Patent ID: 8770438

Claim:
A container for carrying and dispensing at least one zip tie having a strap and a head connected to one end of said strap, said container comprising: a substantially cylindrical housing having an axis of symmetry therethrough and having a continuous, rounded outer wall and opposing upper and lower disk-shaped walls, the upper and lower disk-shaped walls having a diameter, wherein said housing defines a substantially hollow interior; an inner wall formed inside said housing to divide said housing interior into an inner cavity and an outer cavity, said inner wall having at least one slot formed therein to define a passage between said inner cavity and said outer cavity; a first flexible orifice provided in said upper wall; a second flexible orifice provided in said lower wall; a dispensing slot formed in said outer wall, said dispensing slot being substantially linear and coaxial with the axis of symmetry of substantially cylindrical housing; and a friction fit passage formed on said outer wall adjacent to said dispensing slot, wherein said outer wall defines a height that is substantially less than the diameter of the upper and lower walls, and wherein said friction fit passage and said dispensing slot are configured to retain a first portion of said zip tie strap within said container and extending through said dispensing slot and a second portion of said zip tie strap within said friction fit passage, said second portion of said zip tie strap connected to said zip tie head proximate said friction fit passage, opposite said dispensing slot.