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US 12,439,981 B2Granted
Zip strap tether
AssigneeAPI Fabcuts, L.L.C.
InventorsPatrick Rome, Elizabeth S. Rome
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Abstract
A system and method for re-useable, self-locking, cinching, and bundling straps comprises wrapping a strap comprising: a plurality of teeth formed on a first edge of the strap, a plurality of teeth formed on a second edge of the strap, and at least one slit in the strap around an object; forming a loop around the object; inserting an end of the strap through the slit in the strap; and pulling the slack out of the loop.
Claims9
A zip strap tether system comprising:
- a strap comprising a strap body, a first edge, and a second edge;
- a plurality of teeth formed uniformly along an entire length of the first edge of the strap wherein each of the plurality of teeth formed uniformly along the entire length of the first edge of the strap is quadrilateral;
- a plurality of teeth formed uniformly along an entire length of the second edge of the strap wherein each of the plurality of teeth formed uniformly along the entire length of the second edge of the strap is quadrilateral;
- a plurality of slits in the strap, the plurality of slits each comprising an oval-shaped opening wherein each of the plurality of slits is configured on a longitudinal axis of the strap, wherein all of the plurality of slits in the strap are equidistant from one another and co-linear on the longitudinal axis of the strap;
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- a removable chad formed in each of the plurality of slits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.