Safety cap

• US 5,377,388 A
• Filed: 12/27/1993
• Issued: 01/03/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Decor Concepts, Inc. (Commercial Furniture Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Decor Concepts, Inc. (Commercial Furniture Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: DeBever, Bruce J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Application Number:
  US08/173,769
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• Field of Search: 24/16 R, 24/16 PB, 24/633, 24/573.1, 292/318-322, 248/74.3
• US Class Current: 24/16.0PB
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 63/1072 the barb having a plurality of serrations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1498 Plastic band
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/495 Resilient and rigid engaging means

Abstract

A safety cap for a tie of the type employing a tie strap and a tie head where the tie strap extends through a passageway in the tie head. The cap includes a hollow body having flanges across an open side thereof to retain a tie head within the cavity. The ribs are provided along two opposite sidewalls. In the other opposite sidewalls, two ribs extend inwardly to form a tighter fit for the tie head. These ribs define lines of contact which are displaced to either side of a tie head with one lying in a horizontal plane and the other lying in a vertical plane.

Claims

1. A cap for a tie head of substantially rectangular cross section in plan having a top, a bottom and sides, each side having a draft tapering inwardly toward the top, comprising

a hollow body having four side walls, a top wall and an open bottom;

flanges extending inwardly from two opposed first walls of said four side walls partially across said open bottom, said flanges having outer surfaces which are tapered inwardly for facile introduction of the tie head and inner surfaces extending parallel to said open bottom to prevent extraction of the tie head once positioned;

a first rib extending across the inside of one of two opposed second walls of said four side walls adjacent said top wall;

a second rib extending down the inside center of the other of said two opposed second walls of said four side walls from adjacent said top wall, said second rib being tapered to extend further into said hollow body toward said top wall.

2. The cap of claim 1 wherein one or the other of said two opposed second walls of said four side walls includes a notch adjacent said open bottom.

3. A cap for a tie head of substantially rectangular cross section in plan having a top, a bottom and sides, each side having a draft tapering inwardly toward the top, comprising

a hollow body having four side walls, a top wall and an open bottom;

flanges extending inwardly from two opposed first walls of said four side walls partially across said open bottom;

said flanges having outer surfaces which are tapered inwardly for facile introduction of the tie head and inner surfaces extending parallel to said open bottom to prevent extraction of the tie head once positioned;

a first rib extending across the inside of one of two opposed second walls of said four side walls adjacent said top wall and including a first line of contact with the tie head;

a second rib extending down the inside center of the other of said two opposed second walls of said four side walls from adjacent said top wall, said second rib being tapered to extend further into said hollow body toward said top wall and including a second line of contact with the tie head, said first and second lines of contact lying in perpendicular planes, respectively.