# US 7,607,369 B2 · Conduit guide clip > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,369 B2 - Document ID: US7607369B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/738,185 - Filed: 2007-04-20 - Published: 2008-10-23 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2007-04-20 - Assignees: Wescon Products Company - Inventors: Marvin Cox; Anthony F. Beugelsdyk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607369B2 ## CPC - G05G 1/04: Controlling members for hand actuation by pivoting movement, e.g. levers - A01D 34/824: {Handle arrangements} - F16C 1/262: {End fittings; Attachment thereof to the sheathing or tube} - A01D 2034/6843: {Control levers on the handle of the mower} - F16C 2310/00: Agricultural machines - Y10T 74/20287: Flexible control element - Y10T 74/20402: Flexible transmitter [e.g., Bowden cable] - Y10T 74/20456: Specific cable or sheath structure - Y10T 74/20462: Specific cable connector or guide - G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) - A01D: HARVESTING; MOWING - F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 1, said arcuate inner surface being oriented substantially parallel to said passageway. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 2, said trailing edge being arcuate and lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the passageway. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 3, wherein said front edge is arcuate and lies in a plane substantially parallel to the trailing edge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 4, wherein said mounting post extends from said arcuate inner surface substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the passageway. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 5, wherein said mounting post includes a rounded nose. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 1, wherein said mounting post is located more proximate the forward end of the receiver than the rear end of the receiver. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 7, wherein said mounting post is located forwardly of a plane extending perpendicular to the passageway along the forward edge of the arm and wherein a longitudinal axis of the mounting post does not intersect the arm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 8, wherein said arm extends circumferentially from said receiver to said remote edge more than 180° from the free edge. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 9, wherein said arm extends circumferentially from said receiver to said remote edge more than 180° from said lateral side. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 1, wherein said receiver front end extends forwardly of the front edge of the arm and the mounting post. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A conduit guide claim as set forth in claim 1, wherein said passageway includes a larger bore proximate the front end and a narrower segment extending rearwardly from the larger bore. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A conduit guide clip as set forth in claim 1, wherein said guide clip is of unitary construction and formed of synthetic resin. ### Claim 14 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; and 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; and 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The combination of claim 14, wherein said longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member.