Patent ID: 7451589

Claim:
A link of a chain link for protecting cables, service lines comprising: a body portion having a first wall and two opposed side arms integral with the first wall extending away from one side of the first wall and defining a first channel for receiving at least one service line, the side arms having free ends and being capable of being deflected, the side arms defining first engaging formations; and a closure means defining an end wall, the end wall defining complementary engaging formations to the first engaging formations for interlocking the end wall to the body portion characterised in that the engaging formations are positioned such that the side arms of the body portion are deflected towards each other to disengage the closure means from the body portion and wherein a second pair of opposed side arms extend away from the opposite side of the first wall of the body portion to the one side, so as to define a second channel for receiving a service line on the opposite side of the first wall, the second pair of side arms having free ends and being capable of being deflected, the second pair of side arms also defining first engaging formations; and a second closure means defining an end wall, the end wall defining complementary engaging formations to the first engaging formations for interlocking the end wall to the body portion characterised in that the engaging formations are arranged such that the second pair of side arms of the body portion are deflected towards each other to disengage the second closure means from the body portion.