Patent ID: 8387215
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable tie comprising a strap portion having a first end and an opposing second end; a fastener connected to the second end of the strap portion; wherein the strap portion is comprised of a first material which causes the strap portion to be non self reforming so that the strap portion can be bent from an equilibrium state to a bent state by a bending force which does not exceed a plasticity point for the strap portion, and the strap portion does not reform itself back to the equilibrium state upon removal of the bending force; wherein the strap portion has a length and a width, wherein the length is substantially greater than the width; wherein the first material extends along the length of the strap portion a distance at least as great as the width, is substantially parallel to the length of the strap portion, and does not protrude out at an angle to the length of the strap portion; wherein the strap portion is comprised of a second material which protrudes out at an angle to the length of the strap portion; wherein the first end of the strap portion and the fastener are configured so that the first end, and a portion of the second material adjacent the first end, can be inserted into and through an opening of the fastener and after the first end, and the portion of the second material adjacent the first end, have been inserted into and through the opening of the fastener, the first end cannot be pulled back through the opening of the fastener without unlocking a mechanism of the fastener; wherein the portion of the second material adjacent the first end prevents the first end from being pulled back through the opening of the fastener unless the mechanism of the fastener is unlocked; wherein the first material does not prevent the first end from being pulled back through the opening of the fastener; and wherein the first material is configured so that the first material does not extend into the opening of the fastener or on the fastener, such that when the first end of the strap portion is inserted into and through the opening of the fastener, the first material does not engage the first end of the strap portion, and the first material does not directly contact the fastener.