Lashing support spacer tie
AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation
InventorsGerard G. Geiger, Walter Patrick Trautfield
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Abstract
A one-piece lashing support spacer tie for securing two elongate articles or bundles in a parallel, spaced apart relationship is provided with a strap flexibly coupled to a head. The head is provided with a plurality of strap slots and passages through which to receive the strap. One of the strap passages mechanically engages the strap to prevent movement of the strap in at least one direction when in use, such as with a pawl physically engaging one or more serrations or teeth provided on the strap. The other strap slot may mechanically engage the strap in a similar manner, or the other slot may be provided with structure to establish one or more slidable, frictional engagements with the strap when it is inserted therethrough.
Claims24
A one-piece lashing support spacer tie for securing a first elongate object to a second elongate object, said tie comprising:
- an elongated strap having a row of teeth disposed on one longitudinal surface and arranged transversely with respect thereto,
- a head joined to a first end of the elongated strap and having a first wall, a second, opposed wall, a first strap slot, a second strap slot, and a third wall intermediate the first and second strap slots and extending from the first wall to the second wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall are arranged to support the first and second elongate objects respectively in coplanar centered alignment with the third wall;
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- a first pawl opposite the third wall and axed within the second strap slot wherein said elongated strap is deformable in a first loop about the first elongate object as the elongated strap passes through said first strap slot and is deformable in a second loop about the second elongate object and m the elongated strap passes through said second strap slot and wherein said teeth engage said first pawl within the second strap slot;
- wherein the elongated strap has a second strap end bent relative to the one longitudinal surface;
- wherein the head further comprises fourth wall opposite the third wall and extending from the first wall to the second wall, said fourth wall defining an exit opening through which the second strap end exists the head ater engagement of the teeth with the first pawl.
A one-piece lashing support spacer tie for securing a first elongate object to a second elongate object, said tie comprising:
- an elongated strap having a row of teeth disposed on one longitudinal surface and arranged transversely with respect thereto,
- a head joined to a first end of the elongated strap and having a first wall, a second wall, a first strap slot, a second strap slot, and a third wall intermediate first and second strap slots and extending from the first wall to the second wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall are arranged to support the first and second elongate objects respectively in coplanar centered alignment with the third wall;
- a first pawl opposite the third wall and affixed within the first strap slot;
- a second pawl opposite the third wall and affixed within the second strap slot;
- and wherein said elongated strap is deformable in a first loop about the first elongate object, passes through said first strap slot wherein said teeth engage with said first pawl, is deformable in a second loop about the second elongate object and passes through said second strap slot wherein said teeth engage with said second pawl
- wherein the elongated strap has a second strap end bent relative to the one longitudinal surface;
- wherein the head further comprises fourth wall opposite the third wall and extending from the first wall to the second wall, said fourth wall defining an exit opening through which the second strap end exists the head alter engagement of the teeth with the first pawl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.