Patent ID: 8595904

Claim:
A disposable handcuff system for restraining a person's wrists, consisting of: a) a flexible tie comprising a locking head and an elongated, substantially planar strap extending from the locking head, the strap comprising an intermediate engagement portion and terminating in a distal end portion, the locking head having a passageway configured to accommodate insertion of the strap in an insertion direction through the passageway, and the locking head further comprising at least one unidirectional latching stop projecting into the passageway and adapted for cooperative engagement with the intermediate engagement portion to prevent the strap from being withdrawn from the locking head in a removal direction opposite the insertion direction after the engagement, when the strap is drawn through the locking head to an extent such that the person's wrists are restrained by the handcuff system; b) a locking sleeve consisting of a sleeve slot and at least one unidirectional sleeve stop projecting into the sleeve slot, the locking sleeve being configured to be installed onto a portion of the strap emergent from the locking head and the sleeve slot being configured to receive the strap in said insertion direction through the sleeve slot, and the sleeve stop being adapted for cooperative engagement with the intermediate engagement portion to inhibit withdrawal of the strap from the locking sleeve in said removal direction opposite the insertion direction after the engagement; c) a loop separator configured to subdivide a loop formed by inserting the strap into the locking head into two sub-loops, one of the sub-loops being located on each side of the loop separator, and each sub-loop being appointed for securing one of the person's wrists; and d) said tie is composed of an integrally molded nylon.