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Clamping assembly with side entry connection of a clamp unit to a band

  • US 4,887,334 A
  • Filed: 05/08/1989
  • Issued: 12/19/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A clamping assembly, comprising:

  • band means having a longitudinal extent and a lateral extent and having first and second ends, said band means being adapted to be clamped about an object;

    clamping means joined to said band means for use in holding said band means about the object, said clamping means and said band means being joined together by a sidewise movement of at least one of said band means and said clamping means, said clamping means including;

    a body having a length and a width,a leg integral with said body,an interior shelf having a lateral extension and a first surface and a second surface, said interior shelf also having one of a shelf portion and a side operatively formed to said body, and,an exterior shelf having one of a shelf portion and a side operatively formed to said body, said exterior shelf having a width equal to or greater than said lateral extent of said band means whereby said exterior shelf provides a barrier between said band means and the object being clamped; and

    wherein said body, said exterior shelf and said interior shelf are integrally formed from a single piece of material and each of said interior shelf and exterior shelf has a free edge with said free edge of said interior shelf being located adjacent to an inner surface of at least one of said body and said leg at the end of said lateral extension of said interior shelf and said interior shelf free edge being spaced both vertically and horizontally from said free edge of said exterior shelf.

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