Patent ID: 7222824

Claim:
A cable support system for hanging an object at a desired distance below an overhead beam comprising: (a) a cable; (b) a clamp having a generally “C” shaped clamp body with a threaded fastener threadingly received within one leg of said “C” shaped body to clamp said “C” shaped body onto said overhead beam and a vertical bore through said clamp body to receive the cable to be suspended from said overhead beam, said vertical bore having a conical lower end portion with a wedge retainer and wedges vertically movable within said bore whereby said wedges contact said lower conical end portion and said cable to wedge said cable into position within said bore, the vertical position of said cable relative to said bore being vertically adjustable by forcing said cable upwardly to release said wedges; (c) an object to be suspended by said cable at a predetermined height below said beam; (d) a cable grip having first and second bores extending longitudinally through a housing wherein at least one of the bores has a wedge associated therewith that permits movement of the cable relative to the bore that has the wedge in one direction but prevents movement of said cable in the other direction; (e) said cable suspended from said clamp being passed through the first bore of the cable grip and thereafter being looped around said object and then being positioned within the second bore of said cable grip; and (f) the height of said object below said beam being adjusted by adjusting the amount of cable moved through the cable grip.