20130014350 | MULTI-PURPOSE TIE STRIP AND METHOD OF TYING ITEMS TOGETHERAANM LIE; Yoon KaiAACI Hong KongAACO HKAAGP LIE; Yoon Kai Hong Kong HK - A tie strip includes an elongated resilient strip having two longitudinal side members and a plurality of slightly outwardly bent transverse rungs interconnecting the side members and defining a plurality of apertures. A first end of the strip is threaded and squeezed through a selected aperture at an opposite second end of the strip to form a loop. The first and second ends are pulled in opposite directions until a desired loop size is reached where a rung at the selected aperture stretches into a flattened rung, while another rung being squeezed in the selected aperture arches into an arched rung and interlocks with the flattened rung. The second end is pulled in a reversed direction to release the loop. A method of tying items together is also disclosed. | 01-17-2013 |