Rotatable dual spacing clamp tie

• US 6,718,597 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2002
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hellermanntyton Corporation (Aptiv PLC)
• Original Assignee: Hellermanntyton Corporation (Aptiv PLC)
• Inventors: Geiger, Gerard G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Application Number:
  US10/066,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20020104196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 403/52, 403/65, 403/78, 403/79, 248/68.1, 248/74.3, 24/16.R, 24/16.PB, 24/305.P, 243/41, 24D/IG.41
• US Class Current: 24/16.0PB
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2563/108 Appendages formed with/on the strap for purposes other than joining, releasing or bundling, e.g. for fixing the strap to a wall, label plates
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 63/1072 the barb having a plurality of serrations
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/071 the socket being integrally formed with a component to be fasted, e.g. a sheet, plate or strip
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/2334 the barb having a plurality of serrations
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/30 Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1498 Plastic band

Abstract

A dual spacing clamp tie includes a rotatable locking head and two flexible straps extending outwardly in opposite directions from the locking head. The straps are insertable through the locking head to form two, spaced loops that can be used to secure items in spaced, parallel relationship to each other. A pair of releasable pawls in the locking head secures the straps around the items to be secured. An aperture may be provided through the locking head or adjacent the locking head for securing the dual spacing clamp tie to a mounting structure such as a threaded stud. An additional pawl mechanism may be provided within the aperture to secure the clamp tie to the mounting stud. Alternatively, a nut or other fastener may be used to secure the clamp tie to the mounting stud.

Claims

1. A rotatable dual spacing clamp tie comprising:

a bifurcated head including a pair of locking head members, each of said members including a laterally spaced aperture;

means for pivotally and rotatably supporting said pair of head members relative to one another;

a pair of straps each one of said pair extending in opposite directions from a respective one of said pair of head members;

a first pawl mechanism contained within one of said apertures for engaging and retaining one of said straps;

a second pawl mechanism contained within the other of said locking head apertures for engaging and retaining the other of said straps; and

a mounting means for anchoring said dual spacing clamp to a supporting structure.

2. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 1, wherein said mounting means comprises at least one apertured mounting boss integrally formed with one of said bifurcated head members, and arranged to receive a mounting element therethrough.

3. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 2 wherein said mounting boss includes at least one pawl mechanism operable to permit movement of a mounting element in a first direction through said aperture and to resist movement of the mounting element in the opposite direction through the aperture.

4. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 3 wherein said pawl mechanism allows for insertion from one end only.

5. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 4 wherein said at least one pawl mechanism includes at least one triangularly shaped pawl carried at the end of an elongate hinge and disposed within the aperture.

6. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 3 wherein said mounting boss includes a central axis and wherein said pawl mechanism is orientated obliquely relative to the central axis of said mounting boss.

7. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 6 wherein said pawl mechanism includes a distal end point located within the aperture and wherein said pawl mechanism includes an innermost portion proximate to the wall surface defining said aperture.

8. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 6 wherein said pawl mechanism includes a plurality of barbs located within the aperture.

9. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 1 wherein said head members are supported by and rotatable relative to an independently formed disc member.

10. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 9 wherein said disc member includes a centrally located pivot pin and a primary, radially extending, flange portion, and wherein said locking head members each include means for pivotally receiving and attaching said head members to said pivot pin of said disc member.

11. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 10 wherein said means for pivotally receiving and attaching said head members to said pivot pin includes a secondary flange portion radially extending from a distal end of said pivot pin and wherein said locking head members each include a centrally located re-entrant bore having an interior configuration adapted to receive and rotatably engage said secondary flange portion.

12. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 1, wherein one of said bifurcated head members contains an integrally formed pivot member extending laterally therefrom and including a radially extending integral flange proximate to its distal end, and wherein the other of said bifurcated locking members includes a re-entrant bore for substantially conforming to the configuration of said integrally formed pivot member.

13. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 1, wherein one of said bifurcated head members contains an integrally formed pivot member extending laterally therefrom and including a radially extending integral flange proximate to its distal end, and wherein the other of said bifurcated locking members includes a U-shaped channel for receiving said integrally formed pivot member.

14. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 13, wherein the other of said bifurcated locking members further includes a retaining means for retaining said pivot member.

15. The rotatable dual spacing tie clamp of claim 14, wherein said retaining means comprises a cantilevered snap having a head portion, said head portion engaging said pivot member flange.

16. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 1, wherein the first of said bifurcated head members includes an integrally formed pivot pin member extending laterally therefrom and a retaining means proximate to the first head member distal end, and wherein the second of said bifurcated head members includes an integrally formed pivot pin member extending laterally therefrom and a retaining means proximate to the second head member distal end.

17. The rotatable dual spacing clamp tie of claim 16, wherein at least one of said retaining means comprises a C-shaped clamp.

18. The rotatable dual spacing tie clamp of claim 17, wherein at least one of said pivot pin members is supported on each of its ends.

19. A rotatable dual spacing clamp tie comprising:

a bifurcated head including first and second locking head members, each of said members including a laterally spaced aperture;

each of said locking head members including a clip mechanism and a pivot pin, whereby the clip mechanism of the first locking head member is adapted to receive the pivot pin of the second locking head member and the clip mechanism of the second locking head member is adapted to received the pivot pin of the first locking head member;

a pair of straps each one of said pair extending in opposite directions from a respective one of said pair of head members;

a first pawl mechanism contained within one of said apertures for engaging and retaining one of said straps; and

a second pawl mechanism contained within the other of said locking head apertures for engaging and retaining the other of said straps.

20. A rotatable dual spacing clamp tie comprising:

a bifurcated head including first and second locking head members, each of said members including a laterally spaced aperture;

said first locking head member including a flange portion and a radially extending pivot pin;

said second locking head member including a flange portion and channel adapted to receive and retain said pivot pin when said flange portions are substantially adjacent;

a pair of straps each one of said pair extending in opposite directions from a respective one of said pair of head members;

a first pawl mechanism contained within one of said apertures for engaging and retaining one of said straps; and

a second pawl mechanism contained within the other of said locking head apertures for engaging and retaining the other of said straps.