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(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmPiper Marbury Rudnick &
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ABSTRACT
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and the cable retaining arm. With a cable located in the cable
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seat and the cable retaining arm closed upon the cable, the
resilient pad is compressed and acts like a spring to maintain
a force on the Cable
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30 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets
U.S. Patent
Jan. 9, 2001
Sheet 1 of4
FIG. 1
PRIOR ART
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PRIOR ART
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FIG. 3
PRIOR ART
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FIG. 4
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10
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of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional vieW of the prior art cable
concave seat.
HoWever, it has been found in the prior art spacers that the
force eXerted on the cable is not satisfactory. Alternatively,
it has been found that it is dif?cult to close the cable retainer
With sufficient force eXerted on the cable.
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3
The body member 10 is provided With four generally
consists of only three parts, the body 10, resilient pad 50 and
four cable retaining means 12. The body 10 and the retaining
means 12 are made of the same thermoplastic material at the
same time using a single mold cut and are Weather and track
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device comprising:
a main body portion, the main body portion having,
a cable seat, the cable seat having a cable engaging
surface,
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arm.
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5
7. The device of claim 6, wherein the cable retaining arm
includes a mid-portion, the mid-portion having an elbow
on the cable.
18. The aerial cable spacer of claim 17, Wherein the cable
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device comprising:
device comprising:
a main body portion, the main body portion having,
surface,
surface,
a ?rst side adjacent the cable seat, and
a second side adjacent the cable seat and opposite from
seat.
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