Restraining device employing bundling ties

A keyless restraint, comprising:

• a securing block for receiving bundling ties, comprising a housing having a first receptacle, a second receptacle, and a bridge connecting said first receptacle and said second receptacle;
• and
• a first bundling tie having a pawl block and a toothed strap attached to said pawl block of said first bundling tie, and a second bundling tie having a pawl block and a toothed strap attached to said pawl block of said second bundling tie,
• wherein said first receptacle is dimensioned and configured to receive said pawl block of said first bundling tie, and has a first slot and a second slot disposed such that said toothed strap of said first bundling tie may be inserted into said first slot of said first receptacle, through said pawl block of said first bundling tie, and through said second slot of said first receptacle, and said first bundling tie is entrapped by interengagement with said securing block, and
• wherein said second receptacle is dimensioned and configured to receive said pawl block of said second bundling tie, and has a first slot and a second slot disposed such that said toothed strap of said second bundling tie may be inserted into said first slot of said second receptacle, through said pawl block of said second bundling tie, and through said second slot of said second receptacle, and said second bundling tie is entrapped by interengagement with said securing block, wherein said first receptacle and said second receptacle each have a short projection projecting thereinto, and wherein said housing is sufficiently resilient such that each of said projections are resiliently displaced when said pawl block of said bundling tie is inserted into said receptacle, and said projection is located within said receptacle such that said projection entraps said pawl block within said receptacle when said pawl block is fully inserted into said receptacle.

A securing block for a keyless restraint employing conventional bundling ties, comprising a housing having a first receptacle for receiving the pawl block of a bundling tie, a second receptacle for receiving the pawl block of a bundling tie, and a bridge connecting said first receptacle and said second receptacle in spaced apart relation, wherein said first receptacle and said second receptacle each comprise

• a lateral wall defining and partially enclosing a rectangular chamber therein, said lateral wall having a first slot and an opposed second slot disposed to receive and pass the toothed strap of a bundling tie into and through said receptacle, and
• a member interfering with and limiting insertion of a pawl block into said receptacle beyond a predetermined distance assuring that said first slot and said second slot align with the slot of the pawl block of the bundling tie when the pawl block of the bundling tie is fully inserted into said receptacle, wherein said first receptacle and said second receptacle each have a short projection projecting thereinto, and wherein said housing is sufficiently resilient such that each of said projections are resiliently displaced when said pawl block of said bundling tie is inserted into said receptacle, and said projection is located within said receptacle such that said projection entraps said pawl block within said receptacle when said pawl block is fully inserted into said receptacle.