US 12,304,711 B2
Bi-level metal locking cleat
Rodney G. Rouleau, Manhattan, IL (US); Sahar Ramahi, Palos Hills, IL (US); and Nicholas M. Molenhouse, New Lenox, IL (US)
Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed by Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,670.
Prior Publication US 2025/0115403 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. B65D 63/08 (2006.01); B65D 63/16 (2006.01); F16L 3/233 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 63/16 (2013.01) [B65D 2563/107 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal locking cleat for securing cable bundles, the metal locking cleat comprising:
a housing having a top, a bottom, sides, a front, a back, an upper level, and a lower level;
a tie body positioned in the lower level of the housing;
a metal locking head positioned in the upper level of the housing; and
wherein the upper level of the housing has a head retainment wall along the back of the housing for maintaining the metal locking head in the housing;
whereby the tie body wraps around a cable bundle and through the lower level of the housing, through the upper level of the housing, and through the metal locking head to secure the metal locking cleat.