Patent ID: 6706984
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: F16C,H01H

Abstract:
A remote control device for depressing actuating buttons associated with a control box having opposed surfaces, said control device comprising:a) an elongated motion transmitting flexible control cable assembly comprised of a sheath element elongated between a user operated extremity and responsive distal extremity, and a core element disposed within said sheath element for reciprocal sliding movement therein, and having portions that extend beyond the user and distal extremities of said sheath element, b) a clamping mechanism comprised of an elongated straight rigid bar having two facing clamping components spaced apart by an adjustable distance, c) a receiving head slidably positioned on said bar between said clamping components, said receiving head securing in an axially slidable manner the portion of said core element that extends beyond the distal extremity of said sheath element, and d) a contacting tip associated with said core element extending from said receiving head, and pressable against a selected one of the actuating buttons of said control box.