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Connector for elongate elements

Patent 4867596 Issued on September 19, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 4, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

318195

681070

869332

2476863

3565380

Inventor

Application

No. 07/228256 filed on 08/04/1988

US Classes:

403/170, Three or more radiating members403/297, Expansible section403/395, One rod held between bight and other rod extending through aperture in leg of connector403/398Yoke or ring-type connector

Examiners

Primary: Kundrat, Andrew V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

F16B 7/00 (20060101)
F16B 7/14 (20060101)
F16B 7/04 (20060101)
F16B 12/00 (20060101)
F16B 12/40 (20060101)

Abstract

A connector, for releasably securing and supporting as many as three elongate elements such as tubing, piping and the like along mutually perpendicular axes. The connector comprises a first U-shaped member, having parallel spaced arms extending from a base, with aligned openings in the arms spaced from the base. The openings are shaped and sized to receive one of the elongate elements therethrough. A second elongate element may be inserted into the space between the arms of the U, the base portion of the U and the first elongate element, perpendicularly to the latter. A lock mechanism on the U-shaped member is provided to secure the elements in frictional engagement. A second U-shaped member having parallel spaced arms connected by a base has its base attached to the base of the first U-shaped member. The spaced arms of the second U-shaped member are shaped and dimensioned to engage the end of a third elongate element, which is held in position by a second locking mechanism.

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