Cable Support With Movable Bail for Versatile Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional non-continuous supports for data cables are often complex, bulky, and expensive, with specialized mounting features that limit their versatility and require multiple types for different installation scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A compact cable support design featuring a saddle, stem, and leg with a movable securing member and a bendable mounting tab, allowing for customizable mounting to various structures and orientations, including walls, ceilings, and threaded rods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional non-continuous supports are designed with specialized mounting features for different installation scenarios, then they can accommodate various mounting needs, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single support structure that can be mounted in multiple orientations (vertical, horizontal, angled) and on various surfaces (walls, ceilings, rods) without requiring specialized mounting features for each scenario. The simple hook-shaped body with integral mounting flange serves universal mounting purposes through flexible positioning and attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is segmented into distinct functional components: a hook-shaped cable support body, an integral mounting flange, and adjustable positioning features. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity and avoiding the need for complex integrated mounting systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional non-continuous supports are designed with multiple specialized types for different installation scenarios, then they can address specific mounting needs, but the quantity of support types required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the need for multiple specialized support types by creating a universal support design that can be adapted to various installation scenarios through flexible mounting orientations and positioning adjustments, rather than requiring different support models for different applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure incorporates dynamic positioning capabilities that allow it to be installed in different orientations and positions, enabling a single static support type to serve multiple installation scenarios that would traditionally require different support designs.
3Reliability
If conventional non-continuous supports are designed with complex mounting features, then they can provide secure mounting options, but the ease of operation during installation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure incorporates self-aligning and self-securing features that automatically ensure proper mounting without requiring complex alignment procedures or specialized tools. The integral flange design and positioning features enable the support to secure itself to the mounting surface through straightforward attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the complex mounting features from the support structure and replaces them with simple, standardized attachment mechanisms that maintain mounting security while dramatically simplifying the installation process. The mounting function is separated into basic, easy-to-implement components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a cost-effective, versatile, and compact support system that can be easily adapted for multiple mounting scenarios, reducing the need for multiple support types and simplifying installation processes.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the first arm and the second arm can include a hook that engages with the slot in the first configuration and with the stem in the second configuration
Data Source
AI summary
A cable support includes a support body with a saddle configured to support one or more cables, and a stem and a leg that extend from opposite ends of the saddle. A securing member is coupled to the leg. The securing member is movable between a first configuration configured to secure one or more cables within the saddle and a second configuration configured to permit one or more cables to be moved into or out of the saddle. The leg including a retaining tab that releasably secures the securing member in the second configuration.