Cable protector
AssigneeSolar Raceway, LLC
InventorSalvatore Anselmo
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Abstract
A cable protector including a conduit having a top channel having at least one engaging edge and a bottom channel having at least one engaging edge adapted to be removably coupled to the engaging edge of the top channel. The pair of removably coupled engaging edges includes an outer portion having a profile including a projection extending from a step to a tip and an inner portion having a profile including a locking step. When urged against the inner portion, the outer portion is slidingly coupled to the inner portion until the step becomes locked in the locking step to form a cavity within the conduit to accommodate the cables. When pulled from the inner portion, the outer portion is slidingly decoupled from the inner portion after the step becomes dislodged from the locking step to provide access to cables disposed within the cavity.
Claims13
A cable protector for enclosing cables, said cable protector comprising a conduit comprising:
- (a) a top channel (4) having at least one engaging edge;
- (b) a bottom channel (2) having at least one engaging edge adapted to be removably coupled to said at least one engaging edge of said top channel, wherein said pair of removably coupled engaging edges comprises an outer portion having a profile comprising a projection (34) extending from a step (38) to a tip having a cam surface (36) and an inner portion having a profile comprising a locking step (40) and a cam surface (44) and said outer portion is configured such that when urged against said inner portion, said outer portion is slidingly coupled to said inner portion at their cam surfaces (36), (44) until said step (38) becomes locked in said locking step (40) to form a cavity within said conduit to accommodate the cables and when pulled from said inner portion, said outer portion is slidingly decoupled from said inner portion after said step (38) becomes dislodged from said locking step (40) to provide access to the cables disposed within the cavity;
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- (c) a sealing material configured to be disposed between said pair of removably coupled engaging edges configured for removable coupling to provide enhanced sealing between said top and bottom channels (4),(2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.