US 12,012,267 B2
Cable tie arrangement
Federico Cabrele, Piazzola (IT); Waldemar Gaweda, Inowrocław (PL); Lorenzo Altarino, Padua (IT); Simone Brombin, Pontelongo (IT); Michele Lucon, Padua (IT); and Leonardo Pellizaro, Rubano (IT)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/152,319.
Claims priority of application No. 22151064 (EP), filed on Jan. 11, 2022; and application No. 22215853 (EP), filed on Dec. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219729 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 63/00 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable tie arrangement for bundling one or more members, the cable tie arrangement comprising:
a continuous strap having a first planar surface free of any racks; and
a separate locking head defining an opening and having a metal locking element comprising a pair of opposed teeth including a first tooth supported by a first supporting portion extending partially along a length of the first tooth and a second tooth supported by a second supporting portion extending partially along a length of the second tooth,
wherein, in use, the strap comprises a looped section arranged to bundle the one or more members on a first side of the locking head, wherein the looped section has an end section and a supply section extending through the locking head to a second side of the locking head in a first direction,
wherein the opposed teeth are arranged to engage the first planar surface of the end section and the supply section to prevent movement of the end section and the supply section in a second direction opposed to the first direction and to allow movement of the supply section in the first direction, and
wherein the opposed teeth extend towards one another in the opening, to press the end section and the supply section together in the opening.