Patent ID: 8459487

Claim:
A non-stretch, flexible securing strap for fastening a container lid to an open topped container having a pair of container fixture elements at opposed positions at the top of the container, the securing strap comprising a first strap span having a first part extending from one of a pair of strap fixture elements to a first strap adjustment means being a sole means of altering the length of the first part, the first strap adjustment means combined with a first buckle member, a second strap span having a second part extending from the other of the pair of strap fixture elements to a second strap adjustment means being a sole means of adjusting the length of the second part, the second strap adjustment means combined with a second buckle member, an extension loop extending between the first strap adjustment means and the second strap adjustment means, the first and second buckle members releasably engageable to buckle the first strap span to the second strap span, the strap fixture elements for engagement with respective ones of the container fixture elements for fixing the buckled strap to the container with the lid held thereby against the container top, the first strap length adjustment means permitting adjustment to alter the length of the extension loop and to correspondingly alter the length of the first part.