Binder for lines, rods, or tubes

Claim 1

In a plastic binder for lines, rods or tubes, comprising in combination a binding band of the shape of a substantially planar strip having a free end at one end thereof and a buckle provided at the other end thereof, said buckle provided with a slit substantially perpendicular to said strip for enabling said binding band to be inserted in the direction of said free end thereof via the inlet of said slit and drawn out via the outlet of said slit, said binding band provided on one side thereof in the direction of its length with a plurality of spaced fitting recesses adapted to be brought into unreturnable engagement with a pawl provided inside said slit of the buckle, and said binding band provided intermediate of the length thereof and substantially closer to said buckle than to said free end with an engaging member for attachment to a panel and having a panel engaging portion, said binding band thereby having a relatively short portion interconnecting said buckle and said engaging member and a relatively long portion for encircling said lines, rods or tubes, the improvement wherein said plastic binder further comprises, in the relatively short portion of the band between said engaging member and said buckle, at least one pendant portion spaced from the engaging member adapted so that the lowermost portion thereof before attachment of the band to a panel extends below the plane of said band and falls below the panel engaging portion of said engaging member to engage said panel and thereby to deflect said buckle away from said panel for ready insertion of said free end through said buckle upon engagement of said engaging portion with said panel.