Flexible one-time use restraints

A flexible locking restraint, comprising:

• a base and first and second straps integrally molded of a dry flexible plastic, the first and second straps each extending outwardly from a first side of the base and having a proximal end and a distal end;
• each strap further having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface comprising at least one toothed portion;
• the base further comprising:
• first and second strap apertures disposed on the first side of the base proximate to the proximal ends of the first and second straps, respectively and being dimensioned to accept the distal end of their respective strap;
• a first lock aperture disposed on a second side of the base;
• a second lock aperture disposed on a third side of the base opposite the second side of the base;
• a first pawl extending inwardly from the first side of the base and having a first surface facing the first strap aperture and a second surface facing the first lock aperture, the first surface of the pawl comprising a toothed surface to cooperate with the toothed portions of the first strap;
• a second pawl extending inwardly from the second side of the base and having a first surface facing the second strap aperture and a second surface facing the second lock aperture, the first surface of the pawl comprising a toothed surface to cooperate with the toothed portions of the second strap;
• and
• a first pawl lock disposed in the first lock aperture and a second pawl lock disposed in the second lock aperture, each pawl lock having first and second retainers to engage their respective lock apertures, where the first retainer is spaced from the second retainer along a length of the pawl lock;
• wherein when the pawl locks are depressed such that the first retainer retains each pawl lock in its respective lock aperture and the distal ends of the straps are inserted into their respective strap apertures with the first surfaces oriented toward the pawls such that the toothed portion of the strap and the toothed surface of the pawl engage, the pawls have sufficient freedom of movement to allow unidirectional movement of the straps through the base, and wherein when the pawl locks are depressed such that the second retainer retains each pawl lock in its respective lock aperture, the pawl lock engages the pawl and presses the pawl against the strap.