Zip tie for one hand use
View Patent ↗A zip tie operable with one hand comprising an elongated member having serrations and a clamshell type head disposed at one end of the elongated member. The clamshell head is configured to receive the elongated member longitudinally inside a channel defined by a first half and a second half of the clamshell type head to form a loop around a bundle of objects when the first half and the second half are open. Engagement of one or more teeth disposed inside the channel with the serrations caused by closing of the first half and the second half prevents movement of the elongated member opposite to a direction in which the elongated member is pulled by a user.
1. A zip tie comprising:
a head comprising a channel defined by a first semicircular recess and a second semicircular recess, said first semicircular recess being disposed on the inside of a first half of said head and said second semicircular recess being disposed on the inside of a second half of said head;
one or more male locks disposed on a first half face of said first half and one or more recesses disposed on a second half face of said second half; and
an elongated member extending from said head;
wherein, said channel is configured to receive said elongated member longitudinally and form a loop when said first half and said second half are open and said one or more recesses are configured to receive and mate with said one or more male locks when said first half and said second half are closed thereby locking said channel and preventing loosening of said loop by causing engagement of one or more teeth disposed on said first semicircular recess and on said second semicircular recess with a plurality of serrations disposed over said elongated member.
2. The zip tie as in claim 1 , wherein said elongated member has a generally round cross section body.
3. The zip tie as in claim 1 , wherein said first half and said second half are hinged to each other at a hinge point where said first half and said second half abut.
4. The zip tie as in claim 1 , wherein a pull tab configured to be graspable by a user's fingers is disposed at a free end of said elongated member.