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Seat cover member with cable tie closure

  • US 5,326,151 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1992
  • Issued: 07/05/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cover member for an article having a protuberance extending therefrom comprising:

  • one or more pieces of a sheet material joined together to form an envelope having a peripheral edge at an open end through which said article is inserted into said envelope with said protuberance extending from said envelope through said open end; and

    means for closing said open end around said article and said protuberance with said protuberance extending through said open end, said closing means including a channel along a portion of said peripheral edge having first and second ends, a closure strap within said channel having an elongated body portion and first and second ends extending from the ends of said channel, said closure strap being tightly wrapped around said protuberance, said strap having a receptacle at said first end with a passage therethrough and a flexible locking tab extending into said passage and said strap body portion having a plurality of teeth transverse to the length of said body portion for engagement with said flexible tab when said body is inserted into said passage to hold said body portion in said housing forming a closed loop of desired length whereby said portion of said peripheral edge is drawn tightly around said protuberance.

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