Patent ID: 6171132
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: F16L,H01R

Abstract:
A cable cover or boot which comprisesa shell-like body having proximal and distal ends and a middle portion, the body having an internal cavity for receiving an electrical or other connector, the proximal end being cylindrical and having external threads;the body being divided longitudinally into separate first and second sections, the line of division lying on a plane passing through the proximal end and middle portion of the body then taking an angular jog as it reaches the distal end to create a step or shoulder anterior to the distal end, the line of division continuing through the distal end as a slot, the first section containing a major part of the distal end and the second section containing a tongue-like strip mating into the slot in the first section,the tongue-like strip having longitudinal edges with narrow outwardly extending ridges, the ridges adapted to slip into corresponding grooves in the major part of the first section to essentially lock together the two sections at the distal end when the cover is assembled; andan internally threaded nut sized to fit the threads of the proximal end to tightly secure the two sections at the proximal end.