ELECTRICAL WIRING DUCT WITH MOUNTING CLIP

• US 3,809,799 A
• Filed: 09/28/1972
• Issued: 05/07/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Philip W. Taylor
• Original Assignee: Philip W. Taylor
• Inventors: Taylor, Philip W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Askin, Laramie E.
• Application Number:
  US05/293,048
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• Field of Search: 174/4CC,68C,72A,95,97,101 24/255R,257R,259R,259C 138/106,107 248/73,25A,309,310,316D,223,224,225 317/122
• US Class Current: 174/68.3
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/045 provided with perforations or slots permitting introduction or exit of wires
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/263 Installation, e.g. suspension, of conduit channels or other supports
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44017 with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49876 by snap fit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49885 with coating before or during assembling

Abstract

A U-shaped electrical wiring duct with a base and generally parallel side walls is provided with grooves on the exterior of the side walls near the base. A clip, secured to a wall, comprises a bar portion, spaced tab members extending outwardly from the bar portion, and flanges extending one from each of said tab members respectively. The flanges are adapted to snap into the grooves on the wiring duct and thus grip the base of the duct. The tab members are each spaced from an end of the bar portion to define a projection at each end thereof.

Claims

1. An electrical wiring duct assembly adapted to be attached to a wall, said assembly comprising:

a a generally U-shaped electrical wiring duct having a base and generally parallel side walls;

b a groove on the exterior of each said side wall, each said groove extending longitudinally parallel to and near said base; and

c. a clip adapted to be secured to said wall and comprising;

1 a substantially flat bar portion having a bottom planar surface for engagement with said wall;

2 a pair of spaced apart symmetrically disposed integral tab members extending from the top surface of said bar portion each at a position remote from the end of said bar portion; and

3 an integral flange extending inwardly from each said tab member, said flange having an upper tapered surface for facilitating engagement of said duct between said tab members and being snapped in one of said grooves to grip said duct between said tab members.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein said bar portion is provided with a hole therethrough, said hole being adapted to receive a fastening means for securing said clip to said wall.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein a surface of said clip is provided with an adhesive layer for securing said clip to said wall.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein said clip is made from a resilient, electrically non-conducting thermoplastic material and wherein said bar portion is provided with a hole therethrough, said hole being adapted to receive a screw for fastening said clip to said wall.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 wherein said bar portion is provided with an adhesive on the bottom surface thereof.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein said tab members extend from the top surface of said bar member at a diverging angle one relative to the other.