said strap fastening region are disposed on mutually opposite end regions of said fastening body.
7. The device of claim 5, wherein said tie ribs extend to a foot region of said fastening body, said foot region including base plates connected to said fastening body and to said tie ribs, said base plates extending laterally outwardly of said fastening body.
8. The device of claim 6, wherein said fastening body includes at least one clamping rib disposed laterally of said strap fastening region of said fastening body, said at least one clamping rib extending in the direction of said looping strap.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 15, 2006
Publication Date: Oct 9, 2008
Applicant: A.RAYMOND ET CIE (Grenoble)
Inventor: Gianni Chiorboli (Carisio)
Application Number: 12/067,403
International Classification: B65D 63/10 (20060101);