Holder band

Claim 1

A HOLDER BAND INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE TONGUE AND A FLEXIBLE BUCKLE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, SAID BUCKLE HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS AND SIDE WALLS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS AND DEFINING A TONGUE PASSAGE THEREWITH, THE BOTTOM WALL HAVING FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS BEING MORE HIGHLY FLEXED THAN THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE BUCKLE AND DEFINING AN APERTURE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS, THE TONGUE HAVING A JUNCTURE OF THE FIRST PORTION AND HAVING A FREE END OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE PASSAGE AND PROJECTING THROUGH THE PASSAGE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS AND HELD IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TOP WALL BY THE FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS, THE BUCKLE TOP WALL AND TONGUE HAVING TEETH INTERENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER, AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS BEING TEMPORARILY DEFORMABLE TRANSVERSELY TO THE PRINCIPAL PLANES OF THE TOP WALL FOR SEPARATION OF SAID TEETH ON THHE TONGUE AWAY FROM TEETH ON THE TOP WALL IN ACCOMMODATION O LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE TONGUE IN THE BUCKLE DURING THE DEFLECTION, SAID TOP WALL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED PART CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE SIDE WALLS AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A NOTCH AT SAID ONE END THEREOF TO PERMIT FLEXING OF SAID PART AT SAID ONE END FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE TONGUE WITHIN THE PASSAGE, SAID PART BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE APERTURE, SAID TONGUE IN SAID PASSAGE BRIDGING SAID APERTURE AND OVERLAYING SAID FIRST AND SECOND HIGHLY FLEXED PORTIONS, SAID ELONGATED PART HAVING THE OTHER END THEREOF FREE AND SLOPING DOWNWARD TOWARD THE FIRST PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WALL IN THE RELAXED POSITION OF THE BUCKLE, SAID PART HAVING A TAB ON ITS TOP SIDE AND THE TEETH OF THE TOP WALL BEING PROVIDED ON ITS UNDERSIDE, SAID PART BEING DEFLECTIBLE OUTWARDLY ABOUT THE NOTCH UPON THE MOVEMENT OF THE TONGUE IN THE TONGUE PASSAGE FOR COMPLEMENTARY INTERLOCKING OF THE TEETH ON THE TONGUE WITH THE TEETH OF THE TOP WALL.