Patent ID: 6094902
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: F16G,H02G

Abstract:
A link for an elongated carrier for holding and protecting lengths of cable and hose, said link comprising:(a) a pair of sidewalls pivotally connectable to corresponding sidewalls of adjacent links in the carrier, said sidewalls having opposite upper and lower portions and a pair of protrusions being cross-sectionally T-shaped and attached to and projecting toward one another from one of said opposite upper and lower portions of said sidewalls, each of said protrusions having spaced apart opposite outer and inner portions, spaced apart opposite side portions extending between and forming outer and inner pairs of corners with said opposite outer and inner portions, and recesses defined respectively at the one of said outer and inner pairs of corners adjacent to one of the opposite outer and inner portions of the protrusion so as to provide said cross-sectional T-shape of said protrusion; and(b) a pair of crossbars vertically spaced apart and extending transversely between said sidewalls adjacent to said opposite upper and lower portions thereof so as to laterally space said sidewalls apart from one another, one of said crossbars being fixedly attached to and extending between the other of said opposite upper and lower portions of said sidewalls, the other of said crossbars being removable and having opposite ends removably snap-fittable over and partially about the other of said outer and inner portions and opposite side portions of said protrusions and into said pair of recesses on said one pair of corners of said protrusions adjacent to said one of said outer and inner portions of said protrusions.