Patent ID: 7374151

Claim:
A winch cable guide comprising a pair of opposed semi-cylindrical half tubes having threaded external ends, an internally threaded end cap engaging each of said threaded ends of said half tubes to form a split tubular member, a cable gripping member mounted longitudinally in each half tube, each half tube including a longitudinal closed end slot therein, each cable gripping member including an actuating member extending outwardly through one of said slots to enable a user to grip the actuating members extending through said slots to move said gripping members into a gripping engagement position so as to guide and exert tension on a cable passing between said gripping members, and each end cap having a radial slot extending from an external surface thereof inwardly to a central portion thereof and extending lengthwise along the end cap to enable the end cap to be laterally moved onto the cable into alignment with and threaded onto the threaded ends of said half tubes when the gripping members and half tubes have been assembled onto the cable to retain the half tubes, the gripping members and the end caps being assembled with the actuating members of the gripping members extending through the slots.