Patent ID: 9224522
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B29C,H01B,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cover assembly for covering an elongate substrate, the cover assembly comprising: a holdout device including: a resilient, elastically radially expanded sleeve member defining an axially extending sleeve passage, the sleeve member being mounted on the core such that the core is disposed in the sleeve passage and the sleeve member exerts a radially compressive recovery force on the core; wherein, when the substrate is disposed in the core passage and a radially directed release force is applied to the target region, the core will reduce in circumference and collapse around the substrate under the recovery force of the sleeve member to a collapsed position; wherein the release force applied to the target region causes an axially extending first edge of the core to slide beneath an opposing axially extending second edge of the core, thereby allowing the core to curl upon itself under the recovery force; and wherein the holdout device includes an access opening defined therein and the target region is exposed through the access opening for application of the release force.