Patent ID: 8272448

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting the weight of a cable within tubing in a well, the apparatus comprising: a body member adapted to be coupled around a cable and inserted in tubing; a radially extending external flange connected to the body member; an anchor assembly mounted to the body member and movable between a contracted position and an expanded position, the anchor assembly having a plurality of engagement members, the engagement members being compressed and biased toward the expanded position, thereby allowing the anchor assembly to spring into engagement with the tubing when uncompressed, the anchor assembly being in engagement with the flange in both the contracted and expanded position; and a frangible support element that releasably retains the anchor assembly in the contracted position and is operable to fail at a predetermined condition causing the anchor assembly to engage an inner wall of the tubing upon failure of the frangible support element, thereby transferring the weight of the cable to the tubing.