Reel compartment cover
AssigneeOptical Cable Corporation
InventorsLarry D. Hall, Venkata R. Penumatcha, Nicolas P. Guiffault
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Abstract
A reel compartment cover for preventing trapping of an object includes a plurality of offset, vertically interconnected surfaces with a center opening positioned above and below each other in a larger circular or semicircular opening; wherein the interconnected surfaces spread apart when the object is inserted through the center opening; wherein the interconnected surfaces are constructed from a flexible material that returns to original shape when the object passes through or is removed from the center opening; and wherein the opening formed by the interconnected surfaces is as large as the diameter of the circular or semicircular opening.
Claims8
A reel compartment cover for preventing trapping of an object comprising:
- a plurality of offset, vertically interconnected surfaces with a center opening positioned above and below each other in a larger circular or semicircular opening;
- wherein the interconnected surfaces spread apart when the object is inserted through the center opening;
- wherein the interconnected surfaces are constructed from a flexible material that returns to original shape when the object passes through or is removed from the center opening;
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- wherein the opening formed by the interconnected surfaces is as large as the diameter of the circular or semicircular opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.