Wire ties

Claim 1

IN A WIRE TIE STRIP OF INTERMEDIATE LENGTH FROM WHICH A WIRE TIE OF DETERMINATE LENGTH MAY BE SEVERED COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, (A) AN ELONGATED STRIP OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING A REPETITIVE CONFIGURATION THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND LONGITUDINAL EDGES, (B) NOTCHES DEFINED IN EACH STRIP LONGITUDINAL EDGE FORMED BY SURFACES OBLIQUELY RELATED TO SAID STRIP LONGITUDINAL AXIS, THE OBLIQUE SURFACES OF OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES BEING AXIALLY ALIGNED WHEREBY ARROWHEADSHAPED PORTIONS ARE DEFINED IN SAID STRIP EACH HAVING A NARROW NECK PORTION AND A BASE PORTION, SAID BASE PORTIONS DEFINING SAID STRIP MAXIMUM WIDTH, SAID BASE PORTIONS EACH DEFINING A STRIP ABUTMENT SHOULDER TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED TO THE STRIP AXIS, (C) A LONGITUINALLY EXTENDING SLIT DEFINED IN EACH OF SAID ARROWHEAD-SHAPED PORTIONS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS AND OF A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM STRIP WIDTH AS DEFINED BY SAID BASE PORTIONS, SAID SLIT SECOND END BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE NECK PORTION OF THE ASSOCIATED ARROWHEAD-SHAPED PORTION AND SAID SLIT FIRST END BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE BASE PORTION OF THE ASSOCIATED ARROWHEAD-SHAPED PORTION, AND (C) A CROSS SLIT DEFINED IN EACH OF SAID ARROWHEADSHAPED PORTIONS INTERSECTING THE ASSOCIATED LONGITDINALLY EXTENDING SLIT FIRST END, SAID CROSS SLIT BEING TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED TO SAID STRIP LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND OF A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID NARROW NECK PORTIONS.