Patent ID: 7507912

Claim:
A cable grommet system for providing cable access through an opening in a floor, wall or other panel separating two areas, which comprises (a) a grommet frame comprising a unitary molding of plastic material having a pair of spaced apart, longitudinally extending, generally parallel side sections and a transversely extending end section joining said side section and forming a frame of generally U-shaped configuration, open at one end, (b) said side and end section of said frame comprising side and end walls adapted for reception within an opening in said panel, and said frame having flanges extending outwardly from said side and end walls for engaging an outer surface of said panel, (c) said flanges defining a plane, (d) each of said side sections having therein a channel extending longitudinally in said side sections from the open end of said frame substantially to said end section, (e) said channels being positioned in spaced relation to said plane and extending in a longitudinal direction of said frame and being disposed at an acute angle toward said plane in a transverse direction of said frame, (f) a pair of brushes, each comprised of a large plurality of bristles mounted and secured at one end thereof by a relatively rigid backing and extending in cantilever fashion from said backing, (g) said backings being received in the respective channels with the bristles of said brushes extending inward and upward at said acute angle toward each other and with the outer ends of the bristles of the respective brushes meeting and/or intermingling along a longitudinally extending region approximately midway between said side sections.