IP Library Granted Patent US 8,806,723
Granted Patent B2
US 8,806,723 · App. 13/196,725 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Tie wrap for bundling objects

Inventors: Daniel J. Martinson (Plymouth, MN); Richard N. Case (Boulder, CO); Bowden Ormsbee (Longmont, CO)
Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,806,723
App. No.
13/196,725
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A twist tie device has an elongated piece of shape-retaining deformable material. A cover covers the shape-retaining deformable material along the length of the elongated piece. The cover has a bond between the elongated piece and the cover. The bond between the cover and the elongated piece is along the entire interior surface of the cover. An outer cover may be bonded to the cover. The outer cover may have a gripping surface and a non-gripping surface. The gripping surface will provide more grip for the twist tie device when it is wrapped around itself, and the gripping surface will provide more grip when it is wrapped around objects.

Claims (5)

1. A holder comprising:

(a) a body;

(b) a cylindrical holder interconnected with the body; and

(c) a tie comprised of an elongated piece of shape-retaining deformable material and a cover covering said shape-retaining deformable material along a length of said elongated piece; said covering and said shape-retaining deformable material being bonded along their length; the tie located in the cylindrical holder; and the cylindrical holder having a first circular cross-section approximately equal to a second circular cross-section of the tie, wherein the cylindrical holder includes an aperture along a length of the cylindrical holder with the aperture more narrow than a width of the tie, such that, when compressed, the tie is movable through the aperture releasing it from the cylindrical holder, wherein a plurality of cylindrical holders are attached to the body, the cylindrical holder being one of the plurality of cylindrical holders.

2. The holder of claim 1 wherein the body includes a connection mechanism for attaching to another object.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2026
From: NITE IZE, INC.
To: NITE IZE, LLC
Reel/Frame 076014/0073 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2011
From: MARTINSON, DANIEL J.; CASE, RICHARD N.; ORMSBEE, BOWDEN
To: NITE IZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 026689/0901 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 12247523 · Oct 8, 2008
Related Publication 20110286217A1 · Nov 24, 2011