US 11,852,213 B2
Securing device
Thomas Reynolds, Sheffield (GB)
Assigned to GRIPPLE LIMITED
Appl. No. 17/429,874
Filed by Gripple Limited, Sheffield (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/051473
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194075, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1904007 (GB), filed on Mar. 22, 2019; application No. 1906023 (GB), filed on Apr. 30, 2019; and application No. 2002362 (GB), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128121 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F16G 11/10 (2006.01); F16G 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 11/106 (2013.01) [F16G 11/101 (2013.01); F16G 11/146 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A securing device for securing an elongate article, the securing device comprising:
a rotatable clamp member;
a support for supporting the clamp member, the clamp member being rotatably mounted on the support;
the securing device defining a pathway for the elongate article, wherein the clamp member is rotatably movable into the pathway; and
the support further includes a spring member for urging the clamp member into a clamping position in said pathway;
wherein the support comprises a rotatable carriage, the clamp member being held on the carriage, whereby rotation of the carriage effects rotation of the clamp member;
the carriage comprising an outer portion, the outer portion extending around an inner region of the carriage;
and the securing device comprises a housing to house the clamp member, the carriage being rotatably mounted on the housing, and the housing comprising a wall;
wherein the wall is received in the inner region of the carriage.