Patent ID: 6256845
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B65D,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A closable loop keeper strap configured as a flexible strap long enough to wrap around a load and form a load noose engaging and supporting the load, the flexible strap having a hanger at one end arranged for hanging up a noosed load, the keeper strap comprising:a. a keeper at an end of the strap opposite the hanger;b. the keeper being formed of a flexible length of material long enough to wrap around the strap and overlap in a flexible keeper loop surrounding the strap;c. overlap regions of the keeper bearing a releasable fastener positioned to fasten together the overlap regions of the keeper to form the keeper loop wrapped around a region of the strap spaced from the hanger;d. the keeper loop being freely slideable along the strap to form the load noose wrapped around the load; ande. a weight of the load hung in the noose to depend from the hanger being sufficient to make the keeper loop slide down the strap away from the hanger to automatically tighten the load noose snuggly around the load independently of a girth of the load.