Battery post and cable clamp

A battery post and cable clamp intended for securing a conductor cable to a conventional cylindrically configured battery post, the clamp device comprising, in combination:

• a bottom clamp member of electrical conducting material;
• a top clamp member of electrical conducting material;
• means detachably affixing said top clamp member to said bottom clamp member in a hinge-like manner;
• bolt means for adjustably affixing said top clamp member to said bottom clamp member;
• a socket member formed integrally with said bottom clamp member and adapted to receive one end of said conductor cable therein to electrically connect the same to said bottom clamp member;
• said bottom clamp member comprising, in combination:
• a flat bottom edge;
• a first arcuate side edge;
• a second arcuate side edge disposed spaced from said first side edge;
• a flat top edge dispoed adjacentmost said first side edge and extending parallel to said bottom edge;
• an intermediate top edge extending parallel to said bottom side edge and spaced closer thereto than said top edge, said intermediate top edge being of a flat configuration extending outwardly of said second arcuate side edge;
• a lip formed integrally with said intermediate top edge and having a bottom edge extending parallel to said intermediate top edge;
• a bore extending through said lip;
• an arcuate semi-circular exterior surface interconnecting the outermost end of said top edge to the outermost end of said first arcuate side edge;
• a semi-circular recess interconnecting the innermost end of said top edge to the innermost end of said intermediate top edge, the semi-circular recess being of a size and configuration adapted to fit about the cylindrical side walls of a conventional battery post;
• a cylindrical socket forming member having an open front end and a closed back end and cylindrical side walls formed integrally with said bottom edge of said bottom clamp member with said socket having its axis extending parallel thereto and opening out of said open end, said open end being adjacentmost said first arcuate side edge of said bottom clamp member;
• a threaded aperture extending radially through a portion of said cylindrical side walls and opening into said socket;
• and
• a bolt having a threaded shank threadedly received in said threaded aperture with the terminal end of the bolt adapted to pass into said socket for securing one end of said conductor cable in said socket.