Patent ID: 7287728

Claim:
A clamp for a cable support system to suspend an object from an overhead beam comprising: a. a generally “C” shaped clamp body; b. a threaded fastener threadingly received within one leg of the “C” shaped body to clamp the “C” shaped body onto the overhead beam; c. a vertical bore through the clamp body for receiving a cable to be suspended from the overhead beam; and d. a passage extending downwardly within the clamp body at an acute angle to the vertical bore and communicating with the bore; e. a wedge slidable within the passage and extending into the bore; f. a spring within the passage urging the wedge toward the bore so that a cable may be inserted upwardly into the bore against the force of the spring; and g. release levers fixed to the wedge and extending outwardly through slots in the clamp body to selectively move the wedge against the force of the spring to release the cable.