Patent ID: 7328487

Claim:
A bundling tie system comprising: (a) a separate smooth planar strap having a first end and a second end; (b) a locking tie head having a first aperture and a second aperture with an inlet and an outlet for unidirectional insertion of the first and second strap ends, a central dividing wall between the first and second apertures, and a first and second pawl cavity transverse to the first and second apertures; and (c) first and second independent flexible L-shaped pawls having planar vertex and a first angle created at the planar vertex by intersection of a first leg and a second leg, wherein the pawls are anchored in the first and second transverse pawl cavity, with the first leg having a mounting end and the second leg having an engagement end, with the mounting end fixedly anchored in the locking head, and the engagement end having two or more teeth, partially extending into the first and second aperture for locking engagement with the planar strap; wherein the transverse pawl cavities allow flexural movement of the engagement end of the pawl at the planar vertex thereby changing the angle of the pawl during the insertion of the planar strap and then locking engagement to prevent withdrawal of the strap.