Snag free cable clamp
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1. A clamp for an electrical cable comprising:
- a first clamping arm having a clamping end and a second end;
a second clamping arm having a clamping end and a second end, pivotally attached to the first clamping arm, said pivotal attachment being intermediate the ends of each of the clamping arms;
spring means disposed in the pivotal attachment for biasing the clamping ends of the clamping arms toward a closed position;
the second clamping arm having the cable attached to the second end of the second cable arm;
the second end of the first clamping arm having an extension, angularly disposed toward the second end of the second arm, said extension having an opening therein for receiving the second end of the second arm therethroughwhereby the cable attached to the clamp is precluded from becoming entangled with the arms of the clamp.
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Abstract
A clamp for an electrical cable, such as a jumper cable utilized to jump start vehicles when the battery is dead. The clamp has a snag-free construction wherein the clamping arm to which the cable is attached extends through a slotted, downwardly projecting extension of the pivotally-attached cooperating arm such that the cable has a clear exit path of the cable. The cooperating arm also presents an angular aspect such that the gripping portion of the arm is closer to the other arm than in conventional clamps, and in the preferred embodiment the gripping portion of the arms are approximately parallel in the plane in which they lie.
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1. A clamp for an electrical cable comprising:
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a first clamping arm having a clamping end and a second end; a second clamping arm having a clamping end and a second end, pivotally attached to the first clamping arm, said pivotal attachment being intermediate the ends of each of the clamping arms; spring means disposed in the pivotal attachment for biasing the clamping ends of the clamping arms toward a closed position; the second clamping arm having the cable attached to the second end of the second cable arm; the second end of the first clamping arm having an extension, angularly disposed toward the second end of the second arm, said extension having an opening therein for receiving the second end of the second arm therethrough whereby the cable attached to the clamp is precluded from becoming entangled with the arms of the clamp. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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