Cable tidy

• US 7,459,636 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2004
• Issued: 12/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: First Major Assets Limited
• Original Assignee: First Major Assets Limited
• Inventors: Conrad, Neville Simeon
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US10/535,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20060102381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,735 Days
• Field of Search: 174/135, 174/21.R, 174/68.1, 174/68.3, 174/72.R, 174/72.A, 174/88.R, 312/223.1, 312/223.2, 312/223.6, 150/106, 150/114, 150120-122, 108/26, 108/50.11, 108/25, 383/66, 206/37, 224/584
• US Class Current: 174/135
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/30 Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings

Abstract

A cable tidy, including a rigid support member, carrying a cable retaining net which allows air to flow past the cable in order that heat dissipates quickly.

Claims

1. A receptacle for an associated electrical cable comprising a substantially rigid stand member carrying a flexible cable retaining member which is so formed as to resiliently retain the associated cable between the cable retaining member and the stand, wherein the cable retaining member is perforated such that more than half of a surface area of the cable retaining member comprises apertures to allow for a flow of air past the associated cable.

2. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the flexible member is connected to the rigid member by at least one strap.

3. A receptacle according to claim 2, wherein said at least one strap is resilient.

4. A receptacle according to claim 2, wherein said at least one strap is elasticated.

5. A receptacle according to claim 2 wherein at least part of said at least one strap connects the flexible member to the rigid member removably.

6. A receptacle according to claim 5 wherein said at least one strap connects the flexible member to the rigid member removably via studs with enlarged heads acting as hooks.

7. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein said flexible member is resilient.

8. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the flexible member is connected to the rigid member by only one strap, the one strap forming a border around the periphery of the flexible member.

9. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the flexible member is a perforated bag.

10. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the flexible member is a net.

11. A receptacle according to claim 10, wherein the net is sufficiently elastic to permit an associated electrical plug appliance to be pushed through an aperture of the net and then retained securely inside it.

12. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the flexible member is elasticated.

13. A receptacle according to claim 1 in which the rigid member comprises a sheet of material, one edge of which is formed into an L-shaped cross-section, so as to form a stand.

14. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the rigid member includes cable guide means.

15. A receptacle according to claim 14, wherein said guide means comprises slots for locating the associated cable.

16. A receptacle according to claim 15, wherein the rigid member is formed from a sheet material and said each slot for locating cables extends inwards from an edge of the rigid member.

17. A receptacle according to claim 15, wherein said slots for locating the associated cable are so shaped as to co-operate with an adjacent surface in order to retain the associated cable.

18. A receptacle according to claim 14, wherein said guide means includes a trough formed at the opposite edge to the edge having the L-shaped cross-section.

19. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein said rigid member has silicone or rubber strips to grip the surface of a table, a desk, or a shelf.