US 11,873,881 B1
Cable gripper insert
Rod Herrick, Whitefish, MT (US); and Jared W Shappell, Kalispell, MT (US)
Assigned to RODDIE, Inc., Columbia Falls, MT (US)
Filed by RODDIE, INC., Columbia Falls, MT (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,003.
Application 17/392,003 is a continuation of application No. 15/681,048, filed on Aug. 18, 2017, granted, now 11,105,392.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/377,492, filed on Aug. 19, 2016.
Int. Cl. F16G 11/04 (2006.01); F16B 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 11/044 (2013.01) [F16B 2/005 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable gripper component comprising:
a gripper base having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface along said gripper base longitudinal axis, said gripper base upper surface comprising a channel extending along a length of said gripper base longitudinal axis;
a gripper insert having a textured, concave, cable engaging upper surface and an opposing lower surface along said gripper insert longitudinal axis, said opposing lower surface dimensioned to mirror and removably engage with said gripper base channel, and
means for mechanically coupling said insert to said base channel such that when said gripper insert lower surface is engaged in said gripper base upper surface channel, said gripper insert provides the cable gripping surface of said gripper component.