Guy wire guard
OwnerWilbur C. Vaughninventor
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Abstract
A guard for protective use over a guy wire of a utility pole or the like is provided as a long tubular body of weather and impact resistant plastic material formed with oppositely disposed longitudinal edge portions that protrude and converge laterally along a slit through which a guy wire can enter the body. The body is secured on the wire by bolts which pass transversely through holes in the body between the wire and the slit and hold the edge portions pressed together. The guard will cushion impacts, and it is difficult to vandalize.
Claims5
A guard for a guy wire or the like, comprising an elongate tubular body of weather and impact resistant plastic material having the form of a long resilient sheet of such material bent about an axis longitudinal thereof to enclose a space for containing a guy wire and having oppositely disposed confronting longitudinal edge portions that protrude in a direction away from said axis to define a substantially radially disposed slit along said body between opposing inner surfaces of said edge portions, said body having in cross-section substantially a tear drop shape, said edge portions being spreadable apart elastically by a pushing of said body against a guy wire between said edge portions, to admit a guy wire into said space, and means comprising sets of holes in opposite wall portions of said body at locations to receive bolts extending across said space between said slit and a guy wire in said space for contracting said opposite wall portions in a direction transverse to said slit to press said edge portions together and hold said body secure upon the guy wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.