Patent ID: 9533808
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65D,F16L,G09F,H02G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A cable tie with means to form a loop, said cable tie is intended to attach cables or similar details against a panel with use of an integrated panel anchor, said panel anchor is mounted into an opening in said panel, the cable tie is characterized by; a, having an elongated band in a vicinity of the panel anchor and; b, the panel anchor having a long and narrow body with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to, or at least not parallel with, the elongated band and; c, that portions of the cable tie proximal and distal to the panel anchor are configured to change direction in, and/or in a vicinity of a point where the panel anchor is integrated with the cable tie and; d, the panel anchor intended to be mounted into a panel opening having a shape that is a combination of a long and narrow opening which is longer than the panel anchor and a circle with a diameter that is smaller than a length of the panel anchor and; e, that said panel anchor is intended to be mounted in and completely through the long and narrow opening while said portions of the cable tie proximal and distal to the panel anchor are gently bent toward each other and that the cable tie thereafter is rotated around the axis of a circular part of the opening so that a top-side of utmost parts of the panel anchor thereby is locked towards a back-side of the panel and the band on each side of the panel anchor is locked against further rotation on a front-side when said portions of said cable tie proximal and distal to the panel anchor are released so to restore the cable tie to its original shape and at least part of said portions of said cable tie proximal and distal to the panel anchor are positioned in both ends of the long and narrow part of the opening; and wherein an integration point between the cable tie and the panel anchor is indented into the panel anchor.