Patent ID: 8025258

Claim:
An electrical wire bracket for supporting a plurality of bundles of electrical wires, comprising: a generally U-shaped body having an open end and a closed end; a recessed channel extending substantially throughout the length of the U-shaped body, the recessed channel having a support rib protruding from the base of the channel, and the support rib extending substantially throughout the length of the channel, such that the U-shaped body has an E-shaped cross-section; at least two mounting feet extending from the U-shaped body adjacent the open end, the at least two mounting feet including substantially flat mounting surfaces; at least one hole through each of the at least two mounting feet for receiving first and second bracket-mounting fasteners therethrough, the first and second bracket-mounting fasteners used to mount the bracket to a mounting surface; and a plurality of cutouts extending through the U-shaped body for receiving a plurality of wire-securing fasteners therethrough, the wire-securing fasteners used to secure the bundles of electrical wires to the body; wherein the U-shaped body and the mounting feet extend along a first plane and the mounting surface extends along a second plane, the second plane being substantially perpendicular to the first plane, and wherein the generally U-shaped body includes a closed-end segment forming its closed end and two opposing side segments each extending between the closed-end segment and a respective one of the two mounting feet, wherein at least a first one of the cutouts is formed in one of the side segments adjacent the respective mounting foot, at least a second one of the cutouts is formed in the body adjacent where one of the side segments extends from the closed-end segment, and the first and second cutouts are spaced apart, such that a first one of the bundles of electrical wires can be secured to one of the side segments adjacent the respective mounting foot by a first one of the wire-securing fasteners extending through the first cutout, and a second one of the bundles of electrical wires can be secured to the body adjacent where one of the side segments extends from the closed-end segment by a second one of the wire-securing fasteners extending through the second cutout, with the first and second bundles of wires separate from, and thus not touching, each other, and with at least the second bundle of wires resting on the body and thus not compressed against the mounting surface.