Patent ID: 8648254

Claim:
A cable catcher for facilitating the stringing of cable through an opening in a threading device attached to an overhead tower, the cable catcher comprising: a body sized to fit through the opening and having means for engaging the cable; and an arm attached to the body and movable relative to the body between a collapsed position, having a cross-section smaller than the opening, and an expanded position, having a cross-section larger than the opening and larger than the cross-section in the collapsed position, wherein the body includes a front end, a back end, a longitudinal axis that extends through the front end and the back end of the body, and a cable opening that extends through the front end and the back end of the body along the longitudinal axis to allow a portion of the cable to pass through the cable opening and extend beyond the front end of the body, wherein the arm moves away from the longitudinal axis of the body when the arm moves from the collapsed position to the expanded position.