US 12,439,981 B2
Zip strap tether
Patrick Rome, El Paso, TX (US); and Elizabeth S. Rome, El Paso, TX (US)
Assigned to API FABCUTS, LLC, El Paso, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/007,630
Filed by API FABCUTS, LLC, El Paso, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/035309
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/247617, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,921, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,278, filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,898, filed on Jun. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227226 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 63/10 (2006.01); A41D 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1184 (2013.01) [A41D 13/1107 (2013.01); A41D 13/1161 (2013.01); B65D 63/1018 (2013.01); Y10T 24/141 (2015.01); Y10T 24/1498 (2015.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A zip strap tether system comprising:
a strap comprising a strap body, a first edge, and a second edge;
a plurality of teeth formed uniformly along an entire length of the first edge of the strap wherein each of the plurality of teeth formed uniformly along the entire length of the first edge of the strap is quadrilateral;
a plurality of teeth formed uniformly along an entire length of the second edge of the strap wherein each of the plurality of teeth formed uniformly along the entire length of the second edge of the strap is quadrilateral;
a plurality of slits in the strap, the plurality of slits each comprising an oval-shaped opening wherein each of the plurality of slits is configured on a longitudinal axis of the strap, wherein all of the plurality of slits in the strap are equidistant from one another and co-linear on the longitudinal axis of the strap; and
a removable chad formed in each of the plurality of slits.