US 12,253,197 B2
Bi-directional buttonhead ties
Ethan Fish, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to HellermannTyton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by HellermannTyton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,836.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/366,760, filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349491 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 3/13 (2006.01); B65D 63/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/13 (2013.01) [B65D 63/1072 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A buttonhead tie comprising:
a tie strap, the tie strap including a first side with a first strap lock portion and a second side with a second strap lock portion; and
a locking head, the locking head including an outer side opposite a panel side, the tie strap extends from the panel side of the locking head, the locking head further including:
a first slot that extends through the locking head from the outer side to the panel side, the first slot configured to receive a portion of the tie strap therethrough;
a second slot that extends through the locking head from the outer side to the panel side, the second slot configured to receive the portion of the tie strap therethrough, the second slot spaced apart from the first slot with the tie strap positioned between the first slot and the second slot;
a first slot lock portion disposed within the first slot, the first slot lock portion configured to engage at least one of the first strap lock portion or the second strap lock portion when the portion of the tie strap is received within the first slot; and
a second slot lock portion disposed within the second slot, the second slot lock portion configured to engage at least one of the first strap lock portion or the second strap lock portion when the portion of the tie strap is received within the second slot.