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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1981
Charles E Bogese, Roanoke, VA (US);
Virginia Plastics Company, Roanoke, VA (US);
Abstract
A flexible locking clamp (10) particularly designed for use with a tubular guard (50) for a linear body (58) such as a guy wire, cable, conductor, or the like. The locking clamp includes a relatively rigid body portion from which integrally extends a flexible, serrated strap (20). A substantially rigid, arcuate portion (26) connects the strap to the body and is designed to bias the strap at an angle away from the plane of the body. The body also includes means (28) for receiving the free end of the strap after it encircles the desired linear body. The guard wall is provided with aperture means for mounting the clamp, for example, along one edge of a slit that extends longitudinally in the guard. The biased strap provides automatic centering of the linear body in the clamp and guard and permits easy termination of the clamp despite the relative inaccessibility to the interior of the guard.