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US 9,068,674 B1Granted
Cable, conduit, pipe and wire affixing clip
OwnerPeter G. Mangone, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A conduit clip having a pedestal with a conduit seat portion, a flexible strap extending from the pedestal, a latching section, and a clip section for receiving a fastening device positioned between the conduit seat and the latching section as well as sawteeth along at least a portion of the bottom of the flexible strap, a slot in the latching section to receive the strap and a latch member mounted in the latching section slot for engaging the sawteeth to lock the strap in place.
Claims16
A conduit clip comprising:
- a pedestal having a conduit seat portion, a flexible strap extending from the pedestal at the seat portion and having a bottom surface, a latching section, and a clip affixing section for receiving a fastening device positioned between the conduit seat and the latching section;
- sawteeth along at least a portion of the bottom of the strap;
- a slot in the latching section opening distally from the pedestal to receive the strap;
- and
- a latch member mounted in the latching section slot for engaging the sawteeth to lock the strap in place, the latch member including opposite sides, a distal rear edge, and pivot supports located on the opposite sides adjacent to the rear edge, where the pivot supports are pivotally mounted in the latching section slot, in which the latching section slot is located between spaced latching section slot walls and the latch member includes protuberances spaced from the pivot supports on the opposite sides and the protuberances removably engage side slots in the spaced latching section slot walls.
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A method of making a conduit clip comprising:
- providing a pedestal having a conduit seat portion, a flexible strap extending from the pedestal at the seat portion, a latching section, and an affixing section positioned between the conduit seat and the latching section, as well as sawteeth along at least a portion of the bottom of the flexible strap, a slot in the latching section located between spaced slot walls opening distally from the pedestal to receive the strap and a latch member with pivot supports and protuberances on opposite sides mounted in the latching section slot for engaging the sawteeth to lock the strap in place, where the latching section slot walls include pivot support and protuberance receiving slots closed at their top with crowns;
- positioning the latch member above the latching section slot with its pivot supports and protuberances aligned with the pivot support and protuberance receiving slots;
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- pressing downwardly on a locking member to cause the latching section slot walls to flex outwardly as the pivot supports and protuberances pass the side wall slot crowns which flex outwardly with the latching section slot walls as the pivot supports and protuberances are received in the pivot support and protuberance receiving slots.
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A conduit clip comprising:
- a pedestal having a conduit seat portion, a flexible strap extending from the pedestal at the seat portion, a latching section, and a clip affixing section for receiving a fastening device positioned between the conduit seat and the latching section;
- sawteeth along at least a portion of a bottom of the flexible strap;
- a slot in the latching section opening distally from the pedestal to receive the strap;
- and
- a latch member mounted in the latching section slot for engaging the sawteeth to lock the strap in place, in which the latch member includes a catch member with a resilient tang for engaging the sawteeth directed generally downwardly and proximally from the bottom surface of the latch member and the tang includes a generally flat proximal end defining a knife edge spaced inwardly from proximal edge of the latch member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.