Patent Application
20070040082
The invention relates to a cable fixer, more particularly to a cable fixer for holding a plurality of cables of an electronic device (such as cables for connecting a computer to several peripheral accessories) in a neat and tidy manner.
Due to rapid advance of modern electronic technology, more and more electronic devices, such as a central processing unit of a computer, require a large number of cables for connecting the same with the peripheral accessories, such as a printing machine, a fax machine, and a digital copier.
A network system generally known as Ethernet is required to be established in a firm, a business establishment or an office, where a plurality of computers are to share a single printer and to access shared files (such as photographs, MP3s, Spreadsheets documents) via a Hub.
A server and a modem cooperatively play a major role when pluralities of interconnected computers in the LAN are to access the Internet. Since several minor electronic apparatuses (such as gateway devices, route devices, Hubs) are also needed in forming the Ethernet, the larger the apparatus becomes the more the cables are needed for interconnecting the computers. In case, the cables disposed around the electronic device are not arranged in an orderly way, accidentally collision to the cables by the user may occur, and consequently decreases an aesthetic appearance of the entire environment.
Generally, a conventional cable fixer (not shown) is mounted securely on the wall of housing to hang the cable thereon, thereby keeping the same away from the floor. However, since the electronic device (such as a personal computer) is required to be shifted from one place to another due to several reasons, the conventional cable fixer left on the wall may decrease the aesthetic appearance of the ambient surrounding. Thus, a more efficient cable fixer is badly required to keep a plurality of cables of an electronic device in a tidy manner.
The object of the present invention is to provide a cable fixer that can be mounted on a table edge and that can hold a plurality of cables in a neat and tidy manner in order to eliminate the aforesaid disadvantage of the conventional cable fixer.
In one aspect of the present invention, a cable fixer is provided to include: a clamp member for clamping a table edge, and including upper and lower clamping arms, a lateral sidewall interconnecting the upper and lower clamping arms, and a bolt extending outwardly from the lateral sidewall in a direction opposite to the upper and lower clamping arms; and a cable-collecting body having a rear wall formed with an opening for access thereinto, the opening being defined by an opening-confining wall that includes a leading portion defining an entrance and a terminating portion having a dimension smaller than that of the leading portion, the cable-collecting body further having a pair of resilient restricting elements extending from opposite sides of the opening-confining wall into the terminating portion. After positioning the clamp member on the table edge, the cable-collecting body can be mounted on the bolt of the clamp member by pushing the cable-collecting body against the bolt in such a manner that the latter extends into the terminating portion against urging action of the restricting elements, thereby preventing untimely removal of the cable-collecting body from the clamp member.
In a second aspect of the present invention, a cable fixer is provided to include: a clamp member for clamping a table edge, and including upper and lower clamping arms, a lateral sidewall interconnecting the upper and lower clamping arms, and a bolt extending outwardly from the lateral sidewall in a direction opposite to the upper and lower clamping arms, the bolt including an enlarged head and a shank having a cross-section smaller than the enlarged head; and a cable-collecting body having a rear wall formed with an opening for access thereinto, the opening being defined by an opening-confining wall that includes a leading portion defining an entrance and a terminating portion having a dimension smaller than that of the leading portion, the cable-collecting body further having a pair of resilient restricting elements extending from opposite sides of the opening-confining wall into the terminating portion. After assembly, the shank of the head is received snugly within the terminating portion of the opening by virtue of the restricting elements, thereby preventing untimely disengagement of the cable-collecting body from the clamp member.
Other features and advantages of this invention will become more apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of this invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Referring to FIGS. 1(A) and 1(B), the preferred embodiment of a cable fixer according to the present invention is shown to include a clamp member 10 and a cable-collecting body 11.
The clamp member 10 includes upper and lower clamping arms 101,102, a lateral sidewall 104 interconnecting the upper and lower clamping arms 101,102, and a bolt 103 extending outwardly from the lateral sidewall 104 in a direction opposite to the upper and lower clamping arms 101,102. The bolt 103 has an enlarged head 1030 and a shank 1031 having a cross-section smaller than the enlarged head 1030. When it is desired to mount the clamp member 10 on the edge of a table (not shown), the upper and lower clamping arms 101, 102 are pressed onto the table edge. A fastener screw (not shown) can be inserted through a hole 1021 in the lower clamping arms 102 so as to engage threadedly the table, thereby preventing untimely falling of the clamp member 10 from the table edge.
The cable-collecting body 11 has opposite front and rear wall.
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While the present invention has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.
