Patent ID: 6098251
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A hose clamp comprising a clamp body having a longitudinal axis formed into an annular configuration having a main section and first and second terminal ends formed outwardly relative to said main section, said first terminal end formed between a pair of spaced apart side edges having a first notch opening along one of said side edges thereof, a tongue at said second terminal end projecting in a direction toward said first terminal end formed between a pair of spaced apart side edges having a second notch opening along one of said side edges thereof in an opposite direction to said first notch, a portion of said first terminal end adjacent said first notch provided with one of a depression or a projection releasably engageable with a portion of said tongue, said first and second notches being engageable with each other to releasably hold said clamp body in an expanded state and being disengageable with each other to release said clamp body from said expanded state upon lateral displacement of said tongue relative to said first terminal end wherein said one of said depression or said projection is disengaged from said portion of said tongue.