Patent ID: 9441762
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: F16L,G02B,H02G

Claim Text:
1. A cable guide apparatus comprising: a first wall portion, a second wall portion, and a third wall portion defining a first longitudinal channel, the first and third wall portions being movable relative to each other, wherein the third wall portion defines a plurality of openings; a plurality of first closure mechanisms on the first wall portion; and a plurality of second closure mechanisms on the third wall portion corresponding to the plurality of first closure mechanisms on the first wall portion and configured to engage with the plurality of first closure mechanisms on the first wall portion; the cable guide apparatus having an open condition in which the plurality of first closure mechanisms are spaced apart from the plurality of second closure mechanisms, and a closed condition in which at least some of the plurality of first closure mechanisms engage at least some of the plurality of second closure mechanisms; wherein, in the closed condition, the channel is substantially circumferentially enclosed at a plurality of positions along a length of the first longitudinal channel, and in the open condition, the channel is substantially circumferentially open along the length of the first longitudinal channel wherein the first wall portion, second wall portion, and third wall portion are bendable such that the first longitudinal channel has a bending radius and the first longitudinal channel has a minimum bending radius defined at least in part by a width of the plurality of openings in the third wall portion.