Patent ID: 6047448
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A bundling strap system, comprising:an elongate flexible bundling strap having opposite first and second faces, a pair of opposite ends, and a length extending between said ends of said bundling strap;a fastening member having opposite first and second ends;one of said ends of said bundling strap being insertable through one of said ends of said fastening member into said fastening member, another of said ends of said bundling strap being insertable through another of said ends of said fastening member into said fastening member; andsaid fastening member having a length defined between said ends of said fastening member;said fastening member having first and second pawls, said first pawl engaging said bundling strap such that said first pawl prevents pulling of said one end of said bundling strap out of said fastening member through said one end of said fastening member, said second pawl engaging said bundling strap such that said second pawl prevents pulling of said another end of said bundling strap out of said fastening member through said another end of said fastening member;wherein said fastening member has a bore therethrough extending between said ends of said fastening member, said first pawl being extended into said bore from one of said sides of said first pair of side of said fastening member, said second pawl being extended into said bore from another of said sides of said first pair of sides fastening member;wherein each of said faces of said bundling strap has a row of spaced apart recesses therein, said row of recesses of said faces of said bundling strap being extended along said length of said bundling strap between said ends of said bundling strap, said bundling strap having spaced side edges and being continuous without perforations between said side edges for enhancing the strength of the bundling strap in a longitudinal direction, each of said recesses defining a cavity that does not extend from one of said faces to the other of said faces; andwherein one of said ends of said bundling strap is insertable into said bore of said fastening member from one of said ends of said fastening member with said first pawl being interlockable with one of said recesses of the adjacent face of said bundling strap and another of said ends of said bundling strap is insertable into said bore of said fastening member from another of said ends of said fastening member with said second pawl being interlockable with one of said recesses of the adjacent face of said bundling strap.