Holder for mounting a cable on a utility pole
First Claim
1. A HOLDER FOR MOUNTING A CABLE ON A UTILITY POLE, COMPRISING A FASTENING MEMBER AND A CLAMPING MEMBER, SAID FASTENING MEMBER INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SHANK HAVING ONE END THEREOF POINTED FOR DRIVING INTO AN ASSOCIATED UTILITY POLE FOR MOUNTING SAID HOLDER THEREON, A GENERALLY U-SHAPED HOOK AT THE OTHER END OF SAID SHANK OPENING TOWARD SAID POINTED END, THE SURFACE ON THE OUTER PORTION OF SAID HOOK DISPOSED THE GREATEST DISTANCE FROM SAID SHANK BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SHANK AND PROVIDING A DRIVE SURFACE FOR DRIVING SAID SHANK INTO THE ASSOCIATED UTILITY POLE, SAID CLAMPING MEMBER BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED AND INCLUDING A FIRST LEG AND A SECOND LEG AND A CONNEDTING PORTION INTERCONNECTING SAID LEGS, THE MAJOR INTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE ASSOCIATED CABLE TO RECEIVE THE CABLE THEREIN AND BETWEEN SAID LEGS, SAID FIRST LEG EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID CONNECTING PORTION A DISTANCE EQUAL TO AT LEAST ABOUT SAID MAJOR INTERNAL DIMENSION, AN EYE ON THE OUTER END OF SAID FIRST LEG RECEIVING SAID SHANK THERETHROUGH, SAID SECOND LEG EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID EYE AND ENGAGING IN SAID HOOK, SAID CONNECTING PORTION BEING BENDABLE AND RESILIENT SO THAT AS SAID SHANK IS DRIVEN INTO AN ASSOCIATED UTILITY POLE WITH A CABLE IN SAID CONNECTING PORTION AND SAID EYE AGAINST THE UTILITY POLE SAID HOOL URGES SAID LEGS TOWARD EACH OTHER TO BEND SAID CONNECTING PORTION ABOUT THE CABLE TO GRIP THE CABLE BETWEEN SAID CONNECTING PORTION AND SAID LEGS.
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1. A HOLDER FOR MOUNTING A CABLE ON A UTILITY POLE, COMPRISING A FASTENING MEMBER AND A CLAMPING MEMBER, SAID FASTENING MEMBER INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SHANK HAVING ONE END THEREOF POINTED FOR DRIVING INTO AN ASSOCIATED UTILITY POLE FOR MOUNTING SAID HOLDER THEREON, A GENERALLY U-SHAPED HOOK AT THE OTHER END OF SAID SHANK OPENING TOWARD SAID POINTED END, THE SURFACE ON THE OUTER PORTION OF SAID HOOK DISPOSED THE GREATEST DISTANCE FROM SAID SHANK BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SHANK AND PROVIDING A DRIVE SURFACE FOR DRIVING SAID SHANK INTO THE ASSOCIATED UTILITY POLE, SAID CLAMPING MEMBER BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED AND INCLUDING A FIRST LEG AND A SECOND LEG AND A CONNEDTING PORTION INTERCONNECTING SAID LEGS, THE MAJOR INTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE ASSOCIATED CABLE TO RECEIVE THE CABLE THEREIN AND BETWEEN SAID LEGS, SAID FIRST LEG EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID CONNECTING PORTION A DISTANCE EQUAL TO AT LEAST ABOUT SAID MAJOR INTERNAL DIMENSION, AN EYE ON THE OUTER END OF SAID FIRST LEG RECEIVING SAID SHANK THERETHROUGH, SAID SECOND LEG EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID EYE AND ENGAGING IN SAID HOOK, SAID CONNECTING PORTION BEING BENDABLE AND RESILIENT SO THAT AS SAID SHANK IS DRIVEN INTO AN ASSOCIATED UTILITY POLE WITH A CABLE IN SAID CONNECTING PORTION AND SAID EYE AGAINST THE UTILITY POLE SAID HOOL URGES SAID LEGS TOWARD EACH OTHER TO BEND SAID CONNECTING PORTION ABOUT THE CABLE TO GRIP THE CABLE BETWEEN SAID CONNECTING PORTION AND SAID LEGS.
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Current AssigneeCharles O. Larson
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Original AssigneeCharles O. Larson
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InventorsLarson, Charles O.
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Application NumberUS04/376,347Time in Patent Office508 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current248/71CPC Class CodesE04H 17/124 connecting by one or more c...F16B 45/02 Hooks with pivoting or elas...H02G 7/205 Installation of electric ca...
