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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
May. 09, 1996
Steven J Benda, Cokato, MN (US);
Brady USA, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A cable locking device for use with a flexible cable, the device including a handle member and a trigger member that pivot about a pivot axis. The trigger member forms a channel that extends through and perpendicular to the pivot axis and the handle member forms two other channels, one on either side of the trigger member channel, all of the channels concentric when the device is in an open position. One end of the cable is securable to the handle member and the other end can be fed through the channels, the cable being moved in either direction through the channels to increase or decrease the length of the cable forming a locking loop. The apparatus can be moved from the open position to a locked position thereby misaligning the trigger member channel and the handle member channels to clamp the cable so as to limit movement of the cable through the channels. Once in a locked position, the handle and trigger member can be secured.