Cable radius anchor for wire mesh basket tray
AssigneeChatsworth Products, Inc.
InventorJoshua James Young
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Abstract
A cable radius anchor for providing cable transition to and from a wire mesh basket tray includes a mounting portion and a drop portion. The mounting portion has an undercut tab at an outer edge thereof for adjoining placement relative to a first wire of the wire mesh basket tray, and the drop portion extends from the mounting portion and is configured to curve away from the mounting portion. The drop portion includes drop ears at each side thereof for adjoining placement relative to at least one additional wire of the wire mesh basket tray that is transverse to the first wire. The drop portion has a width greater than a width of the mounting portion.
Claims17
A cable radius anchor for providing a cable transition path to and from a wire mesh basket tray, comprising:
- (a) a mounting portion having an undercut tab at an outer edge thereof for adjoining placement relative to a first wire of the wire mesh basket tray;
- (b) a drop portion extending from the mounting portion and configured to curve away from the mounting portion, the drop portion having drop ears at each side thereof for adjoining placement relative to at least one additional wire of the wire mesh basket tray that is transverse to the first wire;
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- (c) at least one foldable locking tab for securement of the mounting portion to the wire mesh basket tray;
- (d) wherein the drop portion has a width greater than a width of the mounting portion.
A cable radius anchor for providing a cable transition path to and from a wire mesh basket tray, comprising:
- (a) a mounting portion configured for toolless attachment relative to the wire mesh basket tray;
- (b) a drop portion extending from the mounting portion and configured to curve away from the mounting portion;
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- (c) at least one foldable locking tab for securement of the mounting portion to the wire mesh basket tray.
A method of toollessly installing a cable radius anchor in a wire mesh basket tray comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting a mounting portion of the cable radius anchor through a mesh opening in the wire mesh basket tray such that a drop portion of the cable radius anchor extends beneath the wire mesh basket tray;
- (b) positioning the cable radius anchor to engage an undercut tab of the mounting portion with a first wire of the wire mesh basket tray;
- (c) adjusting at least one locking tab relative to the wire mesh basket tray to secure the cable radius anchor to the wire mesh basket tray;
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- (d) positioning the cable radius anchor to engage drop ears at each side thereof with at least one additional wire of the wire mesh basket tray that is transverse to the first wire.
A method of toollessly installing a cable radius anchor in a wire mesh basket tray comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting a mounting portion of the cable radius anchor through a mesh opening in the wire mesh basket tray such that a drop portion of the cable radius anchor extends beneath the wire mesh basket tray;
- (b) positioning the cable radius anchor to engage an undercut tab of the mounting portion with a first wire of the wire mesh basket tray;
- (c) adjusting at least one locking tab relative to the wire mesh basket tray to secure the cable radius anchor to the wire mesh basket tray;
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- (d) twisting the cable radius anchor to permit positioning of adjacent wires of the wire mesh basket tray within a pair of slots at either side of the drop portion of the cable radius anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.