Supports – Pipe or cable – Tool cord or tube
Patent
1987-02-25
1988-06-21
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
Pipe or cable
Tool cord or tube
248 743, 24 16PB, F16L 300
Patent
active
047520540
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This U.S. application stems from PCT International Application No. PCT/SE86/00311 filed June 26, 1986.
This invention relates to a suspension means for extension cords etc.
When using e.g. electric extension cords the cord will usually be lying in loops on a floor due to surplus length and contribute to the ordinary mess thereon. Moreover, the cord is a risk factor for stumbling when lying spread out on the floor and it is also in the risk zone for mechanical damage. Accordingly there is a need of a specially designed means for enabling suspension of the cord e.g. onto a wall, possible surplus length being collected in a suitable number of loops.
It is the object of this invention to provide a suspension means offering a solution of the above-mentioned problem, and this object is achieved by the suspension means having the characteristic features defined in the claims.
One advantage of the suspension means according to the invention is that it is so embodied that it can always remain on the cord and also, when necessary, be moved along the cord, thanks to which it is always available for use. The construction of the suspension means is very simple and it is also very simple to use it.
Illustrative examples of the invention will be described below in a greater detail with reference to the enclosed drawings, wherein
FIG. 1 is a front view of the inventive suspension means arranged at a cord,
FIG. 2 is a lateral view of the suspension means in use,
FIG. 3 is a lateral view of a portion from FIG. 2 on a larger scale and
FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views from two different directions of still another embodiment of an inventive suspension means.
The suspension means 1 according to the invention is preferably made of a flexible plastic material and has a fastening means 2 for fixing the suspension means 1 relative to a cord 20. The fastening means consists preferably of a lug 3 embracing the cord 20, which lug is so resiliently outwardly bendable that the suspension means 1 can be simply placed at a cord 20. Thus the suspension means 1 is attached to the cord 20 even if it occasionally need not be used. Furthermore, the suspension means 1 comprises a tongue 4, a slot 5 and a suspension hole 7 arranged in the base portion 6 of the tongue. The tongue 4 can be of uniform thickness and in that case it should have a thickness that exceeds the width measure of the slot 5 to some extent so that the tongue remains in the slot when inserted therein. However, it may be suitable to form the tongue 4 and the slot 5 as shown in FIG. 3 as the tongue will remain in the slot 5 more safely in this embodiment. Further, it is suitable that the tongue 4 has a hole 9 at its tip portion 8 which e.g. can serve as "spare hole" at suspension.
The surplus length of a cord 20 on a certain occasion of use is wound in a number of loops 21 of a suitable size and is fixed in the loop 10 formed when the tongue 4 is inserted into the slot. Of course the size of the loop 10 can be varied as required and desired. Thanks to the hole 7 the suspension means 1 can be simply hung e.g. onto a nail 30 on a wall 31.
The suspension means 1 is always available on the cord 20 and a desired cord length can be simply obtained by varying the number of loops 21 held together in the loop 10.
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 the suspension means 1' has two fastening means 2' for a separate cord 20. The fastening means 2' comprises a tongue 30 and an aperture 31 in which the tongue 30 can be inserted so that it embraces a separate cord 20. The suspension means 1' has further a suspension hole 7', a tongue 4' and a slot 5'. As is apparent from the figures the slot 5' has the form of an angle so that its interior portion 32 can fix the tongue 4' in a suitable position, a loop formed by the tongue 4' supporting a desired number of cord loops 21. The tongue 4' has a number of teeth 33 along its edges to provide engagement with the interior portion 32 of the slot 5'. Two shoulders 34, 35 arranged at the slot 5' prevent t
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Foss J. Franklin
Olson Robert A.
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