Patent ID: 8555467
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flexible tie comprising: a head having a first cross-sectional geometry; a tail extending from the head in a longitudinal direction and having a second cross-sectional geometry different from the first cross-sectional geometry; a lock disposed on the head and including a passage configured to receive the tail; a plurality of barbs disposed on the tail and configured to pass through the passage in the lock in a first direction, and configured to be restricted from retreating through the passage in a second direction opposite to the first direction, each barb being separated longitudinally from adjacent barbs via a core section of the tail; and a tail break-point disposed on the tail and including a cross-sectional area, as viewed along the longitudinal direction, smaller than any other cross-sectional area of the tail as viewed along the longitudinal direction, a length of the tail break-point being longer than a length of the core section between adjacent barbs, wherein the tail break-point is an annular groove having the cross-sectional area extending from a first portion of the tail having a first cross-section to a second portion of the tail having a second cross-section, the cross-sectional area of the tail break-point being smaller than both the first and second cross-sections of the respective first and second portions of the tail.