US 11,703,149 B2
Adapter for mounting cables and cable hangers
Ronald A. Vaccaro, Taylorsville, NC (US); Aviral Joshi, Oak Park, IL (US); and Taig S. Rajpal, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,868.
Application 17/864,868 is a division of application No. 16/876,403, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,396,958, issued on Jul. 26, 2022.
Application 16/876,403 is a division of application No. 15/804,178, filed on Nov. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,663,088, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/420,608, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349497 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16L 3/13 (2006.01); F16L 3/22 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/13 (2013.01) [F16L 3/221 (2013.01); H02G 3/0456 (2013.01); F16L 3/222 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for assisting in the mounting of cables comprising:
a mounting panel, the mounting panel including a mounting hole;
two side walls, each side wall being attached to an opposite edge of the mounting panel;
two base segments, each base segment attached to an edge of a respective side wall opposite the mounting panel, each base segment being generally parallel with the mounting panel;
wherein the mounting panel, the side walls and the base segments define an interior of the device;
two locking arms, each locking arm extending from an edge of a respective base segment in a direction away from the mounting panel;
the device further comprising two fingers extending into the interior of the device from a respective base segment adjacent a respective locking arm, the fingers being configured to cooperate to grasp a cable.