Cable slider with symmetric pieces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9728943-B2
Application number	US-201615130177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Aug 17, 2010
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

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. The device includes first and second pieces, each made of structural material, the first and second pieces fitting together at concave and convex surfaces, to form an interlock forms inner surfaces with a through hole of a first shape that can slide along either a cable or a chain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable sliding device, comprising:
first and second pieces, each made of structural material,
said first piece and said second piece having the same shape, and each having a first end and a second end,
said first and second pieces fitting together at an inner surface location, where a first surface of said first piece presses against a second surface of said second piece, and where said first end of said first piece presses against said second end of said second piece,
said inner surface location shaped to interlock the first and second pieces together, and
where an area of the inner surface location forms inner surfaces forming a plus-shaped area, having a first linearly extending surface shaped to hold a chain link facing in a first orientation, and a second linearly extending surface, orthogonal to said first linearly extending surface, and shaped to a different chain link facing in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation,
said first end of said first piece and said second end of said second piece forming a first end portion where said first and second pieces come together forming a first hole that extends through both of said first and second pieces,
said second end of said first piece and said first end of said second piece forming a second end portion, at an opposite end to said first end portion, where said first and second pieces come together and forming a second hole that extends through both of said first and second pieces.

2. A cable sliding device, comprising:
first and second pieces, each made of structural material,
said first piece and said second piece having identical shapes, and each having a first end and a second end,
said first and second pieces fitting together at an inner surface location, where a first surface of said first piece presses against a second surface of said second piece, and where said first end of said first piece presses against said second end of said second piece,
said inner surface location shaped to interlock the first and second pieces together, and
where an area of the inner surface location forms inner surfaces forming a through hole of a first shape,
said first end of said first piece and said second end of said second piece forming a first end portion where said first and second pieces come together forming a first hole that extends through both of said first and second pieces, said second end of said first piece and said first end of said second piece forming a second end portion, at an opposite end to said first end portion, where said first and second pieces come together and forming a second hole that extends through both of said first and second pieces,
where said inner surface location which interlocks the first and second pieces together has multiple curved portions therein which press against each other when interlocked leaving no spaces therebetween other than the space of the inner surfaces forming the through hole, and where identically shaped multiple curved portions are on both said first piece and said second piece.

3. The device as in claim 2 , further comprising a clamp, connected through said second hole on both said first and second pieces, holding said first and second pieces together.

4. The device as in claim 3 , further comprising a removable connection, connected through said first hole on both said first and second pieces, holding said first and second pieces together, said removable connection pivotable relative to said first and second pieces and connected through said first hole.

5. The device as in claim 4 , wherein said removable connection is a carabiner.

6. The device as in claim 2 , further comprising a first fixed structural support attached to said first hole in said first and second piece, connected through said first hole in both said first and second piece, and said first fixed structural support being held between surfaces when connected between said first hole in said first piece and said second piece, and a movable support, connected to said second hole in said first and second piece, and pivotable relative to said second hole in said first and second piece.

7. The device as in claim 2 , wherein said multiple curved portions include a convex portion and a concave portion on each of said first and second pieces.

Assignees

• Production Resource Group Llc
• Production Resource Group Llc

Inventors

• Kempf James

Classifications

• F16B2200/30

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• Y10T24/39

  Cord and rope holders · CPC title

• F16G15/04

  Quickly-detachable chain couplings; Shackles {chain links with rapid junction means are classified according to the corresponding kind of chain} · CPC title

• H02G11/00

  Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts · CPC title

• F16G11/00

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