# US 12,113,338 B2 · Flexible wire holder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,338 B2 - Document ID: US12113338B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/865,598 - Filed: 2022-07-15 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-15 - Applicants: Gabriel Caliendo - Inventors: Gabriel Caliendo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113338B2 ## CPC - H02G 1/081: {using pulling means at cable ends, e.g. pulling eyes or anchors} - F16G 11/103: {deforming the cable by bending it around or inserting it into the fastener} - F16G 11/146: {Eyes} - H02G 1/083: {using lines, e.g. needles, rods or tapes} - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - F16G: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR ## Abstract A flexible wire holder for use with a fish tape includes a lead end for attachment to the fish tape. The lead end includes an oblong loop. The flexible wire holder includes a trail end with a fastener that is engageable with an adjacent wire holder and a separate or integral wire sheath. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wire holder for use with a fish tape, the wire holder comprising: a lead end for attachment to the fish tape, the lead end including an oblong loop; a wire sheath positioned along the wire holder; and a trail end including a fastener configured to engage with an adjacent wire holder, wherein the fastener is configured to connect to an adjacent oblong loop, wherein the fastener is integrated with the wire sheath and wherein the fastener is located on a trail end of the wire sheath. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wire holder according to claim 1 wherein the wire sheath comprises a cylindrical tube with an opening on a surface of the wire sheath, wherein the opening on the wire sheath is configured to accept a portion of a wire. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wire holder according to claim 2 wherein the wire sheath comprises a lockable feature on the opening for holding the portion of the wire in the wire sheath. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wire holder according to claim 3 wherein the lockable feature comprises two protrusions from the opening on the surface of the wire sheath. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The wire holder according to claim 3 wherein the lockable feature comprises a sacrificial break piece across the opening on the surface of the wire sheath. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wire holder according to claim 1 wherein the fastener comprises a claw hook. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wire holder according to claim 1, further comprising a length between the lead end and the trail end of the wire holder, wherein the wire sheath is located along the length and separate from the fastener. ### Claim 8 A wire holder comprising: a lead end for attachment to a fish tape to be pulled through a conduit, the lead end including an oblong loop; a trail end of the wire holder and a length between the trail end and the lead end, the trail end including a fastener; and a wire sheath positioned along the length of the wire holder, wherein the wire sheath comprises an opening on a surface of the wire sheath, wherein the fastener is integrated with the wire sheath and wherein the fastener is located on a trail end of the wire sheath. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wire holder according to claim 8 wherein the wire sheath is configured to accept a portion of a wire and to prevent the wire from retracting from the wire sheath. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wire holder according to claim 9 wherein the opening of the wire sheath comprises a backstop protruding laterally across the opening, wherein the backstop engages with the hook of the wire. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The wire holder according to claim 8 further comprising a fastener on the wire sheath, wherein the fastener is configured to accept an oblong loop of another wire holder. ### Claim 12 A wire holder for use with a fish tape, the wire holder comprising: a lead end for attachment to the fish tape, the lead end including an oblong loop; a wire sheath positioned along the wire holder, wherein the wire sheath comprises a cylindrical tube with an opening on a surface of the wire sheath, wherein the opening on the wire sheath is configured to accept a portion of a wire, and wherein the wire sheath comprises a sacrificial break piece on the opening for holding the portion of the wire in the wire sheath; and a trail end including a fastener configured to engage with an adjacent wire holder, wherein the fastener is configured to connect to an adjacent oblong loop. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wire holder according to claim 12, wherein the fastener is integrated with the wire sheath. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wire holder according to claim 13 wherein the fastener is located on a lead end of the wire sheath. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The wire holder according to claim 13 wherein the fastener is located on a trail end of the wire sheath. ### Claim 16 Two or more adjoinable wire holders for use with a fish tape, each wire holder of the two or more adjoinable wire holders comprising: a lead end of at least one of the two or more adjoinable wire holders for attachment to the fish tape, the lead end including an oblong loop; a wire sheath positioned along the wire holder; and a trail end including a fastener configured to engage with an adjacent wire holder, wherein the fastener is configured to connect to an adjacent oblong loop of at least one other of the two or more adjoinable wire holders, wherein the fastener is integrated with the wire sheath and wherein the fastener is located on a trail end of the wire sheath. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The two or more adjoinable wire holders according to claim 16 further comprising a length between the lead end and the trail end of the wire holder, wherein the length allows for a trailing oblong loop of an adjacent wire holder to engage the fastener, wherein multiple oblong loops are configured to connect in a series of two or more wire holders. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The wire holder according to claim 17 wherein the series of wire holders is configured to pass through a conduit, wherein a diameter of each oblong loop of the multiple oblong loops is larger than an inner diameter of the conduit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The two or more adjoinable wire holders according to claim 16 wherein each wire holder is connected with respect to another wire holder via the oblong loop and the fastener, wherein the fish tape is configured to pull the plurality of flexible wire holders through the conduit, and wherein an inner diameter of the conduit is slightly smaller than a diameter of the oblong loop.