Patent ID: 7328488
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hose clamp clip attachable to a clamp band of a hose clamp comprising: a generally flat and rectangular main panel having side panels each formed generally orthogonally to, and extending along side margins of, said main panel; two locking tabs each dependently inwardly disposed from opposite corners of said side panels; each of said locking tabs spaced from and generally parallel to said main panel, the spacing or gap between each of said tabs and said main panel being slightly greater than twice the thickness of an elongated annular shaped band of a hose clamp; said side panels being spaced apart a distance generally equal to, or slightly greater than, a width of the clamp band to receive the clamp band therebetween; each of said locking tabs having opposing edge surfaces spaced apart a distance generally equal to, or slightly greater than, the width of the clamp band; said clip being slidably engagable over and along both the clamp band and a slotted distal end portion of the clamp band which overlaps and is held against the clamp band by said clip.