Wiring clips for securing conductors to a framing member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11451035-B2
Application number	US-202016799081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2020
Priority date	Feb 25, 2019
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

A wiring clip is provided for securing one or more conductors to a stud. The wiring clip can include a support portion configured to engage the one or more wires and an attachment portion that at least partly defines an inner recess that can be configured to receive the stud. The attachment portion can be configured to secure the wiring clip to the stud without the use of separate fasteners, including through selectively engagement of hooks of the attachment portion with open or closed sides of the stud.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiring clip for securing one or more wires to a stud, the stud including an open side with a lip, a closed side with a side wall, and a front wall that extends between the side wall and the lip, the wiring clip comprising:
a wire-support portion configured to engage the one or more wires; and
an attachment portion that at least partly defines an inner recess that is configured to receive the stud, the attachment portion being configured to secure the wiring clip to the stud without the use of separate fasteners;
the attachment portion including:
a connection portion that extends from the wire-support portion;
a first arm that extends from the connection portion;
a second arm that extends opposite the first arm relative to the inner recess; and
a linking portion that extends between the first arm and the second arm and is configured to contact the front wall of the stud;
each of the first and second arms including a stem that includes a contact portion and adjoins the linking portion, a biasing tab that extends from the stem and angles into the inner recess, and a hook that extends from the biasing tab towards the linking portion;
the wiring clip being configured to be installed in first and second orientations, with the linking portion extending across the front wall of the stud:
in the first orientation, the first-arm hook extending into the open side of the stud behind the lip, and the second-arm biasing tab engaging the side wall of the stud to urge at least one of the first arm or the connection portion into engagement with the lip of the stud; and
in the second orientation, the second-arm hook extending into the open side of the stud behind the lip, and the first-arm biasing tab engaging the side wall of the stud to urge the second arm into engagement with the lip of the stud.

2. The wiring clip of claim 1 , wherein the first arm has a plurality of first-arm biasing tabs, each of the first-arm biasing tabs have a hook extending towards the linking portion.

3. The wiring clip of claim 2 , wherein the second arm has a plurality of second-arm biasing tabs, each of the second-arm biasing tabs have a hook extending towards the linking portion.

4. The wiring clip of claim 1 , wherein the connection portion has a plurality of support members extending along the first arm to the linking portion.

5. The wiring clip of claim 4 , wherein the first arm is formed in a cutout of the connection portion, wherein the cutout of the connection portion at least partially defines the plurality of support members.

6. The wiring clip of claim 5 , wherein the first arm is disposed between first and second support members of the plurality of support members, within an opening defined by the cutout.

7. The wiring clip of claim 1 , wherein both the first and second orientations, the linking portion is configured to be seated on the front wall of the stud.

8. The wiring clip of claim 1 , wherein the first arm or the second arm includes a wider portion that forms at least part of the contact portion, adjacent to the linking portion, and a narrower portion from which the biasing tab extend.

9. The wiring clip of claim 8 , wherein each of the first arm and the second arm includes a wider portion that forms at least part of the contact portion, adjacent to the linking portion, and a narrower portion from which the biasing tab extends; and
wherein, when the wiring clip is in the first orientation, the wider portion of the first arm is configured to seat on the lip of the stud and, when the wiring clip is in the second orientation, the wider portion of the second arm is configured to seat on the lip of the stud.

10. A clip for securing one or more conductors to a stud comprising:
a support portion; and
an attachment portion that is integrally formed with the support portion and at least partly defines an inner recess that is configured to receive the stud, to secure the clip to the stud without the use of separate fasteners;
the attachment portion including:
a connection portion extending from the support portion;
a linking portion;
a first arm that extends from the linking portion at least partly along the connection portion, the first arm including a first-arm hook with a free end that extends towards the linking portion within the inner recess; and
a second arm that extends from the linking portion opposite the first arm and includes a second-arm hook with a free end that extends towards the linking portion within the inner recess; and

the attachment portion being configured to engage the stud in first and second orientations, with the first-arm hook extending into an open side of the stud behind a lip of the stud and the second-arm hook engaging a side wall of the stud in the first orientation, and with the second-arm hook extending into the open side of the stud behind the lip and the first-arm hook engaging the side wall of the stud in the second orientation.

11. The clip of claim 10 , wherein the first arm includes two first-arm hooks.

12. The clip of claim 11 , wherein the two first-arm hooks are supported on first-arm biasing tabs that extend into the inner recess.

13. The clip of claim 12 , wherein the second arm includes two second-arm biasing tabs that extend into the inner recess to support two second-arm hooks.

14. The clip of claim 10 , wherein the first-arm hook is supported on a first-arm biasing tab that extends away from a first-arm stem into the inner recess.

15. The clip of claim 14 , wherein the first-arm biasing tab is configured to biasingly engage the side wall of the stud to secure the second arm in engagement with an outer side of the lip of the stud when the attachment portion is in the second orientation.

16. The clip of claim 10 , wherein the first arm includes a first-arm stem that supports the first-arm hook and extends between support members of the connection portion, the support members extending along a first side of the inner recess between the linking portion and the support portion.

17. The clip of claim 16 , wherein the first arm is formed from a cutout of the connection portion; and
wherein the cutout at least partially defines the support members.

18. The clip of claim 10 , further comprising a bendable strap and a locking tab to secure the one or more conductors to the clip.

19. A method of securing one or more wires to a stud using a wiring clip, the method comprising:
inserting a front wall of the stud into an inner recess of the wiring clip by angling the wiring clip relative to the stud to selectively insert either one of a first-arm hook on a first arm of a wiring clip or a second-arm hook on a second arm of the wiring clip past a lip of the stud into an open side of the stud;
urging the wiring clip towards the stud, while maintaining the first-arm hook or the second-arm hook past the lip within the open side of the stud, to:
further move the front wall of the stud into the inner recess; and
engage either one of the second arm or the first arm, respectively, with a side wall of the stud to urge the first arm or the second arm, respectively, into an exterior surface of the lip of the stud and thereby secure the wiring clip to the stud without separate fasteners; and

securing the one or more wires to the wiring clip using a wire-support portion.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
seating a wider portion of the first arm or the second arm on an exterior surface of the lip, with a narrower extension of the first arm or the second a

Assignees

• Erico Int Corp

Inventors

• Kozlowski Daniel A
• Wilson Jeffrey A
• Anderson Scott E

Classifications

• H02G3/0456

  Ladders or other supports · CPC title

• H02G3/263

  Installation, e.g. suspension, of conduit channels or other supports · CPC title

• H02G3/30 Primary

  Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title