Closure strap for flexible containers

A self-clinching tamper-proof bundling strap, comprising:

• a head-end portion, a tail-end portion and a generally flat elongated body portion therebetween, said head-end portion defining an H-shaped transverse aperture therethrough;
• locking means associated with said aperture and said body portion for locking the body portion of said strap against relative reverse movement when looped upon itself and fed through said aperture;
• wherein said locking means is comprised of:
• a plurality of teeth members projecting upwardly and outwardly from said head-end portion into said aperture;
• corresponding serrations disposed along opposed side edges of substantially the entirety of said body portion beginning with said head end portion and ending at an indicia receiving means adpated to engage said teeth members in locking engagement against relative reverse movement of said body portion with respect to said head-end portion when said body portion is looped upon itself and fed through said aperture;
• wherein said body portion is sized and shaped to correspond generally with the aperture;
• said body portion having a top surface and a bottom surface corresponding generally to a top surface and a bottom surface of said head-end portion, respectively;
• said side edges being of reduced thickness in profile adjacent said indicia receiving means and extending away from said head-end portion, terminating at said tail-end portion of said strap;
• said indicia receiving means for receiving identification markings thereon comprised of a smooth flat area defined by and extending across the entire top surface of said body portion between said opposed side edges.