Abstract: A holding device intended to engage a single finger of the hand and provide an encircling strap with the universal length fastening capability to aid a person in holding a mechanical device without extended strain on the user's hand. The device is particularly intended to aid a self service gasoline customer in holding the gasoline nozzle valve handle in an open position for the period of time necessary to fill the user's automobile fuel tank. The device is generally cross shaped with hook and pile fastener material on opposite sides of the end regions of both the cross bar and the vertical bar of the cross shaped member which itself is fabricated of a flexible material such as web strapping in the order of three quarters of an inch in width. Nominal dimensions are eight inches by two and one half inches. The cross arm portion of the device is of sufficient length to encircle a finger such as the index finger and be secured around the user's finger to hold the strap in place.

Abstract: A strap device for luggage, bags, cartons or the like to prevent the luggage from opening when subjected to rough handling. The strap device includes a pair of straps which encircle the luggage and pass on either side of a handle on the luggage. A pair of cross straps are secured between the encircling straps and confine and surround the handle such that the device cannot be slid off or pulled off the luggage. No additional connection or attachment between the strap device and luggage is required. Various mechanical and hook and loop fasteners can be used to secure and tighten the encircling straps.

Abstract: Novel bundling devices and methods for their use are provided. These devices are useful for bundling elongate members such as electric wires, cables, tubes, etc., or for securing such members in a coiled form.These novel devices are characterized by being securely, semipermanently attached to a portion of an elongate member at one end of a flexible strap member. The flexible strap member includes means for the peel resistant attachment of a first portion of the strap member to a second portion of the strap member. The means of attachment will generally be in the form of VELCRO.RTM. or other hook and loop type tape.

Abstract: A rope guard and rope bundle keeper includes an elongate, flexible body having lateral edges extending between two ends. The body has a slit at each end; the slits extend inwardly away from the lateral edges in directions perpendicular to the length of the body. The body is made of a flexible, protective material, such as thick leather. As a rope guard, the body is placed between the tie down rope and the item to be protected in a region where the rope changes direction. The rope lies against the top or outer surface of the rope guard in the region between the two slits but passes through the slits to help maintain the rope guard in place. As a rope bundle keeper, the body is wrapped around the rope bundle so that it circumscribes the bundle. The two slits are inserted one into the other so to maintain the body in a ring-like, rope bundle keeper orientation.

Abstract: Ribbon of cable ties including a strip portion extending the length of the ribbon having a plurality of cable ties connected thereto by respective connecting tabs. The strip portion having an alignment mechanism adapted to cooperate with the guide mechanism in a dispenser to accurately position the ribbon laterally in the dispenser mechanism.

Abstract: A separable fastening device is disclosed to support a medical device such as a catheter tube or the like to a limb of a patient. The device includes a first and a second strap member. The first strap member includes a flexible first strap section formed of a knitted textile material having upstanding from one surface a plurality of multifilamentary loop-like elements and a polyurethane foam substrate secured to the opposite surface. The first strap member also includes a second strap section which is formed of a flexible tape member having upstanding from one surface a plurality of hook-like elements which matingly engage with the upstanding filamentary loop-like elements of the first section so as to be attachable thereto at the respective end portions to form a complete flexible first strap member. The second strap member includes a third strap section formed of a flexible tape member having an adhesive coating on one surface and a plurality of hook-like engaging elements on the opposite surface.

Abstract: A unitary, flexible, and resilient clamp for applying clamping forces to the exterior surface of objects such as coolant hoses, tubes, or the like. The clamp has a generally arcuate cross-sectional configuration and includes a flexible band in the form of an open ring having opposed end portions and defining an inner arcuate portion. A first band end is connected to a first end portion of the flexible band and includes at least three inwardly projecting extensions. A second band end is connected to the opposite end portion of the flexible band and includes at least two extensions projecting inwardly towards the extensions of the first band end and configured to matingly engage therewith.

Abstract: A hose construction, a hose clamp structure and methods of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a hose made primarily of polymeric material and having a reinforcing wire, and an outer hose clamp structure connected to the hose and having two ends which when interconnected together are adapted to secure the hose onto a member telescoped in the hose by tightly engaging a substantially annular portion of the hose around the member. The hose clamp structure has a groove therein that nestably receives part of the reinforcing wire therein. Fastening members secure the nested part of the reinforcing wire to the hose clamp structure whereby the fastening members connect the hose clamp structure to the hose.

Abstract: A log handling device for biased, adjustable circumferential envelopment of a log during a splitting operation to maintain the general conformation thereof as the same is reduced to a plurality of split elements and provide an ability to grasp the log, whether whole or split, is disclosed herein.

Abstract: Wire connections as disclosed and the method and apparatus to secure the ends of an elongated member, such as bale wire and the like, employed to secure bales of material for transport and storage. The bale wire connections include a pair of loops forming interconnecting members, which are interlocked by automated techniques to form a strong coupling of the ends of the bale wires used in securing bulk material.

Abstract: A fastener for bundling wires or packaging other articles in which the ends of a smooth flexible plastic strap are inserted into parallel passageways through a plastic body and retained by locking ears extending into the passageways. An anchor member, formed from a single piece of spring sheet metal, includes a base portion, the two oppositely-extending locking ears and two intermediate oppositely-extending retaining ears that retain the anchor member within the body. The locking ears extend into the passageways to cinch the strap and prevent its being withdrawn. The outer ends of the locking ears are beveled to improve the holding power of the head. When the fastener has been applied to tie a bundle of articles, the forces operating on the fastener are in directions transverse to the axes of the passageways, thereby substantially increasing the holding power of the fastener.

Abstract: The specification discloses an article and method for banding objects. A clip is releasably secured to a common closed loop rubber band, thereby enabling one to wrap the band around objects to be banded together and slip the loop over the clip to hold it in place around the object. Alternative unique clips are disclosed.

Abstract: A sound insulating support member for isolating a plumbing pipe or other tubular member from a support surface includes an insert member formed of a material substantially incapable of transmitting sound vibrations and sized to be capable of encircling the pipe or tubular member. The insert member fits within a sleeve member which is formed of a semiresilient material capable of maintaining its shape at rest but capable of being flexed when subjected to a force. Both the sleeve member and the insert member contain a slit. The insert member is retained within the sleeve member such that the slit of the insert member is aligned with the slit of the sleeve member and when both the sleeve and the insert are open the pipe or tubular member can be inserted through the slits and the sleeve and insert close around the pipe or tubular member to cradle the tubular member within the insert which in turn is fixedly held within the sleeve.

Abstract: A cable supply and take-up for a computed tomography scanner. An annular take-up reel coacts with a cable trough configured in the shape of a segment of an annulus. The trough and guide together provide a cable slack confining space which is rectangular in cross section along any radial plane.The trough is open at its ends. Cable is fed from a stationary external supply through one of the trough open ends and along a cable support wall to a return bend that feeds the cable to engagement with a take-up wall of the guide.A cable bend control spongy disc provides a spring force which urges the cable into engagement with both the guide take-up wall and the trough support wall while maintaining a bend with a substantially smooth and uniform radius of curvature.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a cable clamp which will adapt to and hold firmly cables of various diameters. The clamp includes a "U" shaped body member having a base from which parallel legs project. The outer surface of each of the legs carries a row of teeth. A keeper having a flat plate defining two spaced rectangular openings is placed into engagement with the legs. Relative movement between the plate and the legs is inhibited by the teeth engaging the edges of the openings. Carried on the plate and projecting toward the base of the body member are parallel walls which define angled edges. The edges cam a cable placed between the legs firmly against the base and one leg of the body member.

Abstract: A snap ring consists of four plane rings with a gap for the possibility of radially deforming said rings within the limits of flexibility of the material. Two rings are set as inner rings and two outer rings are set as outer rings axially of the inner rings whereby the rings are axially behind each other fastened relatively to each other around a common axis. However the gaps of the inner rings are showing in another direction than the gaps of the outer rings whereby the outer rings are radially closing the gaps of the inner rings and vice versa. One of the snaprings can be utilized as an outer snapring to hold a cylindrical part therein and another of the snaprings can be an inner snapring for holding itself or a part in a cylinder or bore.

Abstract: The specification discloses a gripping device and method for using it. The gripping device is an elongated flat strip of flexible, elastic material having at least 100 to 300% elasticity and having an enlargement at one end and a slot at the other whereby the strip can be wrapped around objects, easily stretched as it is wrapped so as to tighten it thereagainst, and secured by slipping the enlargement through the slot.

Abstract: A clamp includes a cushion and a strap each made from a resilient material. The cushion has a body portion and a pair of lip portions extending toward each other in spaced relationship to the body portion to define a pocket. The strap is disposed in the pocket and is bendable in a loop to retain a cable within the cushion.A pair of projections extend from the body portion at the side opposite to the lip portions. The projections are shaped to retain cables of different cross-sectional area in the space between the projections when the strap is bent in the loop. The projections define resilient springs which bend outwardly from each other to accommodate cables of different cross-sectional area.Each of the projections has a pyramidal shape and defines a shallower angle with the body portion at the inboard side than at the outboard side. The width of each projection is approximately equal to the height.

Abstract: The specification discloses an article and method for banding objects. A clip is releasably secured to a common closed loop rubber band, thereby enabling one to wrap the band around objects to be banded together and slip the loop over the clip to hold it in place around the object. Alternative unique clips are disclosed.

Abstract: A locking device for skis or the like comprises two lengths of cable having loops formed at their remote ends and an intervening length of chain. By inserting the free ends of the cables through appropriate links in the chain and thereafter locking the free ends together, the size of the loops can be adjusted so that objects to be locked together can be snugly embraced by the opposite cable lengths.

Abstract: This invention relates to a flexible connector material of the type used in air circulating systems, such as air conditioning and warm air systems, to span the space between adjacent ducts, whereby vibration in one duct is not transmitted to the other and there is no air loss at the interface. More particularly, the invention relates to a connector material of the type described wherein thermal losses are minimized at the noted interface.

Abstract: Encircling clamps of a flexible elongated body fitted at a first end with a pair of parallel arms encircling a bay open at their extremities, and at the other end with a tongue that is insertable into the bay. One arm of the bay is a spring having restoring force when flexed away from the other arm, and ratchet teeth on its inner surface extending only part way from the opening to the interior of the bay. The tongue has mating ratchet teeth extending a longer distance so that when the tongue is inserted into the bay it can be adjustably positioned therein while engaging all the ratchet teeth of the spring arm. The closed device can be opened by lifting the spring arm away from the tongue. Means are provided to pull the tongue into the bay.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an improved clamp for use with belted cables in the assembly of electronic equipment. In performing its clamping function, the device is adapted to engage the chassis structure upon which the cables are to be routed and terminated. The clamp design is characterized by its effectiveness with a single flat cable or a bundle of such cables. An increase in the clamping pressure exerted upon the cables results in a proportional increase in the force with which the clamp engages the chassis. This assures that the clamp will remain firmly in place during the assembly operation. Moreover, during such operation, the clamp may be easily removed to permit the addition of another cable and then reapplied. Finally, when the wiring of the cable bundle has been completed, the clamp may optionally be removed for use at another location or permitted to remain permanently in place.

Abstract: An elastic binding device for circumferentially containing a bundle. A closed-loop elastic band is stretched around the bundle and through itself with a pin holding the ends of the band.

Abstract: A separable fastening device is disclosed which is adapted to encompass at least one member in gripped relation and to facilitate the simultaneous application of cinching and fastening forces which place the fastener in tension and are uniquely retained in the fastening device. The fastening device has a first flexible strap having on one surface a plurality of upstanding hook and loop-type engaging elements, a second strap having on a surface opposite the first surface, a plurality of mating upstanding hook and loop-type engaging elements, with means being provided to connect the first and second straps, and retaining means connected to the free end of the first strap, the retaining means defining an opening configured to receive the free end of the second strap.

Abstract: A clamp is provided for securing a plurality of elongated articles in a spaced relationship; the clamp includes a base provided with posts, each including a securing element, which mutually define a recess therebetween to accept articles of a plurality of sizes. In addition, the clamp includes a pair of straps, one end of each being connected to the base and including a securing element on the opposite end; securing elements on each strap and post are each provided with an opening therethrough, which openings are aligned and adapted to accommodate a bolt or the like. The bolt and securing elements cooperate to provide structural support to the clamp.

Abstract: An improved snap-on-clamp is provided for securely fastening one object to another, such as fastening a flexible hose about a pipe, a nipple, or the like, and includes an open-ended, substantially annular band having formed at its ends a pair of opposed, interlockable members. Each interlockable member includes an arcuate jaw having a plurality of teeth which interlock with the teeth of the opposed member's jaw when the interlockable members are interengaged and the clamp is in a clamping position. Each interlockable member further includes resilient bias means spaced apart from its respective jaw to provide opposing forces to the interlocked jaws so that the plurality of teeth are forced together, thereby preventing separation of the interlockable members other than by transverse shear.

Abstract: A carrier for skis and ski poles comprises an elongated main strap of webbing material. A pair of transversely directed short end straps are attached at their midportions to opposite ends of the main strap. The end straps carry complementary Velcro patches at their ends which hold the end straps in place around opposite ends of the skis. The end straps are slidably moved toward the midportion of the skis and are automatically tightened as they are moved. Rigid blocks at the strap intersections provide increased strength and security. The ski poles extend through slots formed adjacent opposite ends of the main strap. The midportion of the main strap is loose so as to fit over the shoulder of the skier for carrying both the skis and ski poles while leaving the hands free. The carrier can be folded upon itself into a compact self-holding package for carrying in the pocket.

Abstract: The two overlapped end portions of a tensioned cable are secured together by a clamp having a resiliently yieldable strap which is bowed so as to permit elongation of the cable when the latter is subjected to shock loads.

Abstract: A band for securing a catheter or similar device to a limb of a human comprising a stretchable primary strap adapted to encircle the limb. A part of the strap is made of a soft looped fabric and the strap also carries a male Velcro-type fastening material which cooperates with the looped fabric to enable the strap to be secured in place about the limb. A secondary strap made of a flexible material is secured at one end intermediate the ends of the primary strap. That end of the secondary strap also carries a clip having an eye. The other end of the secondary strap, made of a male Velcro-type fastening material, may be threaded through the eye of the clip and engage the looped fabric so that the secondary strap forms a closed loop for encircling the catheter or similar device and holding it securely in place on the limb.

Abstract: A separable fastening device is disclosed to support a catheter tube to a limb of a patient. The fastener has a first flexible strap member including a first knitted textile material having upstanding from one surface a plurality of multifilamentary loop-like elements and a polyurethane foam substrate secured to the opposite surface. A second section is formed of a flexible tape member having upstanding from one surface a plurality of hook-like elements which matingly engage with the upstanding filamentary loop-like elements of the first section so as to be attachable thereto at the respective end portions to form a complete flexible strap member. The end portion of the first section is generally tapered at the connection to the second section and defines an opening therethrough spaced sufficiently from the tapered end and dimensioned to receive a free end portion of the second section.

Abstract: A locking means secures together opposite ends of a baling wire for securing bales of compressed material. Predetermined lengths of baling wire are dispensed and wrapped around a bale and secured by a locking means comprising a metal clip having a raised arcuate center portion spaced outwardly from the peripheral supporting member but connected thereto at either end of the raised arcuate portion. Each arcuate connection forms a crotch between the peripheral support member and the raised arcuate member wherein each end of the baling wire passes transversely therethrough and securely locks therein.

Abstract: A clamp for clamping a conduit to a support, the clamp accommodating any conduit having an outer diameter within a specified range of diameters. The clamp includes a pair of clamping straps, one for each side of the conduit and each strap has a stem portion having ears engageable with the channel, an intermediate portion having a window or cutout therein with bridge portions on opposite sides of the window, and an outer end portion. The outer ends of the straps are bolted together so that upon the ends of the straps being drawn together, the bridge portions of the straps conform to and grip portions of the outer surface of the conduit. The window, the bridge portions and the ears of the straps are so structured that the tensile strength of the bridge portion only slightly exceeds the strength of the ears.

Abstract: A clamp is provided for securing a plurality of elongated articles in a spaced relationship; the clamp includes a base provided with standards which have recesses or wells therein and which mutually define a recess therebetween to accept such articles of a plurality of sizes. In addition the clamp includes a pair of straps, one of which is connected to the base at one end thereof and includes a tongue and fastening sections; the other strap is connected to the other end of the base and includes complementary channel and fastening sections for mating with the tongue and fastening section of the former strap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to plastic extruded strapping and its processing techniques. More particularly, it is concerned with polyester extruded strapping of high tensile strength and low elongation at break to replace steel strapping. Although not limited thereto, this invention is of primary importance in connection with the technique of crystallization and orientation of polyester predominantly in one direction in the making of strap characterized by two-step stretching. Furthermore, this invention is related to the design of a multi-purpose extrusion line for the processing of strap of various polymeric materials.

Abstract: A protective corner shield for use with strap-bound stacks of cartons or the like is provided to prevent a highly tensioned strap from damaging the corners of the stack. The shield is formed with two flat legs substantially perpendicular to one another having parallel spaced ribs on their outer surfaces defining a shallow channel to receive and position the strap. One of the legs is formed on its inner face with a lip extending in spaced parallel relation to the other leg by a distance corresponding to the thickness of one of the stacked cartons. The lip when slipped between two cartons in the stack serves to hold the corner shield in position before, during and after the installation of the strap.

Abstract: A device for releasably joining two opposed portions of an orthopedic brace, garment, or the like in variably spaced relationship includes a first strap extending from one portion of the garment, and a second strap joined to the other portion. A buckle or loop is joined to the end of the second strap, and a tabular member is secured to the buckle. One surface of the first strap is provided with a loop fastening surface, and both sides of the tabular member are provided with hook fastening surfaces. The first strap is passed through the buckle and pulled to join the portions together. The tabular member is then joined to the portions of the first strap both entering and leaving the buckle, providing a secure lock directly adjacent to the buckle.

Abstract: This disclosure deals with apparatus for holding in place a coiled spring guard on a tubular member such as a hose, tubing or fitting. The apparatus includes a clip which is fastened to one end of the guard and a clamp which encircles the tubular member and the clip and holds the clip in place on the member. The clip has a hook formed at one end thereof, which hooks under a coil or loop of the spring guard, the hooked coil being displaced from the endmost coil of the guard. The center portion of the clip extends over the top of the endmost coils, and the opposite end of the clip is fastened to the hose by a clamp. The clip may be shaped to fit a spring guard made from circular cross-sectional wire or from flat cross-sectional wire.

Abstract: A tie useful for securing together a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles for ease of carrying them as one unit with the poles acting as a carrying handle. The tie includes an elongate, flexible tape having opposite free end segments which matingly engage adjacent portions of a central segment on the same tape via filamentary loops and hooks. Eyes are distally carried by lengths of strap material secured to the opposite tape side. The free tape end segments are threadable through the eyes and are bent back and coupled to the central segment to form a figure eight, the loops of which separately enclose the skis and poles.

Abstract: An elastic tie cord is attached to a fastener to form an infinitely adjustable tie cord assembly. A finger aperture is provided on the fastener for applying tension to the cord in cooperation with a remote loop at the other end of the cord. A hook on the fastener adjacent the finger aperture includes a curved, tapered slot narrowing to an opening having a width less than the normal diameter of the cord. The cord is tensioned around an object to be secured and the reduced cord diameter is wedged into the slot opening at any desired point on the cord. Upon release of the finger aperture and the remote loop, the cord diameter beyond the fastener returns to normal, wedging the cord firmly in the slot to maintain tension on the portion of the cord around the secured object.

Abstract: A tie useful for securing together a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles for ease of carrying them as one unit with the poles acting as a carrying handle. The tie includes an elongate, flexible tape having opposite free end segments which matingly engage adjacent portions of a central segment on the same tape side via filamentary loops and hooks. The free end segments are threadable through eyes operable on the opposite tape side, and are bent back and coupled to the central segment to form a figure eight, the loops of which separately enclose the skis and poles.

Abstract: Portable fire-hose composed of a foldable fire-hose and a wrapping sheet member provided with at least one fastening member secured to the wrapping sheet member so as to tightly wrap the fire-hose in its folded condition. The fire-hose is provided with a metallic joint composed of a male member rigidly mounted on an end of the fire-hose and a female member rigidly mounted on another end of the fire-hose. The fastening member is provided with at least one velvet type fastener.