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Granted Patent B2
US 10,604,317 · App. 15/444,341 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Reusable tie strap with multiple apertures

Inventors: Erik Vaclav Chmelar (Ann Arbor, MI); Gary Louis Kozminske (Mattawan, MI)
Assignee: Dera Industries, LLC
B65D63/1027B65D2563/103B65D2563/107Y02W30/807Y10T24/141Y10T24/1498
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,604,317
App. No.
15/444,341
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tie strap comprising a first end having a plurality of first apertures adapted to receive a medial region and to couple with a plurality of ribs defined thereon, a hooked or knobbed catch mechanism protruding from a distal portion of the first end, and a plurality of second apertures situated along the medial region adapted to receive the catch mechanism. The second apertures may be further adapted to receive the medial region and to couple with the ribs defined thereon.

Claims (11)

1. A substantially flat tie strap comprising:

a first region defining a first thickness, having a plurality of first apertures each with a first aperture height and a first aperture width, and further having a hooked or knobbed catch mechanism protruding from a distal portion;

an elongated second region defining a second thickness substantially equal to said first aperture height and a second width substantially equal to said first aperture width, having a plurality of ridge pairs each comprising transversely oriented ridges disposed on opposite lateral surfaces wherein the distance between adjacent said ridge pairs is substantially equal to said first thickness, and further having a plurality of second apertures each adapted to receive said catch mechanism; and

a third elongated region defining a third thickness less than said first aperture height.

2. The tie strap of claim 1 wherein each of said second apertures has a second aperture height substantially equal to said first aperture height and a second aperture width substantially equal to said first aperture width.

3. The tie strap of claim 1 further comprising at least one embossed element disposed on at least one lateral surface of said third region.

4. The tie strap of claim 1 comprised substantially of elastomeric material.

5. The tie strap of claim 2 further comprising at least one embossed element disposed on at least one lateral surface of said third region.

6. The tie strap of claim 2 comprised substantially of elastomeric material.

7. The tie strap of claim 3 comprised substantially of elastomeric material.

8. The tie strap of claim 5 comprised substantially of elastomeric material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2017
From: CHMELAR, ERIK VACLAV; KOZMINSKE, GARY LOUIS
To: DERA INDUSTRIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180244447A1 · Aug 30, 2018
Cited By (1)
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