USRE22753E - Knotless package tie - Google Patents

Description

y 7, 1946. I. R; TREVlSAN KNOTLESS PACKAGE TIE Origi nal Filed Dec. 11', 1943 HALO RAQMQND 'TREVISAN Reissued May 7, 1946 22,753 ItIlYKG'lTLIESS PACKAGE TIE Italo Raymond Trevisan,

Newark, N. J.

Original No. 2,371,920, dated March 20, 1945,

Serial No. 513,980, cation for reissue No. 617,656

3 Claims.

The present invention relates in general to package for bundle ties and more particularly to a package handle adapted to tighten and secure the package binding in a, knotless tie.

The use of handles secured to package bindings for the purpose of carrying is well known. One of the familiar handles of this type is hooked onto the binding after the latter is tightened and securely tied by a knot.

In unwrapping a package thus bound, it is first necessary to untie, break or cut the binding. This step in the procedure of unwrapping is often tedious and frequently results in injuries such as chafing of the fingers in attempting to.

break the binding, or cutting due to slippage of a knife used in severing it.

It is an object of the present invention to avoid these inconveniences and possible injuries by providing a package handle with means for tightening and securing the binding without tieing a knot therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handle of the character described with means for hooking the binding whereby the package may be supported and carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a handle with means for maintaining the tie securely until it is desired to remove the handle and binding from the package.

The operation of removing the handle and binding from a package thus secured is simple, requiring merely the removal of the handle which simultaneously releases the binding.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a package provided with a handle embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the handle;

Fig. 3 is a plan view taken at 33 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a package and binding to which the handle is about to be applied.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral In designates generally a package handle embodying one form of the present invention.

The handle shown comprises two parts, a wire portion l5 and a wooden or fibrous hand grip l5 threaded onto the wire to protect the hand in carrying. The grip 16 may, of course,

pensed with in some instances, or may form an be dis- December 11, 1943. September 20, 1945, Serial Appliyond the spiral 25 are shaped to integral part of the handle in other embodiments of the invention.

The wire I5 may be a continuous length bent downwardly at l1, l8 adjacent the ends of grip l6 thence upwardly and downwardly in outwardly extending reverse or S-shaped bends i9, 20 to form support or carrying hooks 2|, From these extremities, the wire is bent inwardly in lengths 23, 24 substantially in parallel alignment with the grip and unite in a downwardly formed intertwining spiral gripping post 25.

The spiral shown in the drawing is left-hand, but a right-hand spiral is sometimes desirable. I use the term spiral in its broadest sense throughout this specification and claims. Furthermore, it is to be understood that roughening or corrugating the post 25 for the purpose of gripping the binding is contemplated by the invention. And the mere use of a material for the post which provides a sufficiently high coefiicient of friction between it and the binding would likewise be within the meaning of the term gripping" as used herein, even though the post may be made smooth on its binding-engaging surface.

The two ends of the wire H: which extend beform a pair of oppositely disposed tightening and tying hooks 2B, 21 which take the form of an elongated S as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with the leading points or ends '28, 29 preferably on a slightly lower plane than that of the central portion of the S formation.

Fig. 4 illustrates tying a binding above described the first step in tightening and I2 on a package utilizing the handle 10. The binding is first wrapped around the package, leaving the ends of the binding free. The binding need not be tight before the hooks are inserted under it as shown in Fig. 4 because, after the hooks are thus positioned, turning the handle in the direction indicated by arrows in Fig. 4 and about a vertical axis through the spiral 25 will result in twisting the binding around the spiral which both tightens and ties the binding effectively. The support hooks 2|, 22 are then hooked onto the binding thereby locking the binding in its tightened and tied condition on the spiral and also providing means for carrying the package.

When the load of the package strains at the binding, the strands of the binding surrounding the post or spiral 25 are forced into more intimate contact with each other and with the spiral thereby increasing the frictional engagement between the overlapped portions, of binding on binding and/or binding on post and increasing the security of the tie.

To release tages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

claim:

tie.

ITALO RAYMOND 'I'REVISAN.

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