Panduit Corporation

David P Newman

John J Bulanda

Earl J DeBerry

Jack E Caveney

Robert L Fritz

Rey Bravo

Stanley Paul Evans, Jr

Joseph A Chopp, Jr

Bernard J O'Grady

Nathan A Gleghorn

Barry O Page

Stanley P Evans

Clark M Kromenaker

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a cable manager. The cable manager includes a first side panel, a second side panel spaced apart from the first side panel, a first cross brace bracket connected to the first side panel and the second side panel, and a second cross brace bracket connected to the first side panel and the second side panel and spaced apart from the first cross brace bracket. The first side panel, the second side panel, the first cross brace bracket, and the second cross brace bracket define a first cable pathway for routing a first plurality of cables and a second cable pathway for routing a second plurality of cables.

Vertical cable management system

An adhesive pattern for a label system is disclosed. The adhesive pattern includes a label sheet having a plurality of non-adhesive sections, and a plurality of adhesive sections connected to the non-adhesive sections. The non-adhesive sections and the adhesive sections are in alternate arrangement to form the label sheet. The label sheet also includes a plurality of labels having a first end and a second end, and the first end is attached to a non-adhesive section. Upon removal of the label from a non-adhesive section, the label has a non-sticking surface.

Adhesive pattern for a label system

A buckle achieves improved strap tensile strength by providing a bridge portion, about which a free end of a buckle strap is wrapped in tension, with an inwardly projecting concave surface to create a greater deformation of the strap under tension. The buckle also includes at least one strengthening cross rib on the bridge portion and a strap receiving inset with a concave shaped pocket to improve the strap tensile strength. Furthermore, the buckle includes a bendable retainer element with an inwardly directed clamping tab near its free moving end to retain a portion of the strap within the buckle.

Concave buckle for strap

A metal cable tie is disclosed. The cable tie includes an elongate metallic strap, a metallic locking head, and metallic roller means. The strap has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The head is secured to the first end of the strap for receiving the second end of the strap. The head comprises a strap entry face, a strap exit face, and a strap-receiving aperture extending therebetween. The head further comprises a floor and a roof which diverge in the direction of the exit face. The metallic roller means lockingly engages the strap, and the head comprises retention means disposed adjacent the exit face for captively holding the roller means within the head. The roller means is movable between a threading position wherein the roller means is disposed adjacent the exit face and the retention means, and a locking position wherein the roller means is closer the entry face. The ratio of the distance from a point along a ceiling to the center of the roller means in the threading position to the diameter of the roller means is less than 1.7.

Ball lock cable tie having an aggressive ramp

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David P Newman