Bundling strap security structure
AssigneeEdge Technology
InventorsErnest D. Scott, Gregory W. Scott, Donald L. Tedder
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Abstract
A bundling strap of the type having an apertured head portion with an embedded resilient tongue, to receive and secure a strap therein, an end of the strap being attached to the head portion, and a security cap comprising a four-sided housing surrounding the head portion, and having body segments which when moved relative to each other will fracture apart so as to expose tampering.
Claims5
A combination self-clinching bundling strap and security cap means therefore for bundling bank bags, comprising:
- a self-clinching bundling strap having a head-end portion, a tapered tail-end portion and a body portion therebetween, said head-end portion defining a transverse aperture therethrough, said aperture having an axial center and a resilient semi-rigid tongue having one end portion thereof imbedded in said head-end with its opposite end portion extending into said aperture and across the axial center thereof at an acute angle thereto presenting a line edge transversely of the axial center of said aperture adapted for locking the body portion of said strap against relative reverse movement when looped upon itself and fed through said aperture,
- a security cap means comprised of a four-sided housing means adapted to surround said head-end portion in securing engagement and having body segments which when moved relative to each other will fracture apart so as to expose said head-end to tampering.
The combination of claim 5, further comprising a pin member projecting outwardly from said cap means adapted to penetrate the bank bag being bundled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.