A binding tool includes: a flexible strip-shaped belt; a head connected to a base end of the belt and including a through hole through which the belt wound around an object is inserted; a plurality of ratchet teeth protruding from a front surface of the belt at positions spaced apart in an extension direction; and a plurality of ratchet claws locking the plurality of ratchet teeth inserted through the through hole, wherein the head has, on one side in a width direction, a slit through which the belt can be inserted or removed, and the plurality of ratchet teeth and ratchet claws are inclined such that each of one end portions thereof on the one side in the width direction is on a downstream side of the extension direction as compared with each of the other end portions thereof on the other side in the width direction.

This banding band has a belt-like portion having a plurality of teeth on at least one surface thereof, and a securing portion positioned at one end of the belt-like portion, wherein the securing portion has a through-hole into which the other end of the belt-like portion can be inserted, and at least the belt-like portion comprises an amorphous resin having a glass transition temperature of 180° C. or higher.

An assembly for securing a cord in a selected compact configuration. The assembly can include a first attachment apparatus configured to connect to the cord. An elongate body can extend from the first attachment apparatus. The elongate body can be configured to be positioned to extend at least partially around the cord to at least partially secure the cord in the selected compact configuration. A second attachment apparatus can be positioned along at least a portion of the elongate body. The second attachment apparatus can be configured to connect to the first attachment apparatus to at least partially secure the elongate body at least partially about the cord in the selected compact configuration.

Techniques and apparatuses directed to improved pawl-latching devices are described in this document. The disclosed techniques and apparatuses provide pawl-latching devices with pawls structured to avoid the sinking and warping problems present in some conventional injection molding processes. In aspects, the pawl-latching devices include a pawl having at least one of a pivot member including a notch, a release feature on the pawl spaced apart from the front and sides of the pawl, a recess defined in the top of the pawl, and/or a recess defined in the bottom of the pawl.

A securing device (10) for securing a first object (320) relative to a second object (322) includes a device body (12) that is formed from a material so that the device body (12) exhibits elongation of greater than four hundred percent. The material that forms the device body (12) has (i) an average dielectric strength of greater than 200 volts per mil and less than 700 volts per mil at 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and (ii) an average breakdown voltage of greater than 30,000 volts and less than 60,000 volts at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The device body (12) is also formed from the material so that the device body (12) exhibits a tensile strength of between four thousand five hundred kPa and nine thousand three hundred kPa. The material that forms the device body (12) can include thermoplastic elastomers, and can further include styrene.

A releasable cable tie having a cable tie head, a neck, and a strap body. The cable tie head includes a strap passageway extending from an entrance end at the bottom of the cable tie head to an exit end at the top of the cable tie head. The cable tie head also includes a locking wedge and a release mechanism pivotally connected to the locking wedge. The strap body includes a plurality of teeth on one side of the strap body. The strap body wraps around the cables and extends through the strap passageway engaging the locking wedge to secure cables. When desired, the release mechanism is lifted to disengage the locking wedge from the teeth of the strap body to release the cables.

A cable tie having: a head and tail which releasably engage with each other; an elongated flexible strap extending between the head and the tail; a releasing means; and a locking means; the cable tie arranged such that when in use and when it has been securely fixed to a surface a user is able to move the cable tie between an open configuration, a holding configuration which holds at least one cable and a fastened configuration which fastens at least one cable, the arrangement also being such that when the cable tie is in the fastened configuration the locking means prevents it from moving into the open configuration, the releasing means also enables a user to move the cable tie from the holding or fastened configuration into an open configuration so that a user can add more cables.

A rebar cover includes a shaft having a first end and a bottom end with a central bore therethrough. A bar tie is extended into the central bore through one or more openings in a sidewall of the shaft. When inserted into the central bore, a looped portion of the bar tie may loop around the rebar. The bar tie includes a ratcheting mechanism to secure the rebar to the rebar cover. The ratcheting mechanism includes a release lever to place the ratcheting mechanism in an open position, thereby allowing the bar tie to be loosened and the rebar cover removed from the rebar.

A clip comprising a connecting base including a bolt introduction hole that is configured such that a bolt member formed on an object member is introduced thereinto. The connecting base includes flexible engagement strips formed on an inner surface thereof and having pressing blocks. The pressing blocks respectively include engagement claws formed on proximal end portions of inner surfaces thereof. The engagement claws engage the predetermined portions of thread groove of the bolt member, so that the connecting base is connected to the object member. In a connected condition of the connecting base, when the engagement claws are disengaged from the predetermined portions of the thread groove due to an extraction force, edge portions formed on distal end portions of the inner surfaces of the pressing blocks engage different portions of the thread groove of the bolt member.

A cable tie includes a strip of material having a pair of longitudinally extending sides spaced from each other by a width W. In one form the strip includes a plurality of additional openings that are configured to receive the shank of a fastener. In one form, a plurality of first and second size openings are formed in the strip and spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis. Each of the first size openings have a first length LF parallel to the longitudinal axis and are located in a corresponding one of a first set of wide portions. Each of the second size openings are spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis so that one or more of the second size openings are located between pairs of the first size openings, with each of the second size openings located in a corresponding one of a second set of wide portions and having a length LS parallel to the longitudinal axis that is less than LF In one form, the strip includes a first plurality of notch pairs spaced from each other by a first distance D1, a second plurality of the notch pairs is spaced from each other by a second distance D2 that is less than the distance D1, and a plurality of elongate openings, with each opening located in the strip between two adjacent notch pairs that are spaced by the first distance D1.