Patent ID: 7753319
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for suspending cables from a shipping and stowage container having separated block-shaped fittings each provided with openings on the tops and sides comprising: an elongate cross bar having a length to extend past the spaced-apart block-shaped fittings of the container; at least one rounded cable support structure mounted on said elongate cross bar to aid in the suspension of the cables from the container; a first pair of twist-lock fittings mounted on a first side of said elongate cross bar, said first pair of twist-lock fittings being in a spaced-apart relationship of essentially the same distance as the openings on the sides of the separated block-shaped fittings; and a pair of elongate end hangers each provided with first holes disposed in a first side thereof, each said end hanger being shaped for slideably fitting within opposite ends of said cross bar; said cross bar having a hole at each of its opposite ends, each of said holes in said cross bar being provided with a pin for engaging one of said first holes in each of said end hangers to secure each end hanger at a desired degree of longitudinal extension from said cross bar; wherein each of said first pair of twist-lock fittings has an outwardly extending rotatable bayonet portion having a handle; and wherein said first pair of twist-lock fittings in said spaced-apart relationship are separated a distance to assure insertion of said rotatable bayonet portions through the openings on the sides of the separated block-shaped fittings so that rotation of each said rotatable bayonet portion engages said first pair of twist lock fittings to the block-shaped fittings.