Patent ID: 9627101
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B29C,H01B,H02G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for covering an elongate substrate, the method comprising: providing a cover assembly including: a holdout device including: a core having an axially extending slit defined therein and defining a core passage to receive the substrate; and a designated target region; and a resilient, elastically radially expanded sleeve member defining an axially extending sleeve passage, the sleeve member being mounted on the core such that the core is disposed in the sleeve passage and the sleeve member exerts a radially compressive recovery force on the core; mounting the cover assembly on the elongate substrate such that the elongate substrate extends through the core passage; and thereafter with the substrate disposed in the core passage, applying a radially directed release force to the target region, responsive to which the core reduces in circumference and collapses around the substrate under the recovery force of the sleeve member to a collapsed position; wherein applying the release force to the target region causes an axially extending first edge of the core to slide beneath an opposing axially extending second edge of the core, thereby allowing the core to curl upon itself under the recovery force; wherein the holdout device includes an access opening defined therein; and applying the release force to the target region includes applying the release force to the target region through the access opening.