Conduit guide clip
AssigneeWescon Products Company
InventorsMarvin Cox, Anthony F. Beugelsdyk
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Abstract
A conduit guide clip is provided which includes a receiver and a single arm extending therefrom is provided for mounting to a tubular support such as the handlebar of a walk-behind lawn mower. The guide clip further includes a mounting post, which is inserted into a hole in the tubular support. The arm is curved to wrap around and clamp an arcuate inner surface of the receiver against the tubular support after installation. The mounting post is positioned to extend from the arcuate inner surface, and the arm includes a rearwardly swept remote edge and located whereby no portion of the arm is positioned to intersect the longitudinal axis of the mounting post.
Claims15
A conduit guide clip configured to be mounted on a tubular support having a longitudinal axis and a hole extending through the tubular support, said conduit guide clip comprising:
- a receiver having a free edge, a lateral side, and a longitudinally extending passageway extending along a longitudinal axis therethrough from a front end to a rear end of the receiver;
- a mounting post extending from the receiver and oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of the passageway;
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- an arcuate arm extending from said lateral side, said arm having a front edge and a trailing edge transverse to said longitudinal axis of said passageway, and a curvilinear edge remote from said lateral side and oblique to said front and trailing edges and extending therebetween, said trailing edge having a length greater than the length of said front edge, there being an arcuate inner surface defined between said receiver and said remote edge which is configured for substantial mating engagement with the tubular support.
In combination:
- a powered equipment member having a controllable member and a tubular support, the tubular support having a longitudinal axis and a hole oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis;
- a control operatively mounted to the powered equipment member;
- a control cable system including a sheath and a control cable shiftable within the sheath, said control cable having a proximate end operatively connected to the control;
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- a conduit clip comprising
- a receiver having a free edge, a lateral side, and a longitudinally extending passageway extending along a longitudinal axis therethrough from a front end to a rear end of the receiver;
- a mounting post extending from the receiver and oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of the passageway;
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- an arcuate arm extending from said lateral side, said arm having a front edge and a trailing edge transverse to said longitudinal axis of said passageway, and a curvilinear edge remote from said lateral side and oblique to said front and trailing edges and extending therebetween, said trailing edge having a length greater than the length of said front edge, there being an arcuate inner surface defined between said receiver and said remote edge which substantially mates with said tubular support,
- said mounting post positioned in the hole of said tubular support, and said inner arcuate surface in mating contact with said tubular support, said control cable extending through said passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.