Cable tie style tail with improved grip

Abstract

A bundling tie, disposable restraint, or other such strap fastening device comprising an elongate member having a tail at one end, a head, and a strap body therebetween. The head includes a passage therethrough for receipt of the tail and a system for locking engagement with the strap body. The tail has a hole capable of being shaped to allow an object the size of a human finger cross-section or larger to pass through for the purpose of enhancing grip on the tail such that the fastening devices can be tightly fastened more easily and without regripping. The head and the tail also permit removable holding of the tail in the head prior to locking engagement of the head with the strap body.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A strap fastening device such as a bundling tie or disposable restraint comprising: 
 a. an elongate member having a tail at one end, a head, and a strap body therebetween;    b. said head including a passage therethrough for receipt of said tail and a system for locking engagement with said strap body;    c. said tail having a hole capable of being shaped to allow an object the size of a human finger cross-section or larger to pass through for the purpose of enhancing grip on said tail such that said fastening devices can be tightly fastened more easily and without regripping.    
     
     
         2 . The strap fastening device of  claim 1 , further including a sloped entrance in said head passage in the intended plane of said tail hole to ease insertion of said tail.  
     
     
         3 . The strap fastening device of  claim 1 , further including on said tail outwardly projecting elements in the plane of said hole to provide means for hindering said tail's ability to be removed in direction opposing head and strap body engagement from said head, unless said tail is squeezed along the length and in the plane of said hole thereby shortening the effective girth of said head in the plane of said hole.  
     
     
         4 . The strap fastening device of  claim 1 , further including on said tail a region of enlarged girth in the plane of said hole to provide means for hindering said tail's ability to be removed from said head due to enhanced friction, unless said tail is squeezed along the length and in the plane of said hole thereby shortening the effective girth of said head in the plane of said hole.  
     
     
         5 . A method of using a strap fastening device with a hole in its tail as a means to hang said strap fastening device and anything that said fastening device may be holding.  
     
     
         6 . A method of using a strap fastening device with a hole in its tail as a means use less material in the manufacture of said strap fastening device.