An integrally formed mount member is provided for mounting a bundle of wires that are secured by a metal cable tie that includes flange portions for retaining the mount to one side of a mounting surface and for providing engagement with a cable tie strap on the opposite side of the mounting surface.

TECHNICAL FIELD 
The present invention relates to an improved mount for mounting a bundle of 
wires, or the like, that are secured by a cable tie to a mounting surface, 
and more specifically to an improved buttonmount that can be inserted into 
a hole and retained on one side of the mounting surface and provide a 
cable tie strap engaging support on the opposite side of the mounting 
surface for securing a bundle of wires. 
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
In the electrical industry today there are a wide variety of applications 
for mounts that secure bundles of wires contained by a cable tie to a 
mounting surface. In many instances the user has access to both sides of 
the mounting surface, and it is advantageous to utilize a mount that can 
be inserted into a hole from one side of the mounting surface and which 
provides a cable tie strap engaging support on the other side of the 
mounting surface. 
Also, in the electrical industry today, there is an increasing use of metal 
cable ties to secure bundles of wires and the like. This increase in 
applications that require the particular characteristics and advantages of 
metal cable ties for securing bundles has resulted in a demand for mounts 
that can be used in connection with metal cable ties. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a mount that 
can be used to mount a bundle of wires that is secured by a metal cable to 
a mounting surface. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a mount which can 
be used in conjunction with metal cable tie applications that is simple 
and inexpensive to manufacture. 
It is still further an object of the present invention to provide a mount 
that can be inserted into a hole on one side of the mounting surface to 
provide a cable tie strap passageway and support on the opposite side of 
the mounting surface. 
In general a buttonmount includes a mount member having a pair of spaced 
apart resilient legs for insertion into a hole in a mounting surface, 
flange means disposed at a trailing end of the mount member for abutting 
against the mounting surface to prevent the mount member from passing 
completely through the hole of the mounting surface, and strap engagement 
means provided on a leading end of the mount member for engagement with a 
cable tie strap that is secured around a bundle of wires.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
A buttonmount embodying the concept of the present invention is designated 
generally by the reference numeral 10 in the accompanying drawings. Mount 
10 is formed by sheet metal stamping of a unitary piece of metal such as 
stainless steel. As shown in FIG. 3, mount 10 includes a pair of spaced 
apart resilient retention legs 16 which are coupled together by a 
perpendicular strap support 14 situated at one end of, and in between, the 
legs 16 to form a generally U-shaped mount 10. Each leg 16 also includes 
at the end opposite the strap support 14 a flanged head member 12 
integrally formed and perpendicular to legs 16 of mount 10. As shown in 
FIG. 4, mount 10 is inserted into a hole 26 of the mounting surface 24 
with the end of mount 10 with legs 16 coupled by strap support 14 being 
the leading end. Flanged heads 12 are formed on a trailing end so as to be 
sufficiently larger than hole 26 so that mount 10 is prevented from 
passing completely through hole 26 by flanged heads 12 abutting mounting 
surface 24 around hole 26. Legs 16 should be of a sufficient length to 
allow the strap support 14 to be accessible to a cable tie 28 at the 
opposite side of mounting surface 24 when mount 10 has been fully inserted 
into hole 26. 
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, legs 16 also include retaining bumps 18 formed 
on the outside of each leg 16. Retaining bumps 18 are formed as tubular 
protrusions which extend axially along each leg 16. As can best be seen in 
FIG. 3, retaining bumps 18 are tapered near the leading end of legs 16 
which are inserted into the hole 26 of mounting surface 24. The insertion 
of mount 10 into hole 26 is eased by the tapered leading ends of retaining 
bumps 18. As can be seen in FIG. 4, legs 16 flex slightly inward due to 
their resiliency as mount 10 is pushed into hole 26 and retaining bumps 18 
create a press fit with hole 26 of mounting surface 24. Flanged heads 12 
are further formed to have opposing shoulder surfaces 22 which abut each 
other to prevent legs 16 from flexing inwardly too far and resulting in 
collapse of mount 10 during insertion. 
After mount 10 has been fully inserted with flanged heads 12 abutting 
mounting surface 24 and retaining bumps 18 creating a press fit with hole 
26, cable tie 28 can be passed through a passageway 20 and secured around 
a bundle 30 and strap support 14 to effectively mount bundle 30 against 
mounting surface 24. 
While the particular embodiment of the present invention has been shown and 
described. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes and 
modifications may be made without departing from the invention in its 
broader aspects. The matter set forth in the foregoing description and 
accompanying drawings is offered by way of illustration only and not as a 
limitation. The actual scope of the invention is intended to be defined in 
the following claims when viewed in their proper perspective based on the 
prior art.