Patent ID: 7370392
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A44B,A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking device, comprising a band provided with a locking element on its one end; a housing; a rocker turnably movable relative to said housing and having an edge which in a closed position of the device, after a loop formed by the band is reduced around an object to tighten the band, applies pressure to the band to stop the band from movement and to apply tension and clamp the band, said locking element provided on said end of the band being engageable with said housing and disengageable from said housing; first means, forming a part of said housing, for turning said rocker in said housing and releasing the pressure on the band so that the band is no longer tensioned and can be moved but said locking element can not disengage from said housing; and second separate means, forming a part of said housing, which, only upon release of the pressure on the band after said rocker was turned by said first means when the band is no longer tensioned and in response to an action applied to said second means, forming a part of said housing by a user, release said locking element from said housing in a next step so as to disengage said locking element from said housing and to open the locking device with the band being not tensioned, so that the band does not jump upon its release, said first and second means, forming parts of said housing being formed so that said second means can be actuated by a user only after said first means is actuated.