Patent ID: 6557217
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
For use in cooperation with a cable having a first big mourned on a first end and a second lug mounted towards an opposite second end, a fastening device for releasably fastening the first and second ends of the cable together with the cable snugly around a bundle of elongate objects, the fastening device comprising:a rigid housing having an elongate channel therein, said channel extending from a first end wall of said housing to a second end wail of said housing, a pair of side walls extending along said channel so as to define a channel opening and a channel cavity between said pair of side wails and said first and second end walls, a first cantilevered member extending into said cavity from a first side wall of said pair of side walls, a second cantilevered member extending into said cavity from a second side wall of said pair of side walls whereby said first and second cantilevered members are oppositely disposed, said first and second cantilevered members offset relative to each other along said channel, said first and second end walls of said housing each having cable receiving openings for receiving the cable therethrough, wherein said first and second cantilevered members extend into said channel so as to intersect a plane which contains a longitudinal axis of symmetry of said channel cavity and which generally bisects said channel opening along its length, wherein said first and second cantilevered members define an access path between said cantilevered members and said pair of side walls of sufficient width to pass the cable between said cantilevered members and said pair of side walls into said cavity.