Patent ID: 9339086
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A44B,B60P,B65D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An adjustable loop tie-down strap for holding articles during shipment comprising, a) a piece of elongated strap material, b) an eye in the piece of strap material of sufficient size for the strap material to be passed therethrough and being formed by the strap material being folded transversely and permanently secured to a portion of the strap material itself by a permanent fastening comprising stitching or a like fastening that is constructed to resist being manually pulled apart in the manner of a hook and loop connection, c) the fastening being proximate an end of the eye such that the eye thereby comprises a permanently closed non-releasable loop structure, d) the tie-down strap has an integral elongated standing part of sufficient length to be passed through the eye and extending away from the eye as a means of securing the tie-down strap to an object that is spaced apart from the eye, e) the standing part having an exposed surface of a first hook and loop material, f) the eye has an interior surface of a second hook and loop material for being attached to the standing part of the strap by a hook and loop connection inside the eye to enable the eye to be pulled apart manually and slid in either direction on the standing part and, g) whereby the standing part of the strap when passed through the eye thereby forms an adjustable loop around an article with the first and second hook and loop materials being in engagement with one another to form a hook and loop connection therebetween that is located within the eye such that tension applied during use to the elongated standing part of the strap forces the first and second hook and loop materials toward one another within the eye so as to be in more secure engagement with one another as the tension on the standing part of the strap is increased.