Patent ID: 6338184
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A seal member, for use upon overlapped end portions of elongated material so as to lock the overlapped end portions of the elongated material together when said seal member is crimped upon the overlapped end portions of the elongated material, comprising:a three-sided structure having a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration comprising an upper member, and a pair of dependent side members which extend downwardly from said upper member is a convergent manner with respect to each other, said seal member having an axial extent oriented along an axial direction and having an undulated configuration along said axial extent when said seal member is crimped upon the overlapped end portions of the elongated material whereby the overlapped end portions of the elongated material and said seal member are locked together such that the overlapped end portions of the elongated material cannot be disengaged from each other under the influence of tensile forces impressed upon the overlapped end portions of the elongated material oriented in said axial direction; and wherein said seal member having said undulated configuration comprises alternative undulated sections wherein each alternative section of said undulated seal member has a substantially trapezoidal configuration.