Patent ID: 8100286

Claim:
A plastic tie system for a plastic box intended to provide greater rigidity and stability to the plastic box, the system comprises: first and second plastic ties, each of the plastic ties includes a central bar having first and second ends, the first and second ends each including a first portion of a clasp system; and the plastic box includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall to upper ends, the side walls defining first, second, third and fourth corners of the plastic box, the first and third corners being disposed diagonally opposite each other and the second and fourth corners being disposed diagonally opposite each other; the side walls of the plastic box include second portions of the clasp system adjacent the upper ends thereof and adjacent the first, second, third and fourth corners, the second portions of the clasp system are configured to engage with the first portions of the clasp system on the first and second ends of the plastic ties to secure the plastic ties to the plastic box, wherein the first plastic tie is secured diagonally across the plastic box with the first portions of the clasp system at the first and second ends thereof engaged with the second portions of the clasp system adjacent the first and third opposite corners of the plastic box, and the second plastic tie is secured diagonally across the plastic box with the first portions of the clasp system at the first and second ends thereof engaged with the second portions of the clasp system adjacent the second and fourth opposite corners of the plastic box.