Abstract: A towing system is provided that includes a tow control handle that is attached by a tow line to an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) for towing a user. The tow control handle may include various control elements (e.g., sensors, buttons, switches, rotatable portions, etc.) which may be actuated by a user to provide control signals that are utilized for controlling various aspects of the flight of the UAV (e.g., direction, speed, etc.) A user device that is worn or otherwise carried by the user enables the user to summon the UAV to the user's location when a towing process is to begin and/or when a user is to re-acquire the tow control handle (e.g., after the user releases the tow control handle during the towing process, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed here is a cargo drive unit for a cargo hold of an aircraft. The cargo drive unit includes at least one driven power transmission element, which is configured to transmit drive forces to a load arranged in the cargo hold, in order to move the load inside the cargo hold. The cargo drive unit also includes a sensor unit configured to acquire at least one movement parameter of the load. The cargo drive unit also includes a control unit configured to control the power transmission element according to the acquired movement parameter. Also disclosed here is a cargo hold that includes such a cargo drive unit, and a related method for operating such a cargo hold.

Abstract: A cooling system for a galley installed in a transportation device, in particular an aircraft, has a cooling device with a coolant circuit configured to have a coolant flow therethrough. A fluid line is configured to have a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough and is thermally coupled with the coolant circuit to transfer heat from the fluid to be cooled to the coolant circulating in the coolant circuit, and an air line configured to be flowed through with air and thermally coupled to the coolant circuit of the cooling device to transfer heat from the coolant to the air line. The air line, downstream of the thermal coupling of the air line with the coolant circuit, is connectable to a cabin region of the transportation device accommodating the galley to supply the cabin region with air warmed by heat transfer from the coolant circulating in the coolant circuit.

Abstract: A seating arrangement for use in a cabin of a vehicle includes a first column set, a second column set, and an aisle between the first and second column sets. The first column set includes a first column of seats, a second column of seats, and a third column of seats. The first column set additionally includes an egress path of a first seat of the first column defined between a first seat and a second seat of the second column and between a first seat and a second seat of the third column. The egress path allows for direct unimpeded access from the first seat of the first column to the aisle, and the egress path is perpendicular to the aisle.

Abstract: A compressing device added to a cabin air conditioning system to increase a pressure of air in the cabin air conditioning system itself and, thus, allow for lower pressure air to be bled from the engine. For instance, the compressing device allows air to be bled from a low, rather than a high, pressure locations of the engine.

Abstract: An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a ram air circuit including a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein. A dehumidification system is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and at least one compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the dehumidification system. The at least one compressing device includes a turbine and a compressor operably coupled via a shaft. A fan is operably coupled to the ram air circuit. At least one compressing device is arranged non-linearly with the ram air circuit such that an axis of rotation of the fan is offset from the axis of the shaft.

Abstract: An air drying system including a compressor coupled to a first air inlet through which moist air is received, a first turbine in fluid communication with the compressor and coupled to a first air outlet through which dry air is expelled, and a second turbine coupled to a second air inlet and a second air outlet and being driven, at least in part, by an air flow caused by a pressure differential between the second air inlet and the second air outlet, where the second turbine is operably coupled to the compressor and the first turbine by a drive mechanism so that rotation of the second turbine drives rotation of the compressor and the first turbine.

Abstract: An environmental control system of an aircraft includes at least one heat exchanger and a compression device arranged in fluid communication with the at least one heat exchanger. The compression device includes a plurality of components including a first component and a second component coupled by a shaft. A first bleed port is arranged in fluid communication with the first component and a second bleed port, distinct from the first bleed port, is arranged in fluid communication with the second component.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for locking a first cowling and a second cowling of a thrust reverser of an aircraft propulsion assembly. The cowlings are mounted such that each cowl pivots around a longitudinal axis between a closed flight position and an open maintenance position. The locking device includes a telescopic connecting rod having at least one sliding shaft, a locking mechanism on a proximal end of a shaft on the second cowling, and a connecting rod support. The connecting rod support or the tubular element includes two walls each delimiting a hole, and the tubular element of the connecting rod or the connecting rod support has two support fingers which each extend longitudinally on a side of the tubular element into a hole. The holes engage with the support fingers when the cowlings are open and allow free movement of the support fingers in a closed-cowlings configuration.

Abstract: A rudder bias system for an aircraft with a right engine and a left engine includes a component determining a left and right primary and secondary thrust estimates. The system includes a left engine thrust estimate selector determining a left selected estimate based on the left thrust estimates and a right engine thrust estimate selector determining a right selected estimate based on the right thrust estimates. The system includes an enable and mode component determining one or more corresponding validities for the thrust estimates. The system includes a control component generating an engage command based on a thrust differential between the right engine and the left engine, calculated from the left selected estimate and the right selected estimate and a torque command based on an equivalent pedal force assistance calculated as a difference between the thrust differential and an activation threshold.

Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft having a propeller, including an engine assembly having an engine shaft configured for driving engagement with the propeller. The engine assembly includes first and second heat exchangers configured for circulation of at least one of a liquid coolant and a lubricant therethrough. A wheel well is configured for receiving a retracted landing gear. A first cooling duct receives the first heat exchanger and has a first outlet downstream of the first heat exchanger, and a second cooling duct receives the second heat exchanger and has a second outlet downstream of the second heat exchanger. The outlets are in direct fluid communication with an environment of the aircraft, and laterally spaced from each other. The wheel well is located between the outlets. A method of cooling an engine assembly is also discussed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides an aircraft fuel pump assembly including: a pump; a canister to enclose the pump and mount the pump within an aircraft fuel tank; and a discrete electronics unit mounted remotely to the pump. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a manhole cover for an aircraft, comprising an integral mounting for an electronics unit.

Abstract: A battery housing including a plurality of side walls oriented to define an interior, and at least one partition that subdivides the interior into at least a first battery compartment and a second battery compartment. The at least one partition defines a flame arrestor configured to provide fluid communication between the first battery compartment and the second battery compartment such that combustion gases are ventable therebetween.

Abstract: A fuel tank inerting system is disclosed. The system includes a fuel tank and a catalytic reactor with an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from a fuel flow path in operative communication with the fuel tank and oxygen from an oxygen source, and to catalytically react a mixture of the fuel and oxygen along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. An inert gas flow path provides inert gas from the catalytic reactor to the fuel tank. An adsorbent is disposed along the fuel flow path or along the reactive flow path.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for automatically monitoring a status or position of a vehicle component. Both powered and non-powered (or passive) systems are contemplated. The systems and methods utilize a sensor that signals when a vehicle component, such as an arm rest, a tray table, a seat back, or a window shade is in a predetermined position. The signal can be received by a processor and transmitted to a central server that can provide a report of the status of the various vehicle components to an attendant or crew member to quickly apprise them of the status of the various components without requiring manually checking each component.

Abstract: A detachable cargo mirror assembly for use on a rotorcraft surface that includes a bracket configured to mount to a surface on the rotorcraft, the bracket comprising a base portion and a retainer portion having a first pair of opposing holes, an elongated arm having two opposing ends, a first end for coupling with the bracket and a second end coupled to a mirror apparatus, the first end having a passage: and a releasable connector configured to engage with the first pair of opposing holes and the passage in the elongated arm when the elongated arm is in a first position to display a desired image on the mirror apparatus. The detachable cargo mirror assembly can be removed or in a stowed position when not in use.

Abstract: A stabilizing platform for stabilizing a payload includes a frame assembly, a plurality of actuators, and a plurality of electronic speed control (ESC) units. The frame assembly includes a plurality of frame components movable relative to one another and is configured to support the payload. The plurality of actuators are configured to permit the plurality of frame components to move relative to one another. The plurality of actuators include a first actuator that is configured to control movement of the payload about a first axis and a second actuator that is configured to control movement of the payload about a second axis. Each of the plurality of ESC units is electrically coupled to a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators and is configured to control actuation of the corresponding actuator. At least one of the plurality of ESC units is received in the payload.

Abstract: A gimbal for carrying a load includes a first frame configured to be coupled with the load. The gimbal also includes a second frame rotatably coupled with the first frame. At least one of the first frame or the second frame includes a connecting segment and a movable segment movably coupled with the connecting segment, the movable segment being movable relative to the connecting segment to cause the at least one of the first frame or the second frame to extend or retract.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of passengers (118) claiming their baggage pieces (115) at an aircraft baggage claim area (106) of an airport. In order e.g. to provide such method which improves usage and availability and user experience in view of reference systems, the method includes providing (706) a plurality of destinations (16) at the aircraft baggage claim area of the airport and along each of two lateral sides (112), (114) of the material handling equipment, and choosing (708) towards which of the two lateral sides (112), (114) the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage (15) should be automatically and actively discharged into at least one of the plurality of destinations (116).

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for mounting a thruster onto a vehicle. A thruster mounting structure may comprise a first, second, and third rotational joint, a boom, and thruster pallet, and a thruster attached to the thruster pallet. The first rotational joint may be attached to the vehicle and configured to rotate in a first axis. The first rotational joint may be connected to the boom and configured to pivot the boom about the first axis. The boom may be connected to the second rotational joint, which is connected to the third rotational joint and configured to rotate the third rotational joint in the first axis. The third rotational joint may be connected to the thruster pallet and configured to pivot the thruster pallet in a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.

Abstract: A satellite that includes a housing, a circuit board containing circuitry and disposed in the housing, a battery disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board, one or more weights disposed in the housing, wherein the one or more weights are disposed away from a center of the housing, one or more solar panels on the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board, and an antenna electrically connected to the circuit board and including at least one segment that extends out of the housing. When multiple satellites are launched into orbit having different mass weights, they move away from each other at least partially because of the weight difference. In orbit, each satellite is subjected to aerodynamic drag torque and gravity gradient torque.

Abstract: The method for the preparation of containment units of biological liquids, comprises the following stages of: furnishing a device (1) comprising a main body (2) which defines at least a continuous filling channel (3), having at least an inlet gap (3a) of a biological liquid and at least an air outlet gap (3b), a plurality of containment units (4) arranged in succession to one another so as to communicate with each other and defining respective containment chambers (5) positioned along the filling channel (3) and placed in between the inlet gap (3a) and the outlet gap (3b), a hydrophobic air filtering device (6) associated with the body (2) in correspondence to the outlet gap (3b), wherein the containment units (4) are bulbous members each having opposing elastically deformable sides that define the respective containment chambers therebetween, and wherein after deformation the sides return to a convex non-deformed idle configuration in which the sides are at a non-zero distance from one another; injecting a b

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a non-traceable vent tube and a traceable vent tube cap apparatus, system and methods incorporating a traceable material such as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag or a magnet for use in conjunction with a filling machine during container filling operations for a quicker and more accurate detection of the location of the non-traceable vent tube or the traceable vent tube cap after becoming detached from a filling machine during filling operations, and to increase the safety of the filling operation and reduce costs and time when a malfunction occurs.

Abstract: An apparatus for placing pouches in retail-ready cartons includes pouch placer having an elevator assembly having paddles for receiving pouches provided by a first conveyor, and lifting the pouches, and a first robot arm for retrieving a pouch from a paddle of the elevator assembly and placing it in a retail-ready carton.

Abstract: A device for banding products includes a supply mechanism for supplying band material from a supply roll, a strap chute for forming a loop in an end portion of the band material around a space for accommodating products, and a cutter for cutting off the end portion and means for closing the loop. The supply mechanism includes conveyors for gripping the band material over part of its length and conveying the same in a guided manner, as well as a motor for driving the conveying means.

Abstract: A device for banding products includes a supply mechanism for supplying band material from a supply roll at an unwinding speed, a strap chute for forming a loop in an end portion of the band material around a space for accommodating products at a banding speed, a cutter for cutting off the end portion and a sealer for closing the loop. A buffer mechanism is disposed between the supply mechanism and the strap chute, and includes at least a first and a second assembly of conveyors for conveying the band material from the supply mechanism to the strap chute at a conveying speed and a motor for driving the conveyors. The first and the second assembly of conveyors are driven independently of each other.

Abstract: A strapping tensioning and sealing tool is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the strapping tensioning and sealing tool includes a tensioning assembly, the tensioning assembly configured to apply tension to a piece of strapping; and a sealing assembly, the sealing assembly comprising at least one cam member, at least one crimping jaw member, and a motive power source, the at least one cam member operatively coupling the at least one crimping jaw member to the motive power source, and the at least one crimping jaw member of the sealing assembly configured to crimp a strapping sealing member so as to secure the piece of strapping around a package or bundle of items.

Abstract: A modular tube volume reduction assembly for use at a vacuum tube vehicle station is provided. The assembly includes a modular station vacuum tube having a tube volume and a plurality of cavities longitudinally formed around a circumference of the modular station vacuum tube, and a volume reduction assembly integrated with the modular station vacuum tube, where the volume reduction assembly includes a plurality of blocks longitudinally coupled to a cavity interior of each of the plurality of cavities. The assembly includes a control system coupled between the modular station vacuum tube and the blocks. The control system radially moves the blocks to and from a vehicle outer surface of a vacuum transport tube vehicle at the vacuum tube vehicle station. The assembly displaces the tube volume between a station wall and the vehicle outer surface, and reduces the volume to be evacuated at the vacuum tube vehicle station.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are presented for loading product containers into a crate wherein the crate is a reusable crate having four sides, which may be distorted bowed or bent relative to a nominal position. The system has a conveyer to convey the crate to an actuation assembly. The actuation assembly then actuates the crate into contact with a bracing assembly. The bracing assembly has four bracing members, each of which has at least one bracing block engaged thereto. Each bracing block has a grasping portion which contacts and bias against one of the four sides of the crate when the crate is actuated into engagement with the bracing assembly so as to reposition the sides of the crate to be in the nominal position.

Abstract: A system comprising a staging area and a packing area. The staging area may include a plurality of staging bins and a shuttle moveable along the plurality of staging bins. A staging bin of the plurality of staging bins may be configured to selectively retain a component of an order therein. Such staging bin may be configured to selectively release the component to the shuttle. The packing area may include a slide, a scanner, and a wrap seal conveyor. The shuttle may be configured to release the component onto the slide, and the scanner may be operable to scan and verify the component during placement of the component onto the wrap seal conveyor.

Abstract: A dosing apparatus for dosing a product in powder and/or granule form within containers includes a hopper (2) provided with an internal cavity (3) to contain the product, a dosing screw (4) rotatable about, and extending along, a rotation axis (X) inside the hopper and through the internal cavity, and a first driving shaft (5) arranged to rotate the dosing screw; the dosing apparatus also includes a magnetic coupling system (10) to removably connect a first end (6) of the dosing screw (4) to the first driving shaft (5), arranged externally to the hopper (2); the magnetic coupling system includes groups of magnets (21, 22, 23, 24) adapted to magnetically transmit a driving torque from the first driving shaft (5) to the dosing screw (4) and to reversibly fasten, longitudinally along the rotation axis (X), the dosing screw (4) to the first driving shaft (5); the first end (6) of the dosing screw (4) is arranged inside the hopper (2) and the first driving shaft (5) is hermetically separated from the first end (6)

Abstract: Provided herein are solutions to automated material handling comprising systems that allow automated “each pick handling” without requiring the complexity of robotic grasping. Numerous examples of pre-configurable and reconfigurable transport containers, partitioning devices, and automated container configuration stations are described in addition to methods of use and associated material handling systems that utilize such containers. Further described are containers that are individually configured or customized according to specific lot sizes to more efficiently and optimally contain, store and distribute articles as a component of a picking system. Configurable containers or “totes” may be customized on a per-order basis to create optimally configured containers that maximize the use of space in a container, on a single-item-per-space basis, regardless of item quantity, size or volume, by customizing the size of each space within a container or tote.

Abstract: The device and method for crushing and discharging a granular clump material in a flexible container includes a hanging step for hanging from above a flexible container containing a compacted granular clump material, a thrusting step for thrusting top portions of contact units against a bottom wall of the flexible container in regions on opposite sides of a discharge tube extending downward from a central region of the bottom wall, and a pushing step for pushing side portions of the contact units in regions from the bottom wall to side portions of the flexible container. The method and device are capable of crushing the granular clump material in the flexible container and of discharging substantially whole amount thereof.

Abstract: Prefolded cardboard blank for folding closed packaging boxes of varying height and length, said blank comprising a bottom panel, two side panels, each joined to opposite edges of said bottom panel and a first end panel joined with a first edge to said bottom panel, with a second edge to one of said side panels and with a third edge to the other one of said side panels such that the first end panel and the side panels when erected from the bottom panel form together with the bottom panel a box having an open top and an open side, the first end panel having an end portion intended to form a first top panel, each side panel having an end portion intended to form at least one second top panel and a corner panel, the bottom panel having an end portion intended to form a second end panel and a third top panel, and each side panel having a crease line running at an angle of 45° upwards from a corner, where the edges of the respective side panel, the first end panel and the bottom panel meet.

Abstract: A cut-case with enhanced display of product information includes a product container having a front wall forming a surface area facing a viewing direction when on a store shelf. A lid at least partially receives the product container to close an open top to make the cut-case suitable and the products contained for shipment therein. A display panel is hingedly connected to the front wall for pivoting movements between a retracted position during shipment and storage substantially co-extensive with one of the product container walls and an extended position substantially co-planar with the front wall and extending below the bottom wall when placed on a store shelf to at least partially cover the shelf on which the product container is placed. The front wall retains products within the container and product information is provided on the display panel over a surface area greater than the surface area of the front wall.

Abstract: A food container includes a bottom panel and sidewalls pivotally connected to the bottom panel. A lid is pivotally connected to at least one sidewall to open and close the food container. A divider panel having at least one slot is inserted into any one of a plurality of slots in a spacer panel to create an adjustable compartment arrangement inside an internal cavity of the food container. The divider panel includes a groove that provides a recess between the divider panel and a sidewall of the food container that can accommodate a lip of the lid.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to work relatively rigid material such as cardboard in sheets, to make boxes. The apparatus includes a loader suitable to have, according to a desired order, substantially flat reinforcement elements, and gripping means movable between a first gripping position in which they cooperate with the loader to pick up the reinforcement elements, and a second positioning condition, in which they position the reinforcement elements on the sheet according to a predetermined positioning pattern.

Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.

Abstract: A stackable pallet display system includes a tray portion having a rectangular bottom wall, corner posts extending upward from corners of the tray portion and an interior divider panel extending upward from the tray portion. The tray, corner posts and interior divider wall of the system can be folded from blanks of material.

Abstract: A pallet cap includes a plurality of raised surfaces and a plurality of parallel channels separating the plurality of raised surfaces. The pallet cap is securable to an upper surface of a deck of a pallet. The plurality of raised surfaces may include a central raised area, and the plurality of parallel channels may include a pair of inner channels, such that the central raised area is between the pair of inner channels. The pair of inner channels and the central raised area may be between an outer ridge and an inner ridge. The inner ridge and the outer ridge may project upward higher than the pair of inner channels.

Abstract: Disclosure is an assembled plastic tray. The plastic tray includes a mainboard and strakes fixed at two sides of the mainboard. The mainboard includes two rib frames and multiple strip-shaped pad feel uniformly distributed between the two rib frames. The steps for assembling the plastic tray includes: respectively inserting first mainboard steel tubes and second mainboard steel tubes into first mainboard steel tube holes and second mainboard steel tube holes of the rib frames on the mainboard, subsequently, mounting the two strakes on the two side surfaces of the mainboard through a boss and penetrating slots and fixing the boss and the penetrating slots through strake connection blocks, then inserting strake steel tubes into strake steel tube holes on the two strakes, and then, fixing the strake steel tubes and the first mainboard steel tubes through steel tube connection members and steel blocks.

Abstract: The various embodiments herein relate to collapsible and stackable pallets having a base, two fork channels, a transverse fork opening, and first and second extension frames.

Abstract: A container with a taper mechanism, wherein the container is designed to be flexible and is provided for enclosing an object in the interior thereof, wherein the taper mechanism can pull together at least two pulling sides of a tapering surface of the container by means of at least one wire pull to reduce the circumference of the interior of the container, wherein the wire of the wire pull is alternately guided in spaced-apart wire pull guides arranged on the opposite pull sides along the pulling sides.

Abstract: A protective bottle enclosure includes a base portion defined by a base sidewall secured to a base bottom wall and has a base opening disposed opposite the base bottom wall. An upper portion has upper sidewalls surrounding an internal cavity. The upper portion has a cylindrical body section and the neck section is narrower than the lower section. The lower section ends in a lower opening and a lower thread. The neck section narrows in diameter between the body section and a neck opening and has a neck thread. The lower section can be inserted into the base opening and can threadably engage the base side wall. A removable cap can threadably engage the neck section and includes an elastomeric stopper connected to a cylindrical sleeve. The combination of the removable cap, the upper portion, and the base portion can surround and enclose the bottle.

Abstract: A bottle enclosure that removably encloses a bottle includes a base having a sidewall that extends from a bottom wall. The base includes at least one thread, and the base bottom wall has a planar bottom surface. A body section of the bottle enclosure includes a cylindrical body wall that includes interior threading adjacent a bottom opening. The body section further includes a tapered shoulder section that is positioned between the body wall and a neck section. The neck section extends upward from the shoulder section and defines a cylindrical neck wall having a neck thread. The body section is configured to threadably and removably engage the base sidewall. The bottle enclosure further includes a removable cap with a sidewall that surrounds a cap cavity. The cap sidewall is configured to threadably and removably engage the neck.

Abstract: A device for storage and transportation of an empty case of a firearm bullet cartridge for forensic investigation, wherein said case comprises a cylindrical shell which is substantially closed at one end, said device comprising a container having a bottom wall, a side wall and an opening, and comprising a cap for sealing the opening of said container, wherein said cap is provided with holding means arranged to be inserted in the empty case for restricting lateral movement of the empty case in said container.

Abstract: A bottle includes a secure sealing mechanism. A slide switch plate or rotatable plate maintains the contents of the bottle. This is achieved by securing a dispensing mechanism in a closed, locked position and sealing an outlet so that any liquids are prevented from exiting the bottle.

Abstract: A wine bottle stopper is provided including a vacuum stopper and a removable decorative cap. The vacuum stopper includes a central conduit extends longitudinally through the vacuum stopper, and a one-way valve is located within the central conduit. The vacuum stopper includes an upper portion which extends exterior to the wine bottle and a bottom shaft sized for insertion into a wine bottle's opening. The vacuum stopper also has a release valve connected to the one-way valve. Meanwhile, the decorative cap has a sidewall and a top wall forming a central cavity sized to engage and cover the vacuum stopper's upper portion. The central cavity's top wall has a center recess sized and positioned to receive the vacuum stopper's release button. Preferably, the decorative cap includes a decorative feature providing a pleasing appearance.

Abstract: Packaging comprising: a bottle at least partially transparent, a lighting system placed on the bottle in such a way as to emit a beam of light in a direction of lighting parallel to a central axis of the bottle, a covering film covering at least part of an exterior surface of a lateral wall of the bottle, the covering film comprising at least locally a decoration designed to be back-lit by the beam of light spreading through the liquid, the decoration comprising a plurality of decorative zones, each decorative zone having a degree of illumination, the plurality of decorative zones comprising at least one first contrast zone and at least one second contrast zone, the first contrast zone having a degree of illumination at least 5% lower than the degree of illumination of the second contrast zone.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an improved tie-strap fastener (the “releasable fastener”) for releasably securing elongate articles to a panel. The releasable fastener includes a body defining a laterally spaced curved aperture, an elongated strap projecting laterally outward from a lateral side of the body between a top surface and the aperture, and a locking pawl disposed the aperture. The body defines an opening extending internally from a side surface of the body to the aperture to provide access to the locking pawl, which is adapted to releasably engage and retain the elongated strap when inserted into the aperture from the top surface of the body. Methods of installing the releasable fastener on a panel, releasably fastening elongate articles to the panel with the releasable fastener, and related assemblies are also provided.