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US 9,850,049 B2Granted
Flexible wire tie
AssigneeLagpull Industries, Inc.
InventorsEric Gallup, Dino Kasvikis
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Abstract
A twist tie assembly has a flexible wire tie with an end cap component configured to retain the flexible wire tie in the base. Various embodiments of the end cap component provide means for releasably securing the flexible wire tie to a base or support structure.
Claims14
A twist tie device comprising:
- a base having a hole formed therethrough;
- a flexible wire tie having elongated body sized to pass through the hole formed in the base, wherein the flexible wire tie includes a shape-retaining deformable metal core with a rubber cover or a foam cover;
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- an end cap component disposed on an end of the elongated body, wherein the end cap component is oversized with respect to the hole for supporting the flexible wire tie on the base, wherein the end cap component comprises a resilient cap, the resilient cap capable of collapsing to pass through the hole and expanding to support the flexible wire tie on the base.
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A twist tie device comprising:
- a flexible wire tie having an elongated body;
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- a ring disposed on a first end of the elongated body, the ring having an opening sized to allow a second end of the elongated body to pass through the ring on the first end of the elongated body, wherein the flexible wire tie is configured to lasso around a support structure by passing the second end of the elongated body through the ring on the first end of the elongated body.
A twist tie device comprising:
- a base having a hole formed therethrough;
- a flexible wire tie having elongated body sized to pass through the hole formed in the base, wherein the flexible wire tie includes a shape-retaining deformable metal core with a rubber cover or a foam cover;
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- an end cap component disposed on an end of the elongated body, wherein the end cap component is oversized with respect to the hole for supporting the flexible wire tie on the base, wherein the base includes a slot extending from an edge of the base to the hole, such that the elongated body can pass through the slot to the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.