Patent ID: 7240477

Claim:
A flexible energy tube-cable-router having first and second ends, said router comprising: a first end mounting bracket terminator ( 14 ) and a second end mounting bracket terminator ( 16 ); parallel open side tube grooves ( 70 ) and parallel open top tube grooves ( 66 ) formed in a first groove plane ( 70 P) in the first end mounting bracket terminator; a first pair of parallel open side tube grooves ( 26 ) and a second pair of parallel open side tube grooves ( 30 ) formed in a second groove plane ( 26 P) in the second end mounting bracket terminator; an articulated plurality of link members ( 12 ) flexibly linked to one another in a pivoting plane (PP) and linked to said first end mounting bracket terminator in a manner such that said first groove plane ( 70 P) and said second groove plane ( 26 P) are perpendicular to the pivoting plane (PP); and, parallel open side and open top tube grooves ( 50 and 52 ) formed in the link hinge pins, wherein the longitudinal axis ( 50 A and 52 A) of tubes disposed in the parallel tube groves ( 50 and 52 ) are in a plane ( 52 P) perpendicular to the pivoting plane (PP).