Patent ID: 8302935

Claim:
A universal cable puller, comprising: a flexible, elongate member having a first end and a second end, wherein the flexible member consists of a continuous tubular member; a handgrip disposed on the first end; a threaded adapter fitting disposed on the second end; at least one threaded cable-connecting adapter removably threadable into the adapter fitting, the cable-connecting adapter having a head configured for receiving and retaining a corresponding connector attached to a cable end, thereby enabling the cable to be pulled by the cable puller, wherein the at least one cable-connecting adapter comprises a kit of interchangeable threaded cable-connecting adapters, each of the interchangeable adapters having an externally threaded stud extending therefrom at one end and a planar end surface at an opposite end, wherein the planar end surface includes a distinctly configured recess corresponding to an associated cable, the stud releasably engaging said adapter fitting to facilitate connection of the at least one cable-connecting adapter to a cable end specifically compatible with a selected one of the adapters.