Cable tie

A cable tie adapted to mount to a plate aperture and support a wire bundle laterally remote from said aperture, said cable tie comprising a belt member to be looped about a wire bundle such as a wiring harness and a buckle member connected to one end of said belt member, said buckle member having an entrance side and an exit side, and an insertion opening into which said belt member can be inserted and having an engagement lip projected into said insertion opening, said engagement lip having an engagement projection engageable with teeth formed on said belt member, the improvement in said buckle member comprising:

• a supporting portion integrally formed on said buckle member and extending laterally outward from said entrance side of said buckle member and defining an area for reception of a wire bundle thereon immediately adjacent said buckle member, said supporting portion extending substantially beyond the wire bundle receiving area and being formed with a groove adapted to guide said belt member and having a pair of upper surfaces for support of a received wire bundle;
• a pair of receiving surfaces formed on said buckle member and extending linearly from the upper surfaces of said supporting portion at an obtuse angle;
• an engagement leg formed on a lower surface of said supporting portion for securing said buckle member to an engagement aperture formed on a base plate such as an automobile body, said engagement leg being positioned outward of said wire bundle receiving area with said engagement leg defining an axis laterally spaced from an axis defined by said wire bundle when the wire bundle is clamped by said belt member, said wire bundle, when clamped by said belt member, contacting said upper surfaces of said supporting portion and said receiving surfaces so as to be stably supported on these surfaces and positioned apart from said engagement aperture on said base plate.