US 11,685,413 B2
Line bypass system
Adam Deel, Bay Village, OH (US); and Randy Cloud, Mentor, OH (US)
Assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed by PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/807,096.
Application 15/424,773 is a division of application No. 14/217,341, filed on Mar. 17, 2014, granted, now 9,573,602, issued on Feb. 21, 2017.
Application 16/807,096 is a continuation of application No. 15/424,773, filed on Feb. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,576,996.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/801,413, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0216099 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B61B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 7/00 (2013.01) [Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/44 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A line bypass system comprising:
a support structure comprising:
a first support portion having an upper side and a lower side;
a second support portion spaced apart from the first support portion and attached to the first support portion; and
an attachment structure attached to the upper side of the first support portion and configured to attach to a suspension device such that the support structure is supported below the suspension device, wherein:
the first support portion is disposed between the second support portion and the attachment structure when the attachment structure is attached to the suspension device,
the first support portion and the second support portion define a first opening between the lower side of the first support portion and an upper side of the second support portion,
the first opening extends from a first side of the support structure to an opposing second side of the support structure, and the first opening is configured to movably receive a first guide wire passing into the first opening on the first side of the support structure and passing out of the first opening on the second side of the support structure, and
the upper side of the first support portion faces toward the suspension device and the lower side of the first support portion faces away from the suspension device when the attachment structure is attached to the suspension device.