Present disclosure generally relates to fastening devices. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a cable tie for securing components.
BACKGROUND
[2] A variety of structures such as supporting cable ties, straps and clamps are well known in the art and are used in variety of applications for securing objects such as cables, wires, tubings and the like. Known cable ties of conventional construction are

SUMMARY
[5] The one or more shortcomings of the prior art are overcome by the cable tie as claimed, and additional advantages are provided through the provision of the cable tie as claimed in the present disclosure. Additional features and advantages are realized through the techniques of the present disclosure. Other embodiments and aspects of the disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered a part of the claimed disclosure.
[6] In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a cable tie is disclosed. The cable tie includes a first cable tie, which includes a first locking buckle defined at an end of the first cable tie. Further, the cable tie includes a second cable tie removably coupled to the first cable tie. The second cable tie includes a second locking buckle defined at an end of the second cable tie. The configuration of the cable tie aids, in one embodiment, in sub assembling the components. As an example, the first cable tie may wrap around the plurality of wire looms or wire harnesses, securing the plurality of wire harness together, thereby forming a bundle. Such bundle of wire looms or wire harnesses may be then secured to the frame of the vehicle by wrapping the second cable tie around the frame, off the vehicle assembly line. Further, the configuration of the cable tie aids in securing the wire looms or bundle of wire looms with the frame at a distance from the frame, thereby mitigating contact of the wire looms with the frame.
[7] In an embodiment, the first locking buckle is configured to fasten a portion of at least one of the first cable tie and the second cable tie. The second locking buckle is configured to fasten a portion of at least one of the first cable tie and the second cable tie. Fastening the portion of the first cable tie and the second cable tie with the first locking buckle and the second locking buckle, stiffly secures the components together.
[8] In an embodiment, the first cable tie and the second cable tie are perpendicular to each other. This configuration of the cable tie provides flexibility in securing the components which are at an angle to each other, without the cable tie from being twisted.
[9] In an embodiment, the first cable tie extends perpendicular to the first locking buckle and the second cable tie extends perpendicular to the second locking buckle.

[10] In an embodiment, the first cable tie and the second cable tie comprises a top side and a bottom side. At least one of the top side and the bottom side are defined with a plurality crossbars. The first locking buckle includes a cavity and a tongue hingedly disposed in the cavity. The tongue is configured to restrain at least one crossbar of the plurality of crossbars of at least one of the first cable tie and the second cable tie for fastening the corresponding portion of the first cable tie and the second cable tie.
[11] In an embodiment, the second locking buckle includes a first slot and a second slot, which are spaced apart from each other and adjacent to each other. At least one of the first slot and the second slot includes a tongue. The tongue in the at least one of the first slot and the second slot is configured to restrain the least one crossbar of the plurality of crossbars of one of the first cable tie and the second cable tie for fastening the corresponding portion of the first cable tie and the second cable tie.
[12] In an embodiment, the first cable tie passes through one of the first slot and the second slot and is not locked, and the first cable tie passes through one of the first slot and the second slot and is locked.
[13] It is to be understood that the aspects and embodiments of the disclosure described above may be used in any combination with each other. Several of the aspects and embodiments may be combined together to form a further embodiment of the disclosure.
[14] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[15] The novel features and characteristics of the disclosure are set forth in the description. The disclosure itself, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further

objectives, and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. One or more embodiments are now described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals represent like elements and in which:
[16] Figure 1 illustrates an exploded view of a cable tie, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[17] Figure 2 illustrates a schematic view of the cable tie, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[18] Figure 3 illustrates a side view of a frame of a two-wheeler with the cable tie securing the components, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[19] Figure 4 illustrates a side view of components to be secured and the cable tie secured to one of the components, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[20] Figure 5 illustrates magnified view of portion 'A' of Figure 4.
[21] Figure 6 illustrates a side view of the components secured by the cable tie, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[22] Figure 7 illustrates a perspective view of the cable tie wrapping a plurality of wire looms, forming a bundle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[23] Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the drawings are illustrated for simplicity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the drawings may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[24] While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the illustrated figures and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[25] Before describing detailed embodiments, it may be observed that the novelty and inventive step that are in accordance with the present disclosure resides in the cable tie. It is to be noted that a person skilled in the art can be motivated from the present disclosure and modify the various constructions of the cable tie. However, such modification should be construed within the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the drawings are showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having benefit of the description herein.
[26] In the present disclosure, the term "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration." Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
[27] The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusions, such that a device that comprises a list of components does not include only those components but may include other components not expressly listed or inherent to such setup or device. In other words, one or more elements in a system or apparatus proceeded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or apparatus.

[28] The terms like "at least one" and "one or more" may be used interchangeably or in combination throughout the description.
[29] Figures 1 and 2 illustrates an exploded view and a perspective view of a cable tie (100), respectively. The cable tie (100) may be adapted to secure components. In an exemplary example, the components may be tubings, wire harness, cables and the like, which may be used in various applications such as but not limiting to vehicles, construction and the like. As seen in Figure 3, a frame (109) of the vehicle includes a plurality of members forming provisions for securing various components of the vehicle such as engine, seat, ground engaging means and the like. Further, a plurality of wire harness, wire looms, cables are routed on the frame (109), where such wire looms, cables, wire harness are temporarily secured to the frame (109) by the cable tie (100).
[30] The above disclosure provided is for better understanding of the present disclosure. Hereinafter, a cable tie (100) is elucidated. In the corresponding Figures 1, 2 and 4 to 6, only the components necessary for elucidation of the present disclosure may be depicted.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the cable tie (100) may broadly include a first cable tie (101) and a second cable tie (102). The second cable tie (102) may be removably coupled to the first cable tie (101). In an embodiment, the first cable tie (101) may be perpendicular to the second cable tie (102). This configuration provides flexibility in securing the components which are at an angle to each other, without the cable tie from being twisted. Thus, angular components may be secured tightly. As apparent from Figures 1 and 2, the first cable tie (101) may include a first locking buckle (103) which may be defined at an end of the first cable tie (101). Further, the second cable tie (102) may include a second locking buckle (104) which may be defined at an end of the second cable tie (102). In an embodiment, the first locking buckle (103) may include a cavity (105) and tongue (not shown in Figures) hingedly disposed within the cavity (105). The cavity (105) of the first locking buckle (103) may be configured to receive a portion of at least one of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102), and fasten the corresponding portion of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102). Further,

the second locking buckle (104) may include a first slot (106) and a second slot (107). The first slot (106) and the second slot (107) may be spaced apart from each other and may be defined parallel and adjacent to each other. One of the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) may be configured to receive the first cable tie (101) such that that the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) are removably secured to each other.
[31] In an embodiment, one of the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) may include the tongue or both the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) may include the tongue.
[32] In an embodiment, each of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) may be a flexible strap made of but not limiting to a polymeric material.
[33] Further referring to Figures 1 and 2, the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) may include a top side and a bottom side. At least one of the top side and the bottom side may be defined with a plurality of crossbars (not shown in Figures). As an example, the crossbars may be teeth, divots, rungs, cut outs, angled notches, recessed teeth, bumps, raised segments, angled riser, angled catch and the like. In an embodiment, the plurality of crossbars may be defined parallelly to each other or may be defined angularly. Further, upon receiving the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) by at least one of the first locking buckle (103) and the second locking buckle (104), the tongue hingedly disposed in the first locking buckle (103) and the second locking buckle (104), may restrain at least one crossbar of the plurality of crossbars for fastening the corresponding portion of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102).
[34] In the below disclosure, use of the cable tie (100) for secured a wire loom (108) with a frame member (110) in the frame (109) of the vehicle. However, the same cannot be construed as a limitation, since the cable tie (100) can be used to secure other components in different applications.
[35] Referring to Figures 4 to 6, for securing the components, in an illustrated embodiment, the first cable tie (101) is received by the first slot (106) of the second locking buckle (104) for removably coupling the first cable tie (101) and the second cable

tie (102). However, the same cannot be construed as a limitation since, the first cable tie (101) may be received by the second slot (107) of the second locking buckle (104) for removably coupling the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102). That is, the first cable tie (101) may be received by one of the first slot (106) and second slot (107), where the first cable tie (101) is not locked, thereby removably coupling with the second cable tie. In an embodiment, the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) may be rigidly connected to each other, where the first cable tie (101) received by one of the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) may be locked, thereby rigidly coupling with the second cable tie (102). As apparent from Figures 4 and 5, the first cable tie (101) is wrapped around the wire loom (108) of the vehicle. In an embodiment, the first cable tie
(101) may be wrapped around a plurality of wire looms (108) to form a bundle (111) [as
seen in Figure. 7]. Further, a portion of the first cable tie (101) is fastened by the first
locking buckle (103), thereby forming a loop around the wire loom (108). In an
embodiment, the portion of the first cable tie (101) may be fastened by the second slot
(107) in the second locking buckle (104). Upon wrapping the first cable tie (101) to the
wire loom (108), as seen in Figure 6 the second cable tie (102) is wrapped around a
frame member (110) of the vehicle, such that the first cable tie (101) is sandwiched
between the wire loom (108) and the frame member (110). Further, the second cable tie
(102) wrapped around the frame member (110) is fastened by the second slot (107) of the
second locking buckle (104).
[36] In an embodiment, as seen in Figure 7, the first cable tie (101) may wrap around the plurality of wire looms (108), securing the plurality of wire looms (108) together, thereby forming a bundle (111). Such bundle (111) of wire looms may be then secured to the frame member (110) of the frame (109) of the vehicle by wrapping the second cable tie (102) around the frame member (110) [as seen in Figure. 6]. Therefore, the configuration of the cable tie (100) aids in sub assembling the components off the vehicle assembly line. Further, the configuration of the cable tie (100) aids in securing the wire looms (108) or bundle (111) of wire looms (108) with the frame member (110) at a distance from the frame member (110), thereby mitigating contact of the wire looms
(108) with the frame member (110).

[37] Although the wire loom (108) and frame member (110) of the vehicle has been exemplified as components being secured in the embodiment, other components of different application may be secured by the cable tie (100) of the present disclosure.
[38] In addition, although the cable tie (100) having the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) has been exemplified in the embodiment, the cable tie (100) may include more than one two cable ties based on requirement. Further, although the second locking buckle (104) having the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) has been exemplified in the embodiment, the second locking buckle (104) may include more than two slots depending on the requirement. Furthermore, although the first locking buckle (103) having one cavity (105) has been exemplified in the embodiment, the first locking buckle (103) may include more than one cavity (105), based on the requirement.
[39] The various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present disclosure is not limited to the illustrated embodiments; rather, these embodiments are intended to fully and completely disclose the subject matter of the disclosure to those skilled in this art. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements throughout. Thicknesses and dimensions of some components may be exaggerated for clarity.
[40] Herein, the terms "attached", "secured", "interconnected", "contacting", "mounted", "coupled" and the like can mean either direct or indirect attachment or contact between elements, unless stated otherwise.
[41] Well-known functions or constructions may not be described in detail for brevity and/or clarity. As used herein the expression "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
[42] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms

"comprises", "comprising", "includes" and/or "including" when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
[43] While considerable emphasis has been placed herein on the particular features of this disclosure, it will be appreciated that various modifications can be made, and that many changes can be made in the preferred embodiments without departing from the principles of the disclosure. These and other modifications in the nature of the disclosure or the preferred embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein, whereby it is to be distinctly understood that the foregoing descriptive matter is to be interpreted merely as illustrative of the disclosure and not as a limitation.
EQUIVALENTS:
[44] The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained with reference to the non-limiting embodiments in the description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
[45] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those

skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the embodiments as described herein.
[46] Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles and the like that has been included in this specification is solely for the purpose of providing a context for the disclosure. It is not to be taken as an admission that any or all of these matters form a part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the disclosure as it existed anywhere before the priority date of this application.
[47] The numerical values mentioned for the various physical parameters, dimensions or quantities are only approximations and it is envisaged that the values higher/lower than the numerical values assigned to the parameters, dimensions or quantities fall within the scope of the disclosure, unless there is a statement in the specification specific to the contrary.

We Claim:

1. A cable tie (100), comprising:
a first cable tie (101) comprising a first locking buckle (103) defined at an end of the first cable tie (101); and
a second cable tie (102) removably coupled to the first cable tie (101), and comprising a second locking buckle (104) defined at an end of the second cable tie (102).
2. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first locking buckle (103) is configured to fasten a portion of at least one of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102).
3. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second locking buckle (104) is configured to fasten a portion of at least one of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102).
4. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) are perpendicular to each other.
5. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cable tie (101) extends perpendicular to the first locking buckle (103).
6. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second cable tie (102) extends perpendicular to the second locking buckle (104).
7. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) comprises a top side and a bottom side, at least one of the top side and the bottom side are defined with a plurality of crossbars.
8. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claims 1 and 7, wherein the first locking buckle (103) comprises a cavity (105) and a tongue hingedly disposed in the cavity (105), the tongue is configured to restrain at least one crossbar of the plurality of crossbars of the first cable tie (101) for fastening the portion the first cable tie (101).

9. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second locking buckle (104) comprises a first slot (106) and a second slot (107), which are spaced apart from each other.
10. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) are adjacent to each other.
11. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claim 9 wherein at least one of the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) comprises the tongue.
12. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claims 7 and 11, wherein the tongue in at least one of the first slot (106) and second slot (107) is configured to restrain least one crossbar of the plurality of crossbars of at least one of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102) for fastening the portion of the first cable tie (101) and the second cable tie (102).
13. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claims 1 and 9, wherein the first cable tie (101) passes through one of the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) and is not locked.
14. The cable tie (100) as claimed in claims 1 and 9, wherein the first cable tie (101)
passes through one of the first slot (106) and the second slot (107) and is locked.