Cable tie support

• US 3,913,876 A
• Filed: 06/10/1974
• Issued: 10/21/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William E. Mcsherry
• Original Assignee: William E. Mcsherry
• Inventors: McSherry, William E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bonck, Rodney H.
• Application Number:
  US05/477,558
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 248/74PB,68R,73,25A,361A 24/16PB,3.5P,73PB,21A
• US Class Current: 248/74.3
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/32 using mounting clamps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/903 Support reinforcement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44248 Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and means for adjusting girth

Abstract

A cable tie support has a base including mounting means for securing the support to a mounting surface and cable tie retaining means for releasably retaining a cable tie. Bridge structure extends from the base over an area of perforation in the base to define a strap head opening and strap retaining opening. An entrance portion of the strap retaining opening is wider than the thickness of the strap portion of the cable tie and narrower than the width of the strap portion. Once the cable tie is positioned in an enlarged portion of the strap retaining opening, the configuration of the entrance portion retards movement of the cable tie in a direction away from the support and prevents inadvertent removal of the cable tie from the support.

Claims

1. A cable tie support comprising a base having mounting means for securing said support to a mounting surface and cable tie retaining means for releasably retaining a cable tie, said cable tie retaining means comprising bridge structure in the form of a pair of spaced uprights extending from said base and defining a strap head opening therebetween, and a lateral projection extending from each of said uprights toward the other of said uprights, each of said projections terminating in an end portion short of said other of said uprights, one of said projections extending a greater distance from its upright than the other said projection extends from its upright, said projections defining a strap retaining opening therebetween, said strap retaining opening having a restricted entrance portion defined by said end portion and an enlarged portion, said entrance portion being wider than the thickness of the strap portion of said cable tie and narrower than the width of said strap portion, said enlarged portion being wider than the width of said strap portion whereby a cable tie is adapted to be positioned in said cable tie retaining means by inserting the strap portion laterally between said projection and the other of said uprights and twisting the strap portion into said enlarged portion while positioning the strap head in said strap head opening.

2. A support as set forth in claim 1 wherein a part of said entrance portion adjacent said enlarged portion is defined by a pair of opposed diverging sidewalls to form a wider opening adjacent the enlarged portion.

3. The cable tie support as defined in claim 1 wherein said base has a front edge, said uprights are in the form of walls extending upwardly from said base at said front edge and rearwardly therefrom to define a channel for positioning the end of a cable tie.

4. The cable tie support as defined in claim 3 wherein a saddle extends between said uprights rearwardly of said strap retaining opening for positioning a bundle of conductors or the like.

5. The cable tie support as defined in claim 4 wherein supporting posts are disposed adjacent said channel and extend from said base to said saddle.

6. The cable tie support as defined in claim 1 wherein said base is perforated with the bridge structure extending over the area of perforation.

7. The cable tie support as defIned in claim 1 wherein structural supporting ribs extend from said uprights along said base.

8. The cable tie support as defined in claim 7 wherein said mounting means comprises mounting holes disposed between said ribs.

9. The cable tie support as defined in claim 6 wherein said mounting means comprises pressure-sensitive adhesive tape secured to the bottom of said base, said adhesive tape and said projection being adapted to limit movement of the strap head when the strap head is positioned in said strap head opening.

10. The cable tie support as defined in claim 1 wherein said strap retaining opening extends laterally toward each of said uprights from said entrance portion.

11. In combination, the cable tie support of claim 3 and a cable tie secured thereto, said cable tie comprising a strap portion and a strap head, said strap head being disposed in said strap head opening, said strap portion being disposed in said enlarged portion of said strap retaining opening, said lateral projection restricting movement of said strap head upwardly from said base and forwardly from said front edge, said walls restricting lateral movement of said strap head.

12. The cable tie support as defined in claim 1 wherein an abutment is disposed adjacent each of said pair of spaced uprights, said abutments extending toward one another to restrict the entrance to said strap head opening.

13. A cable tie support comprising a base having mounting means for securing said support to a mounting surface and cable tie retaining means for releasably retaining a cable tie, said cable tie retaining means comprising bridge structure in the form of a pair of spaced uprights extending from said base and defining a strap head opening therebetween, and a lateral projection extending from one of said uprights toward the other of said uprights, said projection terminating in an end portion short of said other of said uprights, said end portion and said other of said uprights defining a strap retaining opening therebetween, said strap retaining opening having a restricted entrance portion and an enlarged portion, said entrance portion being wider than the thickness of the strap portion of said cable tie and narrower than the width of said strap portion, said enlarged portion being wider than the width of said strap portion whereby a cable tie is adapted to be positioned in said cable tie retaining means by inserting the strap portion laterally between said projection and the other of said uprights and twisting the strap portion into said enlarged portion while positioning the strap head in said strap head opening, an abutment being disposed adjacent each of said pair of spaced uprights, said abutments extending toward one another to restrict the entrance to said strap head opening.

14. A cable tie support comprising a base having mounting means for securing said support to a mounting surface and cable tie retaining means for releasably retaining a cable tie, said cable tie retaining means comprising bridge structure in the form of a pair of spaced uprights extending from said base and defining a strap head opening therebetween, and a lateral projection extending from one of said uprights toward the other of said uprights, said projection terminating in an end portion short of said other of said uprights, said end portion and said other of said uprights defining a strap retaining opening therebetween, said strap retaining opening having a restricted entrance portion and an enlarged portion, said entrance portion being wider than the thickness of the strap portion of said cable tie and narrower than the width of said strap portion, said enlarged portion being wider than the width of said strap portion whereby a cable tie is adapted to be positioned in said cable tie retaining means by inserting the strap portion laterally between said projection and the other of said uprights and twisting the strap portion into said enlarged portion while positioning the strap head in said strap head opening, said base having a front edge, said uprights being in the form of walls extending upwardly from said base at said front edge and rearwardly therefrom to define a channel for positioning the end of a cable tie, a saddle extending between said uprights rearwardly of said strap retaining opening for positioning a bundle of conductors or the like, supporting posts being disposed adjacent said channel and extending from said base to said saddle.