Easily attachable cable guide

A tool positionable adjacent a relatively sharp edge around which or past a sheathed cable is desired to be routed and wherein an item is disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge, the tool comprising:

• a pair of hand grips;
• a pair of clamping members which are movable toward and away from one another as the hand grips are manually manipulated by a hand of a user for movement of the clamping members between a clamped condition about the item which is disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge and a condition of release;
• vice gripping mechanisms associated with the clamping members enabling the clamping members to be moved relative to one another between said clamped condition at which the clamping members are clamped about the item and said condition of release so that upon clamping the pair of clamping members about the item, the tool remains clamped to the item in a stationary relationship with respect thereto and so that the hand of the user can be removed from the tool, thereby leaving the tool in a clamped condition about the item;
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• a pair of guide members wherein each guide member is attached to a corresponding clamping member of the tool and shaped so that when the clamping members are clamped about the item, the pair of guide members collectively define a substantially enclosed, smooth-surfaced passageway through which the sheathed cable can be routed for preventing the relatively sharp edge from damaging the sheathing of the cable as the cable is routed around or past the relatively sharp edge, and
• wherein each clamping member has a jaw portion which is movable toward and away from the jaw portion of the other clamping member within a plane of movement as the clamping members are moved between the clamped condition and the condition of release, and the substantially enclosed passageway defined by the pair of guide members is disposed entirely to one side of said plane of movement.

A tool positionable adjacent a relatively sharp edge around which or past a sheathed cable is desired to be routed and wherein an item is disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge, the tool comprising:

• a pair of hand grips;
• a pair of clamping members which are movable toward and away from one another as the hand grips are manually manipulated by a hand of a user for movement of the clamping members between a clamped condition about the item which is disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge and a condition of release;
• vice gripping mechanisms associated with the clamping members enabling the clamping members to be moved relative to one another between said clamped condition at which the clamping members are clamped about the item and said condition of release so that upon clamping the pair of clamping members about the item, the tool remains clamped to the item in a stationary relationship with respect thereto and so that the hand of the user can be removed from the tool, thereby leaving the tool in a clamped condition about the item;
• a pair of guide members wherein each guide member is attached to a corresponding clamping member of the tool and having an item-contacting portion which is disposed in such a relationship to the corresponding clamping member to which the guide member is joined so that when the clamping members are clamped about the item, the item-contacting portion of each guide member is disposed between the item and the corresponding clamping member;
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• the guide members are shaped so that when the clamping members are clamped about the item, the pair of guide members collectively define a substantially enclosed, smooth-surfaced passageway through which the sheathed cable can be routed for preventing the relatively sharp edge from damaging the sheathing of the cable as the cable is routed around or past the relatively sharp edge, and
• wherein each guide member is pivotally joined to the corresponding clamping member to accommodate a pivotal movement of the guide member relative to the corresponding clamping member through a limited range.

A tool positionable adjacent a relatively sharp edge around which or past which a sheathed cable is desired to be routed, the tool comprising:

• a pair of clamping members which are manipulable with the hand of a user and adapted to be clamped to an item disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge;
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• vice gripping mechanisms associated with the clamping members enabling the clamping members to be moved relative to one another between a clamped condition at which the clamping members are clamped about the item and a condition of release so that upon clamping the pair of clamping members about the item, the tool remains clamped to the item in a stationary relationship with respect thereto and so that the hand of the user can be removed from the tool, thereby leaving the tool in a clamped condition about the item;
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• at least one guide member which is attached to a clamping member of the tool for providing a relatively smooth surface adjacent the item and which is engagable by the sheathing of the cable as the cable is routed around or past the relatively sharp edge for preventing the relatively sharp edge from damaging the sheathing of the cable as the cable is routed around or past the relatively sharp edge, and
• wherein the at least one guide member is C-shaped in form and the relatively smooth surface provided by the at least one guide member is provided by a surface of the C-shaped form of the at least one guide member.

A tool positionable adjacent a relatively sharp edge around which or past a sheathed cable is desired to be routed and wherein an item is disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge, the tool comprising:

• a pair of hand grips;
• a pair of clamping members which are movable toward and away from one another as the hand grips are manually manipulated by a hand of a user for movement of the clamping members between a clamped condition about the item which is disposed adjacent the relatively sharp edge and a condition of release;
• vice gripping mechanisms associated with the clamping members enabling the clamping members to be moved relative to one another between said clamped condition at which the clamping members are clamped about the item and said condition of release so that upon clamping the pair of clamping members about the item, the tool remains clamped to the item in a stationary relationship with respect thereto and so that the hand of the user can be removed from the tool, thereby leaving the tool in a clamped condition about the item;
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• a pair of guide members wherein each guide member is attached to a corresponding clamping member of the tool and shaped so that when the clamping members are clamped about the item, the pair of guide members collectively define a substantially enclosed, smooth-surfaced passageway through which the sheathed cable can be routed for preventing the relatively sharp edge from damaging the sheathing of the cable as the cable is routed around or past the relatively sharp edge, and
• wherein each guide member of the pair of guide members is releasably attached to a corresponding clamping member to facilitate the replacement of the guide members within the tool.