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Separable cinch fastener

  • US 4,149,540 A
  • Filed: 08/18/1976
  • Issued: 04/17/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A separable fastening device adapted to encompass at least one member in gripped relation which comprises a cinch strap including a main flexible strap portion having on one surface of a first strap section, a plurality of resilient engaging elements upstanding therefrom and on an opposite surface of a second strap section adjacent to the first strap section, a plurality of mating engaging elements upstanding therefrom such that the engaging elements of each surface of said strap sections face in opposite directions, a retaining strap connected to the main strap portion at a first end portion thereof and adapted to be gripped by hand, the second end of said main strap portion being free, relatively rigid means to connect the retaining strap to the main strap portion said connecting means including an opening configured to receive the free end portion of the main strap portion, a barrier member connected to the first end portion of said main strap portion and dimensioned to extend across at least a portion of said opening, the adjacent opposed mating engaging elements of said strap sections being positioned relative to each other such that when the main strap portion is positioned about the member with the free end portion extending through the opening of said retaining means and the engaging elements of the opposed surfaces placed in face-to-face relation, at least retaining said retaining means in a substantially fixed position while applying cinching forces to the free end portion of said main strap portion, will cause the cinch strap to grip the member while substantially simultaneously pressing the surfaces of mating engaging elements of the opposed surfaces together will provide progressively increasing face-to-face engagement of the strap portions to retain the grip thereby applied by said main strap portion, and said barrier member provides a separative layer between the opening of said retaining means and the gripped member.

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