Cable band

Claim 1

A one-piece cable band of flexible plastic material comprising a toothed band and a plug-in type socket at its one end, said socket consisting of an elastically deformable frame which is oval shape, a funnel-shaped opening having an interlocking latch projecting into said opening with said opening adapted to receive the tooth band while the interlocking latch engages teeth on said band, the longitudinal axis of said oval opening is substantially longer than the width of the tooth band so that the frame may be compressed in the direction of the longitudinal axis to unlock the tooth band, the wall forming the opening opposite the interlocking latch being relieved throughout its length and intermediate its side extremities by a groove extending substantially parallel with the axis of the opening whereby said frame can be compressed and deformed, said interlocking latch includes a hook-shaped portion integral with the side of the frame facing toward the toothed band and extending obliquely from the end of introduction towards the opposite side of the frame, said interlocking latch further including a pair of skin-like portions connecting the side edges of the interlocking latch with the support side of the frame to provide a resilient spring-like action to said latch, the free end of said latch terminating a predetermined distance from the end of the opening opposite the end of introduction, said predetermined distance being at least equal to the spacing of adjacent teeth on said band.