US 12,113,344 B2
Releasable holder for cables and conduit
William Gary Gintz, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to STICNSTAC LLC, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Sticnstac, LLC, Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,905.
Application 18/132,905 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,844, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,626,717.
Application 17/127,844 is a continuation of application No. 16/405,868, filed on May 7, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/405,868 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/836,766, filed on Dec. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,283,950, issued on May 7, 2019.
Application 15/836,766 is a continuation of application No. 15/239,686, filed on Aug. 17, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/209,213, filed on Aug. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246431 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02G 3/32 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01); H02G 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/32 (2013.01) [H02G 3/0418 (2013.01); H02G 3/0487 (2013.01); H02G 3/305 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A releasable cable holder for securing a cable in a suspended ceiling environment to a structural wire in the suspended ceiling environment, the releasable cable holder comprising:
a first cable-holding portion, a second structure-connecting portion, and a third portion coupling the first cable-holding portion and the second structure-connection portion,
the first cable-holding portion including:
a first planar base plate, formed with sidewalls extending upward from the first planar base plate;
a first living hinge formed along one of the sidewalls, movably connecting a first planar top cover to the one of the sidewalls;
a first latching lip formed on the first planar top cover, distal from the first living hinge;
a corresponding lip formed on another of the sidewalls, distal from the first living hinge, the first latching lip and corresponding lip together defining a first pair of latching lips;
a first base ridge jutting out from the first planar base plate and generally facing the top cover;
a first impediment jutting out from the first planar top cover and generally facing the first planar base plate; and
a release tab on the top cover adjacent the first latching lip;
wherein the first base ridge, the first impediment, and the first latching lip are operable to secure the cable on the first planar base plate between the sidewalls by moving the first planar top cover about the first living hinge so that the first latching lip clasps the corresponding lip to latch the first planar top cover closed relative to the first planar base plate, and the cable is secured between the first base ridge and the impediment when the first planar top cover is closed relative to the first planar base plate; and
the second structure-connecting portion including:
a second base plate with a second ridge, and a second top cover with a second impediment, the second base plate and the second top cover connected by a second living hinge;
a second pair of latching lips opposite the second hinge, wherein the second structure-connecting portion is operable to grip the structural wire between the second ridge and the second impediment.