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US 5,669,111 AGranted
Cable tie having a strengthened neck area
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorJoseph S. Rohaly
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Abstract
A cable tie having a reduction in occurrences of neck breaks is provided by positioning a knockout impression adjacent the cable tie head and providing strengthening gussets along the strap and extending past the knockout impression area.
Claims3
A cable tie having a strap with a first end and a free end and a locking head secured to the first end of the strap, comprising:
- a knockout impression area positioned on a top side of the strap adjacent the locking head;
- and
- strengthening means provided on the strap and extending along the strap from the locking head such that an end portion of the strengthening means extends past a midpoint of and substantially fully through the knockout impression area for preventing neck breaks caused by stress concentrations in the knockout impression area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.