Patent Application
20230415969
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The disclosure relates to cable tie device and more particularly pertains to a new cable tie device for reusing a broken cable tie.
The prior art relates to cable tie devices. The prior art relates to a variety of cable tie devices to secure a loop of the cable tie by clasp lock fastening. Known prior art lacks a cable tie device configured to reuse broken cable ties and creating a new loop by clasp lock fastening.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a head being a plastic material. The head has a top surface and a bottom surface. The head has a first surface and a second surface. Furthermore, the head has a rectangular prism shape. An initial opening is positioned proximate to the first surface of the head. The initial opening is configured for nesting a cable tie within. A lock opening is positioned proximate to the second surface of the head. The lock opening has a first wall and a second wall where a protrusion is positioned on the first wall of the lock opening. The protrusion is configured for restraining the cable tie inserted within the lock opening from reverse direction. A middle opening is positioned in a center from the initial opening to the lock opening. The middle opening is configured for nesting a cable tie within.
Furthermore, a method for repurposing the cable tie includes the step of inserting a tip of a cable tie within an initial opening of a top surface of a head before pulling the tip through the initial opening to nest a body of the cable tie within the initial opening. The user folds the cable tie to position the tip facing towards the head with the tip abutting the body of the cable tie. The user inserts the tip of the cable tie within a middle opening of a bottom surface of the head before pulling the tip through the middle opening to nest the body of the cable tie within the middle opening of the head. The user folds the cable tie to position the tip facing towards the head where the body of the cable is nested within both the initial opening and the middle opening. The user inserts the tip of the cable tie within a lock opening of the top opening of the head before pulling the tip of the cable tie through the lock opening to position the body of the cable tie within the lock opening. A protrusion of the lock opening engages with a clasp locking fastener of the cable tie where the protrusion restrains the cable tie from reverse direction. The body of the cable tie forms a loop upon a top surface of the head. An item is secured by being enclosed within the loop prior to fastening by pulling on the tip of the cable tie.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An initial opening 26 is positioned proximate to the first surface 22 of the head 12. The initial opening 26 is an aperture from the top surface to the bottom surface of the head. The initial opening 26 has a rectangular shape and is configured for nesting a cable tie 28 within. Alternately, a lock opening 30 is positioned proximate to the second surface 24 of the head 12. The lock opening 30 is an aperture from the top surface 16 to the bottom surface 18 of the head 12. The lock opening 30 has a rectangular shape, similar to the initial opening 26. The lock opening 30 has a first wall 32 and a second wall 34 wherein a protrusion 36 is positioned on the first wall 32 of the lock opening 30. The protrusion 36 has a plurality of indents 38 configured to engage with a clasp locking fastener 40 of the cable tie 28. The protrusion 36 is configured for restraining the cable tie 28 inserted within the lock opening 30 from reverse direction.
A middle opening 42 is positioned in a center 44 from the initial opening 26 to the lock opening 30. The middle opening 42 is an aperture from the top surface 16 to the bottom surface 18 of the head 12 and has a rectangular shape. The middle opening 42 is identical in size to the initial opening 26. The middle opening 42 is configured for nesting a cable tie 28 within. The positioning of the middle opening 42 and the initial opening 26 relative to each other enables an end 44 of a cable tie 28 to be retained in place by friction when the cable tie 28 is bent from the initial opening 26 to the middle opening 42.
In use, the user inserts a tip 46 of a cable tie 28 within the initial opening 26 of the top surface 16 of the head 12 before pulling the tip 46 through the initial opening 26 to nest the body of the cable tie 34 within the initial opening. 26 The user folds the cable tie 34 to position the tip 46 facing towards the head 12 with the tip 46 abutting the body of the cable tie 28. Subsequently, the user inserts the tip 46 of the cable tie 28 within the middle opening 42 of the bottom surface 18 of the head 12 before pulling the tip 46 through the middle opening 42 to nest the body of the cable tie 28 within the middle opening 42 of the head 12. The user folds the cable tie 28 to position the tip 46 facing towards the head 12 where the body of the cable tie 46 is nested within both the initial opening 26 and the middle opening 42. The user inserts the tip 46 of the cable tie 28 within the lock opening 30 of the top surface 16 of the head 12 before pulling the tip 46 of the cable tie 28 through the lock opening 30 to position the body of the cable tie 34 within the lock opening 30. The protrusion 36 of the lock opening 30 engages with the clasp locking fastener 40 of the cable tie 28 wherein the protrusion 36 restrains the cable tie 28 from reverse direction. The body of the cable tie 28 forms a loop 48 upon the top surface 16 of the head 12. An item 50 is secured to the cable tie 28 by being enclosed within the loop 48 prior to fastening by pulling on the tip 46 of the cable tie 28.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
