MODULAR COVER FOR CABLE CONNECTORS AND ACCESSORIES

• US 20110171852A1
• Filed: 01/13/2010
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Checkers Industrial Products LLC
• Original Assignee: Checkers Industrial Products LLC
• Inventors: Henry, Stephen K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,309,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/488
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/161 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/164 Connecting locations formed by flush mounted apparatus

Abstract

A cable connector cover for use with modular cable protectors includes a bottom recess for housing cables and cable connectors. The cable protector cover also has a number of openings to provide access into the bottom recess. These openings are adjacent to the connectors and are aligned with the channels of the cable protectors to allow cables to run from the cable protectors into the recess. The upper portion of the cable connector cover can extend upward to a sufficient height to provide a visual indicator to passersby.

Claims

1. A cable connector cover for use with modular cable protectors having end connectors and channels for carrying cables, said cable connector cover comprising:

a recess in the bottom of the cable connector cover for housing cables and cable connectors;

openings extending through the cable connector cover into the recess, aligned with the channels of the cable protectors for allowing cables to run from the cable protectors into the recess; and

an upper portion extending upward to a sufficient height to provide a visual indicator to passersby.

2. The cable connector cover of claim 1 further comprising connectors adjacent to the openings for removably engaging end connectors of adjacent cable protectors.

3. The cable connector cover of claim 1 wherein the upper portion is cone-shaped.

4. The cable connector cover of claim 1 wherein the upper portion is wall-shaped.

5. The cable connector cover of claim 1 further comprising visual graphics on the upper portion providing information to passersby.

6. The cable connector cover of claim 1 further comprising a connector on the upper portion for removably securing an attachment to the cable connector cover.

7. The cable connector cover of claim 6 wherein the attachment comprises a light.

8. The cable connector cover of claim 6 wherein the attachment comprises a sign.

9. The cable connector cover of claim 6 wherein the attachment comprises an alarm.

10. The cable connector cover of claim 6 wherein the attachment comprises a flexible member for marking a traffic pathway.

11. The cable connector cover of claim 1 further comprising an electrical outlet.

12. A cable connector cover for use with modular cable protectors having end connectors and channels for carrying cables, said cable connector cover comprising:

a bottom recess for housing cables and cable connectors;

connectors on a lower portion of the cable connector cover for removably engaging end connectors of adjacent cable protectors;

openings extending through the lower portion of the cable connector cover into the recess adjacent to the connectors and aligned with the channels of the cable protectors for allowing cables to run from the cable protectors into the recess; and

a shell forming the upper portion of the cable connector cover extending upward to a sufficient height to provide a visual indicator to passersby, said shell extending the bottom recess upward within the upper portion of the cable connector cover.

13. The cable connector cover of claim 12 wherein the upper portion is cone-shaped.

14. The cable connector cover of claim 12 wherein the upper portion has a tapered hollow interior extending the bottom recess upward within the upper portion of the cable connector cover, so that a plurality of cable connector covers can be stacked atop one another.

15. The cable connector cover of claim 12 wherein the upper portion is wall-shaped.

16. The cable connector cover of claim 12 further comprising visual graphics on the upper portion providing information to passersby.

17. The cable connector cover of claim 12 further comprising a connector on the upper portion for removably securing an attachment to the cable connector cover.

18. The cable connector cover of claim 17 wherein the attachment comprises a light.

19. The cable connector cover of claim 17 wherein the attachment comprises a sign.

20. The cable connector cover of claim 17 wherein the attachment comprises a flexible member for marking a traffic pathway.