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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1995
Derek Woods, Hazlemere, GB;
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A cable tie comprises a head and a strap of plastic material. The head has a transverse aperture formed therethrough and contains a separately formed barb. The barb has a head engaging portion and a strap engaging portion extending at least partly across the head aperture. The barb includes a flexure region comprising a pair of opposed cut-out portions each located in a edge of the barb to provide a section of reduced width between the cut-out portions. Each cut-out portion provides a shoulder at the side thereof such that after insertion of the barb into the head the plastic material of the head flows over the shoulders of the cut-out portions to anchor the barb in the head.