Patent ID: 11962138
Assignee: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A support device for supporting a cable, the support device comprising:
a central support portion having a first side and a second side;
a first leg portion extending between a first end and a second end, the first leg portion having a first helical winding; and
a second leg portion extending between a third end and a fourth end, the second leg portion having a second helical winding, wherein:
the second end of the first leg portion is attached to the first side of the central support portion and the third end of the second leg portion is attached to the second side of the central support portion,
the first helical winding and the second helical winding are configured to receive the cable to support the cable,
the central support portion comprises a structure that cooperates with an associated attachment structure,
a plane that is perpendicular to a line that is tangent to an apex of the central support portion does not intersect both the first side and the second side where the first side extends between the second end of the first leg portion and the apex and the second side extends between the third end of the second leg portion and the apex,
the associated attachment structure defines an opening between an upper opening wall of the associated attachment structure and a lower opening wall of the associated attachment structure,
the structure cooperates with the associated attachment structure by being inserted into the opening such that a bottom surface of the structure rests upon the lower opening wall, and
a distance between a top surface of the structure and the upper opening wall is less than a distance between a bottom surface of the associated attachment structure and a top surface of the cable when the cable is received within the first helical winding and the second helical winding.