Patent ID: 8960612
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F16L,F16M,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting power and communication cables, comprising: furnishing a pultruded composite nonmetallic cable arm support stanchion, wherein the nonmetallic stanchion comprises a pultruded composite material having at least one layer of fiber reinforcement transverse to a direction of pultrusion, the at least one layer transverse plus or minus fifteen degrees; attaching a nonmetallic cable rack arm to the nonmetallic cable arm support stanchion; attaching at least one power or communication cable to a top of the cable rack arm, wherein the cable rack arm and flanges of the nonmetallic stanchion face in a same direction, wherein the nonmetallic cable arm includes an interface near a proximal end of the nonmetallic cable rack arm, the interface comprising a to relief, horizontal orifices and a vertical slot connected with the horizontal orifices and the to relief, the vertical slot further comprising side reliefs adjoining a proximal end surface of the arm, the interface suitable for mounting the rack arm on a single flange stanchion; and rotating the nonmetallic cable rack arm upwardly via the top relief of the nonmetallic cable rack arm when a fault occurs in the at least one power or commmunication cable secured to and supported by the nonmetallic cable rack arm and the pultruded composite nonmetallic cable arm support stanchion.