Patent ID: 7704587
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B65D,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flexible, integrally formed tie strip for forming a loop when passed through itself, comprising: a plurality of identical cells formed in a strip, the cells forming generally loop-shaped enclosed apertures ( wherein the walls bounding the apertures can be folded to a saddle shape about transverse and longitudinal axes, so as to increase the width of the aperture without stretching the material of the walls, thereby facilitating the passage of a penetrant cell through the aperture of a further cell in use, and wherein the aperture is extended rearwardly by a notch in the rear wall portion bounding the aperture, the notch promoting the saddle shape fold of the walls of the aperture, and wherein a thickness of the rear wall of the aperture is substantially less at the notch than along the remainder of the aperture.