US 11,884,454 B2
Binder
Satoshi Taguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Hajime Takemura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Max Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/966,301
Filed by MAX CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/001791
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/155863, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-022389 (JP), filed on Feb. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0369436 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 33/16 (2006.01); B65D 33/30 (2006.01); B65B 13/34 (2006.01); B65B 51/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 33/30 (2013.01) [B65B 13/34 (2013.01); B65B 51/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A binding tool comprising:
a pair of leg portions, each of the pair of leg portions including a single tip portion; and
a central portion that is provided between the pair of leg portions, wherein
the binding tool is formed in a horseshoe shape and is capable of binding an object to be bound by bending the pair of leg portions inward, and
the pair of leg portions are offset from each other in a thickness direction before the binding tool binds the object to be bound.