Clamp for suspending wire

A clamp for suspending a wire that extends between plural elevated locations, with the clamp for receiving the wire that extends to one of the plural elevated locations, the clamp comprising:

• a base comprising a support surface that defines a first boundary of a wire receiving region that receives the extended wire and supports a portion of the wire upon the base at the one of the plural elevated locations;
• a keeper comprising an elastomer lining that defines a second boundary of the wire receiving region;
• and
• means for providing force to at least one of the keeper or the base such that, when the wire is in the receiving region, the elastomer lining:
• is pressed against the wire to provide a static retaining force, as a function of the force, on the wire to retain the wire relative to the clamp, and
• permits sliding of the wire relative to the clamp and along a direction of extent of the wire between the elevated locations when a pulling force on the wire exceeds the static retaining force and remains within a designed slip force range, with a lower limit of the designed slip force range being of lesser value than the static retaining force.