Cable strap

Claim 2

A cable strap of unitary construction comprising an elongated body of generally rectangular cross section with an enlarged, apertured head connected to one end of said body through which the remote end of the strap is adapted to be threaded to form a loop for holding a wire or plurality of wires, the invention wherein said strap head comprises an imposted arch extending normal to the body of the strap and framing the head aperture at the outer end and at both sides, and an elongated, flexible pawl integrally connected to said body and extending freely into the aperture between the imposts, said pawl spaced from said imposts, an alignment of ratchet teeth incised into one face of the strap adjacent said remote strap end, and an angled tip protruding from the pawl facing the end wall, and wherein said pawl is curvedly joined to said strap, the curvature of said pawl joinder continuing for substantially the extent of said pawl, the pawl being of narrower cross section than the tongue body.

Claim 3

A strap as claimed in claim 1, wherein said imposts are spaced laterally outwardly of said pawl, and said pawl is positioned longitudinally within the extent of the imposts.

Claim 4

A cable strap as claimed in claim 1, wherein said aperture is shaped to conform to the substantially rectangular cross section of said strap with a sliding clearance therebetween on threading of the remote end through the aperture.

Claim 5

A cable strap as claimed in claim 1, wherein said head frames said aperture on at least three sides and said imposts provide means on said fourth side for guiding the remote end of the strap into and through said aperture.

Claim 6

A cable strap of unitary construction comprising an elongated tongue, a head connected to one end of said tongue, there being an opening in said head normal to said tongue, said head comprising enlarged members upstanding from the plane of said tongue and including a remote end wall and sidewalls combinedly framing said opening on three sides, an elongated, flexible pawl angularly extending from an arcuate connection to the tongue, an edge surface tip of said pawl disposed toward said remote wall and yieldably partially covering said opening, partial extension of said sidewalls joined to said tongue at both sides of said pawl and spaced laterally from said pawl, said side extensions spaced from said remote end wall to provide a clearance passage into said opening for at least the width of said tongue, and wherein said pawl is of lesser cross section than the cross section of the tongue, the pawl tapers from its arcuate connection to the tonGue toward the pawl tip, and a beveled surface extends from the pawl tip to the termination of said curved taper.

Claim 7

A cable strap of unitary construction comprising an elongated tongue, a head connected to one end of said tongue, there being an opening in said head normal to said tongue, said head comprising enlarged members upstanding from the plane of said tongue and including a remote end wall and sidewalls combinedly framing said opening on three sides, an elongated, flexible pawl angularly extending from an arcuate connection to the tongue, an edge surface tip of said pawl disposed toward said remote wall and yieldably partially covering said opening, partial extension of said sidewalls joined to said tongue at both sides of said pawl and spaced laterally from said pawl, said side extensions spaced from said remote end wall to provide a clearance passage into said opening for at least the width of said tongue, and wherein said pawl is of lesser cross section than the cross section of the tongue, the pawl tapers from its arcuate connection to the tonGue toward the pawl tip, and a beveled surface extends from the pawl tip to the termination of said curved taper.

Claim 8

A strap as claimed in claim 5, wherein said tongue extends planarly from the head, and spaced therefrom toward the remote end of said tongue is offset from the previously mentioned plane of said tongue.