Patent ID: 8499424

Claim:
A binding assembly comprising: a binding frame comprising a base having a top and two opposite sides; a pressing member mounted on the top of the base; two pivot ears mounted respectively on the opposite sides of the base; two tie fastening holders respectively connected pivotally to the pivot ears and being L-shaped, and each tie fastening holder comprising a lateral segment pivotally connected to a corresponding one of the pivot ears; a longitudinal segment connected to the lateral segment; a pulling tie hole defined through the longitudinal segment; and a tightening tie hole defined through the lateral segment; and two separating members mounted respectively around the lateral segments of the tie fastening holders to divide the tightening tie hole in a corresponding lateral segment into a first hole segment being adjacent to the corresponding pivot ear and a second hole segment away from the corresponding pivot ear, wherein each separating member is annular, is formed as a loop that is mounted around a corresponding one of the lateral segments and has a depression segment formed on a top of the separating member; a pulling tie mounted through and compressed by the pressing member and having two ends mounted respectively through the pulling tie holes in the tie fastening holders; and a tightening tie having two ends mounted respectively through the first hole segments in the tie fastening holders along a first direction, mounted respectively over the separating members and mounted respectively through the second hole segments in the tie fastening holders along a second direction opposite to the first direction.