Bracket device and method
AssigneeAllied Bolt, Inc.
InventorGlen K. Malin
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Abstract
A bracket device to secure a tail wire of a drop wire clamp to a structure including a base having a surface. The bracket device further includes a retention hook having a first end, a second end, and retention region defined between the first end and second end. The first end of the retention hook is coupled to the base surface, and the second end of the retention hook is disposed at a predetermined distance from the base surface to define a gap therebetween having a width. The bracket device further includes a locking nut that is cooperatively coupled to the second end of the retention hook and adapted to move between an unlocked position to permit a wire to enter the retention region and a locked position in which a wire is retained by the retention hook in the retention region by a reduction of the gap width.
Claims20
A bracket device to secure a tail wire of a drop wire clamp to a structure comprising:
- a base having a surface;
- a retention hook having a first end, a second end, and a retention region defined between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the surface and the second end extends upwards away from the first end, wherein the second end is disposed a predetermined distance from the surface to define a gap therebetween having a width;
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- a locking nut cooperatively coupled to the second end of the retention hook and adapted to move between an unlocked position to permit a wire to enter the retention region and a locked position wherein a wire is retained by the retention hook in the retention region by a reduction of the gap width.
A method for securing a tail wire of a drop wire clamp to a structure with a bracket device including a base having a surface, a retention hook having a first end, a second end, and a retention region defined between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the surface and the second end extends upwards away from the first end, wherein the second end is disposed at a predetermined distance from the surface to define a gap having a width therebetween, comprising:
- attaching the bracket device to a structure, and
- cooperatively coupling a locking nut to the second end of the retention hook in an unlocked position;
- inserting a wire having a gauge into the retention region with the locking nut in the unlocked position;
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- transitioning the locking nut from the unlocked position to the locked position to retain the wire in the retention region, wherein the width of the gap is less than the gauge of the wire when the locking nut is in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.