Unitary bundling straps

Claim 1

A UNITARY PLASTIC BUNDLING STRAP ADAPTED TO BE LOOPED UPON ITSELF IN ADJUSTABLE SELF-LOCKING RELATION COMPRISING A TAIL-END PORTION, A BODY PORTION, AN ENLARGED HEAD-END PORTION HAVING A RECTANGULAR OPENING THEREIN, A PAIR OF RIGID WEDGE-LIKE MEMBERS INTEGRAL WITH SAID HEAD-END PORTION AND DISPOSED OPPOSITELY OF EACH OTHER AND WITHIN SAID OPENING, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING ONE SIDE EDGE IN A COMMON PLANE RUNNING TRANSVERSE TO THE OPENING, A FLEXIBLE PAWL INTEGRAL WITH SAID HEAD-END PORTION AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OPENING IN SPACED DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE RELATION AND CENTRALLY BETWEEN SAID WEDGE-LIKE MEMBERS, AND A ROW OF RATCHET TEETH FORMED ON AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE OPPOSITE FACES OF SAID BODY PORTION IN STAGGERED RELATION, SAID WEDGE-LIKE MEMBERS AND SAID FLEXIBLE PAWL BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE NOT GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE TOOTHED BODY PORTION, WHEREBY THE BODY PORTION IS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED ABOUT A BUNDLE OF ARTICLES BY PASSING THE TAIL-END PORTION THROUGH THE RECTANGULAR OPENING AND DRAWING THE SAME SO THAT THE RATCHET TEETH FREELY PASS BETWEEN THE FLEXIBLE PAWL AND THE WEDGE-LIKE MEMBERS UNTIL THE STRAP IS TAUT, WHEREIN THE OUTER OF SAID WEDGE-LIKE MEMBERS AND THE FLEXIBLE PAWL WILL ENGAGE OPPOSITE RATCHET TEETH ON THE BODY PORTION PREVENTING REARWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID BODY PORTION.