Patent ID: 6025558
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An electrical cable management system for dressing the cables of wiring harnesses on a support structure, comprising: a cable support member having at least one hanger portion for hanging the support member on the support structure, the support member including an elongated body portion of sufficient length to support at least two cables, the support member body portion having a pair of parallel outer opposing side edges, said support member body portion further having a plurality of notches disposed therein and extending along said opposing side edges thereof, said notches being aligned such that one of said notches disposed along one of said parallel outer opposing side edges is aligned with another of said notches disposed along the other of said parallel outer opposing side edges, each of said notches having at least one internal face that extends inwardly of said support member body portion edge, the internal faces of said notches on said parallel outer opposing side edges being aligned with each other; at least one cable tie member for embracing a cable and tieing the cable to the cable support member; said internal faces of said notches providing a pair of surfaces that support portions of said cable tie when said cable tie is wrapped around said support member body portion and said surfaces, so that said cable tie can hold said cable at a given position on said cable support member.