US 12,172,811 B2
Flexible fastening strap
Jerry G. Hodsdon, Manchester, NH (US); David D. Cianciolo, Sandown, NH (US); and James L. Tardiff, Manchester, NH (US)
Assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,887.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,023, filed on Jan. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0228137 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 18/00 (2006.01); B65D 63/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 63/10 (2013.01) [A44B 18/0084 (2013.01); Y10T 24/27 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elongated fastening strap, comprising
a length of flexible material with two opposite faces bounded by lateral edges extending along the length of flexible material;
mutually engageable touch fastener elements carried on the faces of the flexible material to releasably fasten overlapping portions of the flexible material together with the fastening strap wrapped about an object;
wherein the length of flexible material has a perimeter shaped to form a head and a tail extending from the head to a distal end opposite the head, the tail having lateral edges defining a nominal width therebetween; and
a grommet of greater thickness than the flexible material and secured to overlay the head on two opposite sides thereof, the head defining, at the grommet, a transverse slot of a length sufficient to receive therethrough the distal end of the tail.