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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Klein Tools, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Daniel Wollin, Northbrook, IL (US);
John Gibbons, Palatine, IL (US);
Klein Tools, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
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 D, a second plurality of the notch pairs is spaced from each other by a second distance Dthat is less than the distance D, 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 D