Saddle mount
AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation
InventorGerard G. Geiger
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Abstract
A mounting assembly for securing one or more elongated items to a structural member. In one embodiment, the assembly may include a saddle mount device, a button head cable tie and may include one or more conventional cable ties. The saddle mount has at least one primary funnel-shaped aperture and may include additional apertures. The button head cable tie secures or cradles the elongate items to the saddle mount and secures the saddle mount to the structural member. The saddle mount base mates with the structural member. The resulting assembly holds the items in a spaced-apart relationship from the structural member. The conventional cable ties may be used to secure additional items to the saddle mount. Alternate embodiments include an integral or separate mounting member to affix the mounting assembly to the structural member.
Claims10
A mounting assembly for securing an object to a support member, said support member including a first side and a second side and an aperture communicating with each;
- of said sides, said assembly comprising:
- an elongated tie including a strap portion and a headed portion, said strap potion being arranged to be received by the aperture of said support member and further being arranged to circumscribe said object, and said headed portion being arranged to abut said first side of said support member;
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- a saddle mount including an aperture and being interposed between said object and said support member, said saddle mount having a first surface and a second surface, said first surface being arranged for supporting engagement with said object and said second surface being adapted for supporting engagement with said second side of said support member.
A saddle mount device for securing at least one bundled article including a tie strap to a support member, said device arranged to be secured to said support member, said device arranged to be located between said support member and said bundled article, and wherein said device includes a bottom surface and oppositely disposed sidewalls, each sidewall being disposed angularly relative to said bottom surface, and each sidewall being arranged to support a respective one of a pair of said bundled articles, and each of said sidewalls including an inner wall surface defining a through passage for receiving a portion of the tie strap of said respective one of said pair or bundled articles and wherein said device includes a top wall having a top outer arched surface, said top outer surface arranged to support a third bundled article and a transverse passageway arranged to receive a portion of the tie strap of said third bundled article.
A saddle mount device for securing at least one bundled article including a tie strap to a support member, said device arranged to be secured to said support member, said device arranged to be located between said support member and said bundled article, and wherein said support member includes an opening therein and wherein said saddle mount device includes a bottom surface and an integrally formed supporting stud extending from said bottom surface and having series of longitudinally spaced barbs arranged to permit entrance of said stud into said opening of said support member, said barbs being arranged to engage the surface of said opening to resist withdrawal of said stud from said opening and said saddle mount device further including a primary reentrant bore.
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