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US 2007/0177847 A1Published application
Cable clip
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsDennis Krampotich, Thomas Tinucci, John Holman
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Abstract
A cable clip includes a housing defining an open space and outer grooves about the housing for mounting the cable clip into a mounting opening, the inner edge of the housing including trumpet flares around the edges of the ends and side to provide bend radius protection for cables passing through the clip and a gate closing off the open sided space. The gate may be attached to the housing by a living hinge.
Claims13
1-7. (canceled)
A cable clip comprising:
- an outer housing including a first end with an inner portion and an outer portion, a second end with an inner portion and an outer portion, and a side with an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portions of the first end, the second end and the side defining an open sided space;
- the outer portions of the first end and the second end including first and second grooves, respectively, for receiving a first edge and a second edge, respectively, of a mounting opening, the first and second grooves adapted to receive a tab formed in each of the first and second edges of the mounting opening and orient the housing within the mounting opening.
A cable riser comprising:
- a first wall having a front edge, a rear edge, a first side and a second side;
- a second wall generally perpendicular to the first wall having a first edge, a second edge, a first side and a second side, and being connected along the first edge to the rear edge of the first wall;
- a third wall generally perpendicular to the second wall having a first edge, a second edge, a first side and a second side, and the second edge of the third wall being connected to the second edge of the second wall;
- the first side of the first wall, the first side of the second wall and the first side of the third wall cooperating to define a channel;
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- a plurality of cable clips;
- the front edge of the first wall having a plurality of mounting openings adapted to mount the cable clips to organize and hold telecommunications cables and allow the cables to pass into the channel of the cable riser;
- the cable clips including an outer housing with a first end with an inner portion and an outer portion, a second end with an inner portion and an outer portion, and a side with an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portions of the first end, the second end and the side defining an open sided space;
- the outer portions of the first end, the second end and the side of the cable clips having upper and lower grooves, respectively, and the mounting openings in the front edge of the first wall have upper and lower edges, the upper and lower grooves receiving the upper and lower edges, respectively, of the cutout.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.