Abstract: A hook device having a hook bend with a hook tip and a cord attachment end separated from the hook bend by a shank length of connecting wire. The shank length of wire has at least one loop. The loop is separated from the hook tip by a selectable clearance distance. Device including elastic cord and method of making device are also disclosed.

Abstract: In an apparatus for securing girth binding wires to the sides of an open sided flat container wherein wire manipulations are performed on a wire section secured to a container blank to bend the binding wire ends over the top edge of the sides and drive them into the container blank, first and second crossbars are provided which are respectively vertically reciprocally mounted transverse of the path of travel of the container blank. The first of the crossbars is positioned above the path of the container blank and has mounted thereon a wire manipulating device which cuts the binding wire and bends it downward as the first crossbar is lowered. The second crossbar is positioned below the path of the container blank and has a wire bending and clinching device mounted thereon such that, as the second crossbar is raised, the binding and clinching device engages the previously cut and bent wire ends and wipes them back against the bottom sides of the container blank.

Abstract: In an apparatus for forming loop fasteners on wirebound container blanks wherein wire manipulations are performed on a wire section secured to a container blank to form a loop in the wire and drive the end of the wire into the container blank to perpetuate the loop, first and second crossbars are provided which are respectively vertically reciprocally mounted above and transversely of the path of travel of the container blank with wire manipulating means mounted on the first crossbar including means for bending the wire section into a loop when the first crossbar is in its lowered position and means positioned to be engaged and driven by the second crossbar, during downward movement thereof, for forming a prong in the wire section, after the loop is formed, and driving the prong into the container blank material.