Claims
- 1. A wire retainer comprising:
- an elongated body having a blocking surface;
- first and second spaced apart side sections respectively extending outwardly from said body in a direction away from said blocking surface;
- on said first side section, first head means extending outwardly from the first side section and forming a blocking key and an opening key; and
- on said second side section, second head means extending outwardly from the second side and forming a blocking key and an opening key.
- 2. A wire retainer comprising:
- an elongated body having a blocking surface;
- first and second spaced-apart side sections respectively extending outwardly from said body in a direction away from said blocking surface;
- on said first side section, first head means extending outwardly from the first side section and forming a blocking key and an opening key;
- on said second side section, second head means extending outwardly from the second side and forming a blocking key and an opening key;
- and said blocking keys extending normal to said blocking surface and said opening keys extending parallel to said blocking surface.
- 3. The wire retainer of claim 2 wherein said blocking key is a dovetail key and said opening key is a dovetail key.
- 4. In a flush floor outlet fitting:
- annular frame means having interior shoulder means for supporting cover means, the shoulder means being formed with an access opening and a retainer opening in communication with the access opening;
- a pair of vertically extending keyway means respectively formed on opposite ends of said retainer opening, each keyway having an open top and a closed bottom;
- a wire retainer means including an elongated body having a blocking surface, a pair of spaced-apart side sections respectively extending outwardly from opposite ends of the body, key means extending outwardly respectively from said side sections and disposed respectively in said keyways; and
- said key and keyway means providing for the retainer means to be disposed in said retainer opening;
- (a) with said blocking surface oriented to prevent passage of cable through said retainer opening; or
- (b) with said blocking surface oriented adjacent said access opening and spaced from said frame means to provide for the passage of cable through said retainer opening and to retain the cable in the retainer slot and prevent movement into said access opening.
- 5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said key and keyway means are dovetailed.
- 6. In a flush floor outlet fitting:
- annular frame means having a frame top and also having interior shoulder means for supporting cover means, the shoulder means being formed with an access opening and a retainer opening in communication with the access opening;
- a pair of vertically extending keyway means respectively formed on opposite ends of said retainer opening, each keyway having an open top and a closed bottom;
- a wire retainer means including an elongated body having a blocking surface, a pair of spaced-apart side sections respectively extending outwardly from opposite ends of the body, key means extending outwardly respectively from said side sections and disposed respectively in said keyways; and
- said key and keyway means providing for the retainer means to be disposed in said retainer opening:
- (a) with said blocking surface oriented to prevent passage of cable through said retainer opening; or
- (b) with said blocking surface oriented adjacent said access opening and spaced from said frame means to provide for the passage of cable through said retainer opening and to retain the cable in the retainer slot and prevent movement into said access opening;
- cover means having a top edge and being pivotally connected to said annular frame for movement between a closed position and any of a plurality of open positions, in the closed position the cover means engaging said interior shoulder means with said frame top and said cover edge being substantially coplanar;
- a cover opening formed in said cover means and the cover opening, when the cover means is in said closed position, being in vertical alignment with said retainer slot; and
- said vertical alignment in the closed position providing;
- (a) when said wire retainer means is oriented to block passage of cable through the retainer opening for the wire retainer to extend through the cover opening whereby the blocking surface is substantially flush with said top edge and said frame top; and
- (b) for cable passing through said retainer opening to also pass through the cover opening.
- 7. A wire retainer comprising:
- an elongated body having a blocking surface;
- a first platform surface extending normal to said blocking surface;
- a second platform surface extending normal to said first platform surface;
- first and second spaced apart side sections extending outwardly from the body in a direction away from said blocking surface;
- on said first side section, first head means extending outwardly from the first side section and forming a blocking key and an opening key; and
- on said second side section, second head means forming extending outwardly from the second side section and a blocking key and an opening key.
- 8. In a flush floor outlet fitting:
- frame means having a central access opening and a retainer opening in communication therewith;
- cover means pivotally connected with said frame means for movement between a closed position for closing said access opening and an open position for uncovering said access opening;
- at least one cover opening formed in said cover means to be aligned with said retainer opening when the cover means is in said closed position, the retainer and cover openings being for the passage of cable; and
- wire retainer means mountable in said retainer opening to cause the retainer opening to be in a closed condition to prevent the passage of cable or alternatively mountable in the retainer opening to cause the retainer opening to be in an open condition for said passage of cable and to block said communication between the retainer and central openings for retaining cable in the retainer opening and preventing movement into the central opening.
- 9. In flush floor outlet fitting:
- frame means having an access opening and a retainer opening in communication therewith;
- cover means pivotally connected with said frame means for movement between a closed position for closing said access opening and an open position for uncovering said access opening;
- at least one cover opening formed in said cover means to be aligned with said retainer opening when the cover is in said closed position, the retainer and cover openings being for the passage of cable;
- wire retainer means;
- key and keyway means disposed as between said retainer opening and said wire retainer means providing for the wire retainer means to be mountable in said retainer opening to prevent the passage of cable or alternatively mountable in the retainer opening to cause the retainer opening to be in an open condition for said passage of cable and to block said communication between the retainer and central openings for retaining cable in the retainer opening and preventing movement into the central opening.
- 10. In a flush floor outlet fitting:
- frame means having a central opening and a retainer opening in communication therewith;
- cover means pivotally connected with said frame means for movement between a closed position for closing said central access opening and an open position for uncovering said central access opening;
- at least one cover opening formed in said cover means and being aligned with said retainer opening when the cover means is in said closed position, the retainer and cover openings being for the passage of cable;
- wire retainer means mountable in said retainer opening to cause, when said cover means is in closed position, said retainer opening and said cover opening to be in a closed condition to prevent said passage of cable and place the fitting in an inactive or abandoned status or alternatively mountable in said retainer opening to cause, when said cover means is in closed position, said retainer opening and said cover opening to be in an open condition for the passage of cable and place the fitting in an activated status; and
- when said wire retainer means has conditioned said retainer opening to be in open condition, the wire retainer means closing off said communication between said central opening and said retainer opening to retain cable in the retainer opening and prevent movement into said access opening whereby cable will not interfere with opening and closing of said cover.
- 11. In a flush floor outlet fitting:
- support means;
- a retainer opening formed on said support means;
- keyway means formed on opposite sides of said retainer opening;
- wire retainer means including an elongated body having a blocking surface, a pair of spaced-apart side sections respectively extending outwardly from opposite ends of the body, key means extending outwardly respectively from said side sections and disposed respectively in said keyway means; and
- said key and keyway means providing for said retainer means to be disposed in said retainer opening:
- (a) with said blocking surface oriented to prevent passage of cable through said retainer opening; or
- (b) with said blocking surface oriented to provide for the passage of cable through said retainer opening and to retain the cable in the retainer slot and prevent movement away from the support means into said access opening.
Parent Case Info
This application was filed as a divisional application of then copending application Ser. No. 95,437 filed 8/24/87 which has been abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (7)
Divisions (1)
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