Patent ID: 11858706
Assignee: DURHAM ENTERPRISES CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. A method for using an elastic band, comprising:
obtaining a series of elastic bands that are connected only along a single connecting portion of an elongated tube, with the elastic bands being defined by a series of circumferential cuts extending through the elongated tube and into a thickness of the single connecting portion, but not completely through the thickness of the single connecting portion, the single connecting portion comprising a material of a portion of a wall of the elongated tube;
grasping an elastic band of the elongated tube;
separately grasping a portion of the elongated tube adjacent to the elastic band; and
pulling the elastic band from the portion of the elongated tube to disrupt material of the single connecting portion that connects the elastic band to the portion of the elongated tube and to remove the elastic band from the portion of the elongated tube.