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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1977
William O McNeel, Houston, TX (US);
Geo Space Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A flexible strap support fastener including a hanger ring having means defining a cavity at an edge thereof and having a first opening and a second opposed aligned opening with at least one wall of the cavity being formed into a ramp, a wedge-shaped locking member adapted to be inserted into the cavity and having a thin end which extends through the second opening, a thick end which extends through the first opening, a sloping surface which engages the ramp surface and a planar surface of a predetermined transverse width having ridges formed across the width thereof pointing toward the first opening, a flexible strip forming an integral unit between the locking member and the ring and a flexible strap having an elongated recessed central area having ridges located on the surface of the recessed area and with one strap end affixed to the ring between the first opening and the second opening with the ridges in the recessed area pointed towards the first opening and the other strap end being adapted to be wrapped around an article and inserted into the second opening and pulled between the locking member and cavity wall, out the first opening, mating the locking member in the recessed central area and unilaterally sliding the teeth in the recessed area of the strap over the teeth of the locking member which lock when the strap is secure around an article.