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Device for holding arrangement of oblong objects

Device for holding arrangement of oblong objects description/claims

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention provides a device for holding an assemblage of elongated articles.

2. Description of the Related Art

One device is known from GB 1 242 278 A. The device of the generic kind for holding an elongated assemblage of articles comprises a fastening body to effect fastening to a support part and has a looping strap that stands connected by one end to the fastening body. Also present is a strap receiving part, which via at least one flexible connecting portion is arranged on one side of the fastening body and connected to the fastening body, said looping strap being directly connected to the fastening body in a strap fastening region, and said strap receiving part being on the opposite side of the fastening body from the strap fastening region when the or each connecting portion is in the relaxed state.

Known from U.S. Pat. No. 3,302,913 and DE 93 17 983 U1 are devices for holding an elongated assemblage of articles that comprise a fastening body to effect fastening to a support part. The fastening body is configured at one end with a latching foot that snaps into a recess configured in the support part. Configured on the upper side of the fastening body, i.e. the opposite side from the latching foot, are a looping strap and, via a connecting portion, a strap receiving part, which can be brought into engagement with each other to hold the assemblage of articles against the upper side of the fastening body opposite from the latching foot.

Known from DE 89 11 414 U1 is a device for holding an elongated assemblage of articles that comprises a fastening body to effect fastening to a support part, and a looping strap that stands connected by one end to the fastening body. Also present is a strap receiving part, which, via a rigid connecting portion, is arranged on the other side of the fastening body and connected to the fastening body.

A further device configured as a cable tie is known from EP 0 751 597 A1. In this prior cable tie, a strap receiving part is formed, via a flexible connecting portion, on a fastening body adapted to effect fastening to a support part . One end of a looping strap is attached to the opposite side of the strap receiving part from the connecting portion, and the strap is thereby indirectly connected to the fastening body. The free end of the looping strap can be inserted in the strap receiving part and can be locked in place after being tightened, so as to hold multiple cables, in particular, as an assemblage of articles.

The present invention provides a device for holding an assemblage of elongated articles by means of which the assemblage of articles can be positioned very tightly against the fastening body and which is distinguished by high variability with respect to the number and size of the assemblage of articles to be held.

By virtue of the inventive tethering of the strap receiving part to the fastening body, the article or articles to be held lie against the fastening body when the looping strap is tightened, bending the strap receiving part, in the extreme case, all the way over to the side occupied by the looping strap, said bending-over of the strap receiving part resulting in a broad range of applicability in terms of total enlooped cross section.

The above mentioned and other features and objects of this invention, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and the invention itself will be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 in the region of a fastening body;

FIG. 3 is a section of the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2 in the region of the fastening body;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 to 3 with a looping strap inserted in a strap receiving part and intended for an assemblage of articles having a relatively large total cross section; and

FIG. 5 is a side view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3, with a looping strap inserted in a strap receiving part and intended for an assemblage of articles having a relatively small total cross section.

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