Patent ID: 7306755

Claim:
A method of fabricating a strap with rotatably mounted clip, comprising the steps of: forming a mold assembly comprising the steps of: forming a first mold half having a first clip cavity, a first strap cavity, a first head cavity, a first boss cavity, a first top insert cavity and a first bottom insert cavity; forming a second mold half having a second clip cavity, a second strap cavity, a second head cavity, a second boss cavity, a second top insert cavity and a second bottom insert cavity; forming a top mold insert having a pair of spaced apart legs extending from a bottom thereof, a pedestal space being formed between said pair of spaced apart legs; and forming a bottom mold insert, having a pedestal slot formed in a top thereof, said pedestal slot being sized to slidably receive said pair of spaced apart legs; and fabricating a strap with rotatably mounted clip, comprising the steps of: joining together said first and second mold halves; inserting said top mold insert into said first and second top mold cavities; inserting said bottom mold insert into said first and second bottom insert cavities, wherein the pedestal slot slidably receives the pair of spaced apart legs, and wherein a bottom wall of the pedestal slot is substantially flush with a bottom of the first and second head cavities; injecting plastic into said first and second clip cavities and into said first and second head cavities of said first and second mold halves; injecting plastic into said first and second strap cavities and into said first and second boss cavities of said first and second mold halves; wherein and said steps of injecting plastic collectively form the strap with rotatably mounted clip; and freeing said strap with rotatably mounted clip from said mold assembly; wherein said clip is joined to said strap in a freely rotatable relation with respect thereto.