Patent ID: 7096543

Claim:
An article clamp comprising: an elongated flexible band, said band having on one side a plurality of spaced teeth, said band having a proximal end and a distal end, a head having a chamber receiving screw means adapted for cooperation with said teeth on said band, said chamber having a longitudinal axis and said head having a proximal end and a distal end, said screw means being operable from said distal end of said head, said chamber being substantially circular in cross section so as to closely accommodate the screw means but permitting rotation thereof about said longitudinal axis, said chamber being open at the distal end of the head to allow insertion of the screw means therein and being closed by a wall at said proximal end of said head for cooperation with an inner end of the screw means, and wherein the proximal end of said band is connected to said proximal end only of said head, said head and said band extending away from their point of connection to each other such that the included angle between said head and portion of said band adjacent said proximal end thereof comprises an acute angle and such that said distal end of said head is spaced from and free of said portion of said band, said head further having a passage extending longitudinally therethrough between said proximal end and said distal end for receiving said distal end of said band to form said band into a loop, and said screw means being adapted in use to cooperate with said teeth on said band such that when said screw means is rotated in a first direction, said loop is decreased in size to clamp around an article.