Patent Application
20120292460
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an organizing device, and more particularly to a cable and wire organizing device including an improved structure for allowing the cables and the wires to be easily and quickly engaged into the organizing device and to be easily and quickly attached or mounted or secured to various supporting facilities with the organizing device.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical cable organizing devices comprise a back mounting block for attaching or mounting or securing to various supporting apparatuses or facilities, the back mounting block includes a number of slots formed therein for receiving or engaging with the cables and the wires, and a front cap attached or mounted or secured to the back mounting block for clamping and retaining the cables and the wires between the back mounting block and the front cap.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,167,388 to Blair, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,736,669 to Martin et al. disclose two of the typical cable organizing devices each comprising a front part and a rear part including a number of slots formed therein for receiving or engaging with the cables and the wires, and a bracket attached or mounted or secured to the rear part for clamping and retaining the cables and the wires between the bracket and the rear part.
However, the front caps and the brackets should be removed and separated from the back mounting blocks and the rear parts before the cables and the wires may be disposed or attached or engaged into the slots that are formed between the back mounting block and the front cap or between the bracket and the rear part.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,607,618 to Mori et al. discloses another typical cable organizing device comprising a cable clip with a rigid circular base and a flexible dome-shaped head, and the base includes a central aperture and an adhesive layer covered by a protective file on one side, and the dome-shaped head includes a number of slots that extend radially across the head and interest with one another.
However, the dome-shaped head may not stably anchor and retain the cables and the wires to the dome-shaped head, and the cables and the wires may have a good chance to be disengaged from the dome-shaped head.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional cable and wire organizing devices.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a cable organizing device including an improved structure for allowing the cables and the wires to be easily and quickly engaged into the organizing device and to be easily and quickly attached or mounted or secured to various supporting facilities with the organizing device.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a cable organizing device comprising a cylindrical retainer member made of a resilient material and including at least one groove longitudinally formed therein, and including at least one slot formed in an outer peripheral portion thereof and communicative with the groove of the cylindrical retainer member for engaging a cable through the slot and into the groove of the cylindrical retainer member, and a coupling member engaged with the cylindrical retainer member for coupling and attaching the cylindrical retainer member to a supporting facility.
The cylindrical retainer member includes an engaging member formed in the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical retainer member for engaging with the coupling member. The cylindrical retainer member includes at least one flange for forming the engaging member and for engaging with the coupling member.
The cylindrical retainer member includes at least one orifice longitudinally formed therein and separated from the groove of the cylindrical retainer member, and includes at least one second slot formed in the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical retainer member and communicative with the orifice of the cylindrical retainer member.
The cylindrical retainer member includes a slit formed therein and communicative with the orifice and the groove of the cylindrical retainer member. The orifice and the groove of the cylindrical retainer member include different inner diameters for receiving and engaging with cables of different outer diameters.
The coupling member includes two curved holders having a compartment formed between the curved holders for receiving and engaging with the cylindrical retainer member. The coupling member includes an open end for attaching to the supporting facility with a fastening device.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
The cylindrical retainer member 10 may further include one or more slits 14 formed therein and intersecting or communicating the grooves 11 and/or the orifices 12 with each other for allowing the cables 80 and the wires 81 to be engaged into the grooves 11 and the orifices 12 at the middle or central portion of the cylindrical retainer member 10. The cylindrical retainer member 10 further includes an engaging member 16, such as an outer peripheral depression or recess 16 formed in the outer peripheral portion 15 thereof and formed or defined by and between a lower and outer peripheral flange 17 and/or an upper and outer peripheral flange 18 for engaging with a coupling member 20, such as a coupling barrel or sleeve 20 and for solidly and stably anchoring or securing or retaining the coupling member 20 to the cylindrical retainer member 10 and for preventing the coupling member 20 from being disengaged from the cylindrical retainer member 10. It is to be noted that the cylindrical retainer member 10 may resiliently engage with the cables 80 and the wires 81 for solidly and stably anchoring or securing or retaining the cables 80 and the wires 81 in the cylindrical retainer member 10.
For example, the coupling member 20 includes two curved holders 21 having a compartment 22 formed or defined between the curved holders 21 for suitably receiving or engaging with the cylindrical retainer member 10 and for solidly and stably anchoring or securing or retaining the coupling member 20 in or with the engaging member 16 of the cylindrical retainer member 10, and includes an open end 23 for allowing the cylindrical retainer member 10 to be easily and quickly engaged into the compartment 22 of the coupling member 20 that is formed or defined between the curved holders 21, and for allowing the cylindrical retainer member 10 and the coupling member 20 to be easily and quickly attached or mounted or secured to various supporting apparatuses or facilities 90 with a coupling or fastening device 40, such as a fastening strap 40.
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Accordingly, the cable organizing device in accordance with the present invention includes an improved structure for allowing the cables and the wires to be easily and quickly engaged into the organizing device and to be easily and quickly attached or mounted or secured to various supporting facilities with the organizing device.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
