915 268 wrobel2 969 216 hallsey3 147 523 logan3 214 808 litwin3 302 913 collyer et al3 463 427 fisher3 484 905 eberhardt3 552 696 orenick et al4 183 119 stewart et al4 236 280 kreiseder4 490 886 omata4 705 245 osada4 735 387 hirano et al4 766 651 kobayashi et al______________________________________ retainer 20 thus has a head 22 which may be generally in the form of six sided rectangular block and a tail like strap 24 integrally joined near the upper edge of one end face 26 of block 24 and extending therefrom with its upper side 28 flush with the top face 30 of block 24 and terminating in a curved free end 32 for most of its length strap 24 is provided on its upper face with transversely extending locking teeth 34 which are recessed slightly below the raised side edges 36 and 38 which in wire tie use are adapted to contact the bundle of elongated wires tubes or other members secured in bound relationship by the wire tie strap 24 has a slightly tapered leader portion 40 with transverse raised ribs 42 on its under side which facilitate finger gripping of the free end of the strap in use head 22 has a through opening 44 which extends from the top face 30 to the bottom face 46 of the head fig4 with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to that of strap 24 opening 44 is made rectangular in cross sectional configuration and has a width slightly larger than that of strap 24 and a dimension between its front and rear walls 48 and 50 slightly less than twice that of strap 24 a resilient locking tang 52 is integrally formed in a recessed slot in opening 44.