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US 8,801,324 B2Granted
Cable slider with symmetric pieces
AssigneeProduction Resource Group, LLC
InventorJames Kempf
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Abstract
A device which can slide up and down on a chain or cable, can be loosened to attach to the chain or cable, but does not have any parts that come free when the part is loosened.
Claims17
A device, comprising:
- a first piece made of structural material, having a first tip end with a hole therein near a distal end of the first tip end, said first tip end facing in a first direction, and said first piece having a second tip end facing in a second direction opposite said first direction, said second tip and also having a hole therein near a distal portion, and a position of the hole on the first tip end spaced from said distal end by a first distance, and a position of the hole in said second tip end spaced from said distal end of the second tip end by a second distance, said second distance being the same as said first distance, and said hole in said second tip end being at the same position relative to an end of said tip end as a position of the hole in said second tip end,
- and said first piece also having a first connection area between said first tip end and said second tip end, which forms a structural connection between said first tip end and said second tip and, and a second jutting end, which extends in the same direction as said first connection area, but does not extend all the way to said second tip end, said second jutting end having first inner surfaces that define both a concave surface and a convex surface, and inner surfaces that define a portion of a through hole;
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- further comprising a second piece made of structural material, having a first tip end with a hole therein near a distal portion of the first tip end, said first tip end facing in a first direction, and said second piece having a second tip end facing in a second direction opposite said first direction, said second tip end also having a hole therein near a distal portion, and a position of the hole on the first tip end spaced from said distal end by a first distance, and a position of the hole in said second tip end spaced from said distal end of the second tip end by a second distance, said second distance being the same as said first distance, and said hole in said second tip end being at the same position relative to an end of said tip end as a position of the hole in said second tip end,
- and said second piece also having a first connection area between said first tip end and said second tip end, which forms a structural connection between said first tip end and said second tip and, and a second jutting end, which extends in the same direction as said first connection area, but does not extend all the way to said second tip end, said second jutting end having first inner surfaces that define both a concave surface and a convex surface, and inner surfaces that define another portion of said through hole, where said concave surface of said second piece makes with said convex surface of said first and, and said convex surface of said second piece mates with said concave surface of said first piece, and where said surfaces defining said through hole mate with said surfaces defining said through hole of said first piece, where said first and second piece collectively define a complete through hole.
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A slider device, comprising:
- a first piece made of structural material, having first and second ends, and having holes at said first and second ends,
- a second piece made of structural material, having first and second ends, with said first end of said second piece being adjacent said second end of said first piece, and said second piece having holes at said first and second ends, where said hole on said first end of said first piece matches a location with a hole on said second end of said second piece to form a first hole that extends through both said first and second pieces;
- said first and second pieces including a connection part in said first hole, that allows connection between said first and second pieces and when loosened, allows rotation between said first and second pieces;
- each of said first and second pieces including concave and convex surfaces thereon, and surfaces defining a through hole,
- where said concave surface of said second piece makes with said convex surface of said first piece, and said convex surface of said second piece mates with said concave surface of said first piece, and where said surfaces defining said through holes mate with said surfaces defining said through hole of said first piece, where said first and second piece collectively define a complete through hole.
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