US 12,031,651 B2
Adapter for mounting cables and cable hangers
Ronald A. Vaccaro, Taylorsville, NC (US); Aviral Joshi, Oak Park, IL (US); and Taig S. Rajpal, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,032.
Application 16/876,403 is a division of application No. 15/804,178, filed on Nov. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,663,088, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 18/351,032 is a continuation of application No. 17/864,868, filed on Jul. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,703,149.
Application 17/864,868 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,403, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,396,958, issued on Jul. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/420,608, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358341 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 3/13 (2006.01); F16L 3/22 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/13 (2013.01) [F16L 3/221 (2013.01); H02G 3/0456 (2013.01); F16L 3/222 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for assisting in the mounting of cables, comprising:
three serially attached mounting panels, each of the mounting panels including a mounting hole;
two base segments, each base segment attached to an edge of a respective mounting panel, each base segment being generally parallel with an intermediate one of the mounting panels;
wherein the mounting panels and the base segments define an interior of the adapter;
two locking arms, each locking arm extending from an edge of a respective base segment in a direction away from the interior;
the device further comprising two fingers extending into the interior of the device from a respective base segment adjacent a respective locking arm, the fingers being configured to cooperate to grasp a cable.