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US 2017/0261018 A1Published application
Locking clamp
AssigneeFormetco, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Gibb, Jonathon Christopher Adams, Brian David Jeffries, Robert Lee Franklin
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AssigneeFormetco, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Gibb, Jonathon Christopher Adams, Brian David Jeffries, Robert Lee Franklin
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A locking clamp for use in a cable system for stretching a sheet across a surface and maintaining it under tension, the locking clamp having a base member defining a first grasping surface; an elongate tongue member rotatively coupled to a first portion of the base member and defining a second grasping surface, and a locking member that is rotatively coupled to a second portion of the base member and that is configured to selectively rotate the tongue member to urge at least a portion of the second grasping surface of the tongue member into engageable contact with the first grasping surface of the base member. The base member of the locking clamp also has a hook configured to removably engage a cable of a tensioning system.
A locking clamp for use in a cable tensioning system having a tensioning cable, the locking clamp comprising:
king clamp of claim 2, wherein the base member of the locking clamp comprises a top elongate armature and a bottom elongate armature, wherein the bottom armature has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and wherein the wherein the bottom armature integrally connected to the top armature at a juncture that is intermediate the proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the bottom armature.
The locking clamp of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of a top surface of the distal end portion of the bottom armature defines a first grasping surface.
The locking clamp of claim 3, wherein the proximal end portion of the base member has a hook shape in cross-section that defines a channel through which a portion of a tensioning cable can pass.
The locking clamp of claim 3, wherein the top armature has a shoulder member that extends from an inward surface of the top armature toward the distal end portion of the bottom armature, and wherein the shoulder member and a portion of the key end define a guide channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.