Patent ID: 7302737
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable tie comprising: a locking head having an inner rear wall, an inner front wall, and a bottom wall; the bottom wall having a window; the locking head having a strap entrance and a strap exit; a band-shaped elongate strap having a fixed end and a free end; the fixed end being in the shape of a hook; the fixed end having an upper portion and a lower portion; the fixed end having the locking head secured thereon; a release prevention tongue being cut in the upper portion of the fixed end and being integral with the strap; the release prevention tongue having a proximal end and a distal end; the proximal end facing the strap exit and the distal end facing the strap entrance; the proximal end being integrated with the strap and a distal end being cut from the strap to serve as a free end; the proximal end being bent downward toward the strap entrance so that the distal end is capable of being introduced into the window and being urged against an inner rear wall of the locking head; a latching finger being cut in the lower portion of the fixed end and being capable of being introduced into the window; the latching finger having a proximal end and a distal end; the proximal end facing the strap exit and the distal end facing the strap entrance; the proximal end being integrated with the strap and a distal end being cut from the strap to serve as a free end; the proximal end being bent upward toward the strap entrance so that the distal end is capable of being introduced into the window; and, a locking ball positioned between the locking head and the strap.