Cable guide
AssigneeCTB, Inc.
InventorsCurtis Wenger, James R. Kraft
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Abstract
A guide adapted to retain a flexible member can include a body defining an arcuate intermediate portion extending between a first end and a second end. The arcuate intermediate portion can define a generally unshaped cross-section. The intermediate portion can define a throat adapted to slidably capture the flexible member. A mounting aperture can be defined through the first end. At least one finger can be formed on the body. The finger can extend toward the throat and is adapted to retain the flexible member within the throat.
Claims15
A guide adapted to retain a flexible member, the guide comprising:
- a body defining an arcuate intermediate portion having a unshaped cross-section and extending between a first end and a second end, the intermediate portion defining a throat adapted to slidably capture the flexible member;
- a mounting aperture defined through the first end;
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- at least one finger formed on the body and extending toward the throat, the at least one finger adapted to retain the flexible member within the throat.
A guide adapted to retain a flexible member, the guide comprising:
- a body defining a first U-shaped portion laterally offset from a second U-shaped portion, the first and second U-shaped portions cooperating to define a throat adapted to slidably capture the flexible member, wherein first terminal ends of the first and second U-shaped portions terminate at a first planar end of the body and wherein second terminal ends of the first and second U-shaped portions terminate at a second planar end of the body, wherein the first and second planar ends are coplanar;
- a transverse wall extending between the first and second U-shaped portions;
- a mounting aperture defined through the first planar end;
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- at least one finger formed on the body and extending toward the throat, the at least one finger adapted to retain the flexible member within the throat.
A method for securing a portion of a flexible member in a slidable relationship with a mounting surface, the method comprising:
- locating an intermediate portion of the flexible member;
- advancing a guide over the intermediate portion of the flexible member wherein an arcuate intermediate portion of the guide locates partially around the flexible member;
- further advancing the guide until planar surfaces defined at opposite ends of the arcuate intermediate portion locate against the mounting surface;
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- advancing a fastener through a mounting aperture defined in the guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.