Patent ID: 9309633
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: E01D,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A connector for connecting at least one panel to an underlying cable, the connector comprising a first part for at least partially overlying an opening in the at least one panel and further comprising a second part including an elongate first portion, said second part further including a generally arcuate second portion having a terminal end portion and sized and shaped for being positioned to extend from an end of said first portion away from said first part then toward said first part with said terminal end portion being receivable through a slot means in said first part whereby said second part can be manipulated to receive the underlying cable within said generally arcuate second portion and to then pass said terminal end portion through said slot means in said first part to define a closed position of the connector, a hinge pin pivotally attaching said elongate first portion intermediate a length thereof to said first part thereby defining a pivotal attachment thereof wherein, when said terminal end portion is in the closed position, said elongate first portion lies within said slot means in said first part thereby allowing rotation of the second part about the pivotal attachment between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation in a direction longitudinally of said first portion and defining an end section and a neck section of said elongate first portion on opposite sides respectively of the pivotal attachment such that each of said end and neck sections extends longitudinally of said elongate first portion on opposite sides respectively of the pivotal attachment of said elongate first portion of said second part to said first part whereby said second part can be pivoted about said hinge pin between first and second orientations with said first part overlying the panel, wherein in said first orientation of said second part, said end section extends in the longitudinal direction of said elongate first portion vertically above said first part and said neck section extends in the longitudinal direction of said elongate first portion vertically below said first part a distance which allows said arcuate second portion to be positioned a distance below said first part which is predetermined to be sufficient to allow ease of manipulation of said second part to receive the cable within said arcuate second portion, and wherein, in said second orientation of said second part, said elongate first portion extends horizontally within said slot means in said first part in the longitudinal direction of said elongate first portion with said neck section extending horizontally in the longitudinal direction of said elongate first portion in said slot means in said first part from said pivotal attachment when said second part is manipulated into said closed position to thereby draw said arcuate portion upwardly the predetermined distance to the panel.