Patent ID: 7847170

Claim:
A cable anchor for anchoring a cable to a fixture having a fixture hole into which the cable anchor is secured, the cable having a cable diameter and having an enlarged end, the cable anchor comprising a body with a top and a bottom, said body comprising a section of a hollow tube having a side wall and an open top end and an open bottom end, and an axial through hole between the open top end and the open bottom end and a body slot extending along the body side wall the entire length of the side wall between the open top end and the open bottom end and through the body to the through hole, a width of the body slot being larger than the cable diameter and smaller than the enlarged end and the through hole being adapted to receive the cable enlarged end into the through hole and through the through hole to outside of the body which is adapted to mount to the fixture with the body bottom extending beyond the fixture hole and the body top not extending beyond the fixture hole with the through hole functionally aligned with the fixture hole such that the cable is adapted to pass through the opening at the body top end and into the body slot and out of the body slot at the body bottom end and the cable enlarged end can be manipulated to move along the slot outside the body such that when the cable is pulled upward through the through hole with the enlarged end alongside the body and not aligned with the through hole, the cable enlarged end is pulled against the anchor body and the fixture and is thus anchored to the cable anchor.