Bag lock and packing means

Claim 1

A FLEXIBLE LOCKING CORD COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STEMS OF ESSENTIALLY EQUAL THICKNESS, A PLURALITY OF KNOBLIKE PORTIONS OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL DIAMETER CONNECTING ADJACENT STEMS, AND AN EYELET MEMBER SECURED TO ONE END OF SAID LOCKING CORD AND PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE LARGE APERTURE THEREIN WITH A SIZE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF EACH OF SAID KNOB-LIKE PORTIONS AND WITH AT LEAST ONE SMALLER APERTURE CONTIGUOUS TO SAID LARGE APERTURE OF A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF EACH OF SAID STEMS, EACH OF SAID KNOB-LIKE PORTIONS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SIDE SURFACE FACING SAID ONE END OF SAID LOCKING CORD, EACH FLAT SIDE SURFACE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE ADJACENT STEM, THE OTHER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID KNOB-LIKE PORTIONS BEING BEVELED SO AS TO PERMIT AN EASY PASSAGE OF SAID KNOB-LIKE PORTIONS THROUGH SAID LARGE APERTURE OF SAID EYELET MEMBER WHEN SAID LOCKING CORD IS TIGHTENED, SAID EYELET MEMBER INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED, OPPOSED PROJECTIONS DEFINING A CONNECTING PASSAGE BETWEEN A LARGE APERTURE AND A CONTIGUOUS SMALLER APERTURE, SAID EYELET MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE PORTION ADJACENT SAID SMALLER APERTURE, SAID CONNECTING PASSAGE HAVING A MINIMUM WIDTH SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF EACH OF SAID STEMS, SAID EYELET MEMBER CONSISTING OF A MATERIAL PERMITTING IT TO YIELD RESILIENTLY WHEN UNDER PRESSURE SO THAT, WITH ONE END OF SAID LOCKING CORD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID LARGE APERTURE OF SAID EYELET MEMBER, ONE OF SAID STEMS MAY BE PASSED FROM SAID LARGE APERTURE BETWEEN SAID PROJECTIONS INTO SAID SMALLER APERTURE BY RESILIENTLY DEFORMING SAID PROJECTIONS, THUS RETAINING SAID ONE STEM WITH THE FLAT SIDE SURFACE OF AN ADJACENT KNOB-LIKE PORTION ABUTTING AGAINST SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE PORTION OF SAID EYELET MEMBER.