Abstract: An installation clip has a base member that fastens to first electrical cable already secured to a structural member in order to mount one or more second electrical cables indirectly to the structural member. A clip structure is disposed on the base member and has a pair of resilient retaining arms that extend outwardly from the base member in opposed, spaced-apart relation to define a clip channel into which the second electrical cable(s) can be placed. Shoulders may be formed on the distal ends of the retaining arms to define an inlet into the clip channel, and lips may be disposed on the shoulders to form a V-shaped opening into the clip channel. The retaining arms may also have opposed central flanges that project into the clip channel parallel to the base member to form upper and lower regions, and a spacer may also be disposed on the base member to separate the lower region into a pair of subregions. These regions are each sized to receive a second electrical cable.

Abstract: A retainer element 1 for mounting and supporting various tubular components from a structural element such as a motor vehicle frame or body comprises at least one retainer region 2, 2', 2" and a mounting region 3 connected thereto. The mounting region 3 includes an orifice equipped with holding components that function to engage and retain on a fixation piece such as a threaded stud carried on a vehicle body. The orifice of the mounting region 3 traverses completely through the mounting region and can be threaded on the fixation piece from either of the two extreme end surfaces 6, 7 of the orifice.

Abstract: A strain relief device is provided for a line guiding assembly with a line channel capable of holding at least one line to be guided within the channel wherein the strain relief device has a pressure fitted connection device which serves to connect an apparatus to be connected to a line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a single-piece retaining element made of plastic designed for supporting at least one pipe or tubular member and comprising at least one attachment area 2 and at least one holding area 3, 4 for partial encompassing of the pipe line circumference. The attachment area 2 is connected with the holding area 3, 4 via at least one resilient cross piece of band or strap-like configuration.

Abstract: A mobile motor device is provided to be used interchangeably with motorless equipment shells. The mobile motor device includes a carrying handle, an universal motor, a support plate, and a latch for attaching to a motorless equipment shell. The motorless equipment shell is provided with a device to receive the latch and to prove stability to the mobile motor device.

Abstract: An apparatus for hanging one or more cables such as a coaxial cable and the like from a support bracket. The support bracket having a first clamp and a second clamp. The first clamp of the support bracket is attached to a suspension structure such as a pole, pipe, building structure, etc. The method for hanging the cable comprising the inserting of a portion of the cable inside a plastic removable and reusable guide sleeve. The guide sleeve placed inside the second clamp of the support bracket. Also, a guide roller may be used instead of the guide sleeve with the guide roller attached to the second clamp with the cable supported on the roller. The cable is than stretch to a desired tension and the guide sleeve or guide roller is removed from the second clamp and the cable. A rubber grommet is placed around a portion of the cable and the grommet and cable are inserted inside the second clamp of the support bracket. The second clamp is than tightened around the grommet with the cable secured thereon.

Abstract: An organizing device (10) is provided for use in hospitals, in order to maintain plural patient care lines (e.g., transducer lines (50) and intravenous infusion lines (52)) in a separate, individually identified, easy to use relationship. The device (10) includes an elongated, rigid base plate (12) having upstanding wall sections (14); the wall sections (14) include axially spaced apart, differently configured openings (34, 36) for receiving different patient care lines (50, 52). The base plate (12) also has a surface (28) for receiving line-identifying information thereon. A level indicator (16), viewable from both sides of the device (10), is provided in order to facilitate proper setup of transducer lines (50). The device (10) is preferably of unitary and integral synthetic resin construction, and is of a length to span the distance between upstanding hospital bed rails (58), thereby permitting releasable connection of the device (10) to a hospital bed.

Abstract: A housing for supporting a plurality of cables in which separate channels are formed in the housing and each channel is defined by a pair of side walls at least one of which is provided with flexible tab members having a detent device that cooperate with similar detent device formed on the opposing wall for retaining a cable within an associated channel.

Abstract: A securing means for securing a solar absorber of the multi-tube type to a roof of a building, the securing means comprising an elongated element having a number of resilient fingers which resiliently engage and hold the absorber to the element. For use with a tile roof comprising a number of overlapping roof tiles, the element includes a tongue at one end for location between overlapping portions of the tile and a hook at the opposite end of the element for engagement with the end of the lowermost tile. For application to metal roofs, the element may be fixed to the roof by fasteners.

Abstract: A wireway system is provided which includes a channel-shaped member having a central portion from which project two parallel, relatively narrow flanges. One of the flanges includes wider end portions which overlie two downcomers to which they are secured by fasteners. Cables or the like are supported on the central portion of the wireway. The relatively narrow flanges provide improved strength at reduced weight and permit adjacent wireways to be closely spaced apart.

Abstract: A holder including a fastening member, a base member, and a hinged connecting member for interconnecting the fastening member and the base member in a manner that the fastening member can be pivoted for the base member. The fastening member has a mounting block including a through hole. The base member has a mating portion including an insertion opening. The mounting block has engagement means engageable with engagement means provided on a bracket mounted on an automobile body. The engagement means of the bracket is engaged with the engagement means of the mounting block when the bracket is received in the through hole passed through the insertion opening, whereby the fastening member is mounted on the bracket in its closed position.

Abstract: A vehicle has a plurality of studs secured to its frame at predetermined locations. At least one groups of wires used to electrically interconnect electrical components of the vehicle are taped together and routed along the vehicle frame. Clips, each having a beam including a beam opening with a gripping device in the opening, are forced down onto the studs to secure the clips onto the studs. At least one wire of the group of wires is secured to the clip and therefore to the stud. The other wires of the group of wires, which are taped to the at least one wire, are according secured to the stud. A method of securing groups of wires to the vehicle frame incorporates use of the clips.

Abstract: A releasable mounting binder for wires and cables, the binder comprising a buckle, a pair of spaced slots in the buckle, means to receive securing means for securing the buckle in position on a surface of a body, and a flexible strap having ends to be fitted through the slots, each opposite surface of each end of the strap having co-operating hook or pile securing means so that the ends are releasably securable to each other in overlapping, abutting relationship for releasably looping about wires and cables to secure them on the buckle.

Abstract: An intravenous line separator system comprising a cover plate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, and a second end, a plurality of U-shaped grooves formed within the cover plate, a hinge pin positioned within the first end of the cover plate, a C-shaped locking element integral with the second end of the cover plate; and a base plate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, and a second end, a plurality of U-shaped grooves, the U-shaped grooves of the base plate corresponding in number and position to the U-shaped grooves of the cover plate, a hinge pin receiving means positioned at the first end of the base plate, the hinge pin of the cover plate adapted to be received within the hinge pin receiving means, the hinge pin and the hinge pin receiving means together serving to pivotally interconnect the base plate and the cover plate, a tongue locking element integral with the second end of the base plate, the C-shaped locking element adapted to receive the tongue locking element

Abstract: The universal clipping retainer for engaging a bundle of tubular elements to a frame rail flange of a vehicle comprises first and second sections. The first section comprises structure to which a tubular bundle is engaged by means of a cable tie strap member, the strap member extending through openings in the section, extending around the bundle and engaging to itself. The second section is a clip engaged to one end of the first section, the clip comprising a plurality of fingers biased toward a centerline of the clip for engaging a frame rail flange therebetween, each of the fingers having barbs on a flange engaging surface thereof, with the barbs pointing away from free ends of the fingers.

Abstract: A belt clamp includes a belt portion 10 and a buckle portion 20. The belt portion 10 is provided with a series of cogs 12 on the rear side along the longitudinal direction. The buckle portion 20 is provided with a tongue piece 30 having a through hole 22 adapted to permit said belt portion 10 to pass therethrough and pawls 32 adapted to engage with the cogs 12. The tongue piece 30 is formed on an end of a base plate 24 formed on the buckle portion so that only the pawls 32 project on the interior of the through hole 22. Thus, the distance between a wire harness after bundling and the top face of a panel becomes small, and the belt clamp requires a small mounting space and causes little backlash.

Abstract: A raceway cable retention and accommodation apparatus which has a support surface and a bracket. The bracket comprises a mounting portion, a first leg connected to the mounting portion, a second leg connected to the first leg, and a third leg connected to the second leg. The mounting portion and the first, second, and third legs are configured so as to define a J-shaped structure. The bracket is attached to the support surface by a mounting device. A panel for a panel system which has five surfaces. The panel has a first surface, a second surface connected to the first surface, and a third surface connected to the second surface. Furthermore, the panel has a fourth surface connected to the third surface and a fifth surface connected to the fourth surface. The panel is configured such that the first and second surfaces are mirror images of the fourth and fifth surfaces with respect to a plane which is perpendicular to the third surface.

Abstract: Elongated components such as electrical wiring, electrical cables, piping, rods, ropes, and steel cables are mounted in place, for example, in an aircraft body, by a mounting device that has at least two mounting sections. At least one, preferably both mounting sections are provided with component holding channels. When the two mounting sections are held together they form a block in which the components are held in the respective through-going channels. The mounting block is locked to a support, such as a wall member. The closing and thus the connection of the two mounting sections to each other and the clamping of the elongated components in the channels as well as the locking of the device to the support is accomplished by a mechanism that performs all three functions. In one embodiment the mechanism includes a connecting bolt holding at one end an expander dowel and on its threaded other end a clamping nut, whereby the expander dowel is expanded by a pulling action.

Abstract: A clamp for retaining electrical wires, fluid conduits or the like has restraining means adjacent to the inner ends of the clamp's legs. When the clamp is closed, the hook of a hook-shaped member adjacent to the upper leg passes through a slot adjacent to the lower leg and engages the outer surface of the clamp, thereby retaining the clamp in the closed position.

Abstract: A connector comprises first and second opposed, spaced apart locking lugs having first and second opposed, spaced apart faces between which the channel member is clamped. A flexible connection integral with the opposed faces of the locking lugs joins the locking lugs together in a unitary structure in a manner which allows for the space between the opposed faces of the locking lugs to be varied. The first and second locking lugs are provided with axially aligned bores which, when securing the connector to the channel member, receive a fastener for drawing the opposed faces of the locking lugs toward one another when the fastener is advanced into the axially aligned bores for clamping the channel member in between the opposed locking lugs of the connector.

Abstract: A device is provided for use in maintaining organization of lines which pass through a trench. The device includes a thin, substantially planar foundation and at least one separating member projecting normally therefrom. The foundation is suited for placement within a trench to directly underlie lines. The separating member is operatively associated with the foundation, acting as a spacer between adjacent lines. In order to provide a readily transportable and storable device, the invented line organizer is constructed from a single, thin sheet of generally rigid material. The sheet is foldable to provide a generally triangular device.

Abstract: A support for sheaves of pipe that prevents each pipe (4) individually and each sheaf as a whole from sagging. Each pipe extends through a more or less matching perforation. The support comprises at least two adjacent, parallel, and mutually attached disks (2 or 22) containing perforations (6 or 30) uniformly distributed at an angle of 60.degree. and matching the outer cross-section of the pipe. Every nth perforation in every nth line along one of the major axes (8, 10, & 12 or 24, 26, & 28) of distribution is concentrically expanded into the vicinity of the (n-1)th surrounding perforations (6 or 30), wherein n=2 or 3. The particular expansions (14 or 30) in subsequent disks (2a & 2b or 22a & 22b) are displaced such that every expansion in one disk is coaxial with a perforation (6c or 30b) left in the other disk.

Abstract: An electric wiring system comprising a plurality of electrical members including at least one wire and one enclosure to make a connection between the wire and one of the members, and a conduit support bracket. The enclosure having walls perpendicular to each other with one wall having at least one entrance for the wire. The conduit support bracket having a plate member attached at one end to one of the walls of the enclosure while supporting conduits adjacent its second end.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for mounting a plurality of cables adjacent a wall more easily and more securely. The apparatus includes an arm adapted at one end for engaging a receptacle in a stanchion, which is securely attached to the wall. Mounted on the arm is a restraint, which has a plurality of uprights, and which holds and separates the cables. The restraint is adapted at one end for engaging the stanchion's receptacle so that, along with the engaging end of the arm, it locks the restraint and the arm in the receptacle. Each of the restraint's uprights has at least one slot, through which a capture bar is inserted so as to hold each cable between a pair of uprights. The capture bar preferably includes a locking mechanism for holding it in place in the slots.

Abstract: A cable mounting construction comprising a bracket having a slot therein which has an open end, a closed end and sides, and a retainer assembly adapted to be snapped into position in the slot. The retainer assembly includes a one-piece generally tubular body having spaced flanges defining an annular groove. A snap spring includes a generally arcuate cylindrical portion and is snapped into the annular groove engaging the base of the groove. The snap ring includes free ends formed into tabs that extend generally radially such that when the retainer assembly is positioned in the slot the tabs flex and snap into recesses in the opposed sides of the slot. The retainer has an axial opening through which a cable may extend.

Abstract: A housing holder for a medical monitor, which can be a cardiotocograph, includes a housing reception unit provided with several recesses. The monitor housing of the medical monitor has a plurality of protrusions provided on the back wall thereof, and arranged such that they are adapted to be inserted into the recesses of the housing reception unit. At least one of the protrusions has a stationary, downwardly directed projection for engagement with the side of the housing reception unit facing away from the monitor housing, the engagement being effected in the area of the respective recess. At least one additional protrusion is equipped with a spring-loaded snap member for engagement with the side of the housing reception unit facing away from the monitor housing, the engagement being effected in the area of another of the recesses.

Abstract: There is provided a cable tie which incorporates a cushioning means which also functions as a retaining means. The cable tie comprises a housing and a strap. The strap can be separate from or integral with the housing. When the free end of the strap is assembled within the housing, a plurality of angularly extending fins maintains the integrity of the assembled components. A second plurality of longitudinal fins extend angularly from the inside circumference of the assembled clamp. The resiliency of the fins provides a cushioning to the device encircled by the strap. In addition the second plurality of longitudinally extending fins provide a resistance means to the sliding of the cable tie in a direction along a vehicle bracket or other member to which the cable tie is attached or to the longitudinal movement of the wiring harness within the cable tie itself.

Abstract: A medical implement and tubing organizer that allows medical implements to be held in a convenient location proximate to a patient and also allows the medical tubes to be organized and ordered according to size. The tubes are held in generally cylindrical lateral bores in the tubing holder. The holder is in detachable engagement with a substantially flat base portion. The base portion has a plurality of apertures adapted to receive and hold medical implements. The flat base portion also has a strap or the like to engage the rail or horizontal strut of a hospital bed. Thus, the entire unit is held in a fixed relationship with the patient for the convenience of the caregiver and the tube holding portion can be removed from the base, if desired, to facilitate turning or relocating the patient.

Abstract: A box mount for securing a bundle of wires by a metal cable tie to a mounting surface being integrally formed and having rounded surfaces that cooperate with and contact the cable tie. Integral support tabs are also provided to give added strength to the mount in the direction that the cable tie strap is tightened.

Abstract: The present invention anti-rotational fastener for an automotive vehicle comprises a cap portion suitable for attachment to an electrical apparatus and a barbed shaft. The shaft has a pair of broad sides and a pair of thin sides, all of which extend perpendicularly downward from the cap portion for attachment to an automotive vehicle body panel. This difference in shaft side dimensions corresponds to an elongated slot cut within the vehicle body panel, thereby preventing rotation of the fastener and, in turn, the electrical apparatus. Furthermore, an upper portion of the shaft broad sides has a pair of wings oppositely extending outward therefrom in order to mechanically stabilize the fastener against rotational movements in vertical planes which would otherwise tend to loosen the fastener. In an alternative embodiment, the anti-rotational fastener of the present invention can be used to retain and prevent rotation of a portion of a wire harness.

Abstract: A seismic brace or restraint for supporting the spine of lengths of electric cable tray. The seismic brace has a generally U-shaped yoke. The ends of the spines of two adjacent sections of cable tray are supported between the arms of the yoke. A cap over the yoke is supported by a hanger rod. The hanger rod inhibits the cap from moving vertically. The cap and yoke have formations enabling the yoke to be slid longitudinally of the cable tray into position at the cap with the cable tray spines in the yoke. Lateral struts extend in opposite directions laterally from the cap to inhibit lateral motion of the brace. Longitudinal struts extend in opposite longitudinal directions from the cap to inhibit longitudinal motion of the brace. The struts are supported on side brackets positioned on the cap.

Abstract: A multiple-cable mount for securing cable hangers to a support member on an antenna tower is described. The mount generally surrounds the support member, and includes spacing members positioned on the interior of the mount and a securing means for attaching the mount to a support member. Cable hangers are attached to the outer perimeter of the mount.

Abstract: A pole clip for arranging wires and/or tubing around the circumference of a pole. The clip comprises a resilient, flexible, generally C-shaped body adapted for a snap fit on the pole, and at least one resiliently-flexible arcuate arm extending in generally concentric relationship relative to the C-shaped body. The arm defines an arcuate wire-and-tube-retaining area between the C-shaped body and the arm. The wire-and-tube-retaining area is concentric with the C-shaped body, and is configured to visibly retain wires and/or tubes in side-by-side relationship around the pole. The arm has a free end closely spaced from another portion of the clip such that wires and/or tubes can be manually introduced into or released from the wire-and-tube-retaining area by flexing the arcuate arm but the arm normally retains the wires and/or tubes.

Abstract: A fiber optics cable raceway is formed of main channel members and telescope members. The main channel members have a generally U-shaped cross-section with a base, sides, and, at the top, inwardly extending lips. The telescope members have the same cross-section, but are slightly larger so they can fit about the main channel members for a longitudinally sliding fit. By alternately, interfitting main members and telescope members and adjusting the length by telescopic sliding, a raceway of the desired length can quickly be assembled. Small locking clips can then be fitted about the respective overlapping lips of two members to prevent further sliding. The raceway can be installed below the floor by the use of brackets hanging on pre-existing floor-supporting pedestals. It can be installed above a dropped ceiling by the use of hangers clamped to the grid struts of the ceiling. The locking clips serve to electrically interconnect the channel members and the telescope members.

Abstract: A cable routing system is disclosed that includes a plurality of cable pathway-defining elements, including troughs and fittings. Each of the elements terminates at an attachment end. A coupling is provided for adjoining at least a first one of the attachment ends to at least a second one of the attachment ends. The coupling includes an alignment mechanism for aligning the first and second ends in a predetermined alignment. The coupling further includes a clamp mechanism for clamping of the attachment ends within the coupling when the attachment ends are in the predetermined alignment.

Abstract: An intravenous tube holder having positioned along one edge, a plurality of clips for securing the holder to an intravenous tube. On the opposite edge, a writing surface is provided for either the writing of medical instructions or for the attachment of a label giving identification and instructions as to the medicine being delivered via the intravenous tube. At one end of the holder is a male receptacle, at the other end is a female receptacle; this combination permits the holders to be interconnected into a gang approach so as to keep the various intravenous tubes from several bottles orderly and easily identified. In one embodiment of the invention, the holder is color-coded to provide quick identification of the medicine or its characteristics.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a holding element made of plastic, with a first part (2) formed of hard plastic and having a storage zone (5) for acceptance of at least one tube-shaped part. A second part (3) made of soft, attenuating material is embedded in the first part (2) and a third part (4), embedded in same via a traversing aperture (6) exhibiting a holding zone (7"). According to the invention, the holding zone (7") of the third part (4") may be designed as a peg (23), equipped with at least one profiling (22) positionable into the aperture of a support, or as an arrow base (40), or as a spreader rivet (50).

Abstract: A strap mount for holding a bundle of wires against a hole in a structure such as a wall or ceiling. The strap mount includes a thin, closed loop mount member having a pair of substantially parallel extended end sections and a central loop section including a passageway. The shape of the mount allows for it, and an engaged strap, to pass completely through a hole in a structure and then be oriented so that the strap mount will be prevented from returning through the hole. When the strap mount is held up against the structure, the bundle can then be secured by tightening the cable strap around it.

Abstract: A routing clamp for attaching tubes, hoses, wire harnesses and the like to a vehicle frame comprises an elongate section of spring steel having a center portion and a flange engaging end which is bent back outwardly over the body portion to engage a frame rail flange of a vehicle, such as a truck, and to also engage the web portion of the frame rail. The other end of the section is folded inwardly to create a structure engaging loop within which the tubes, hoses or harnesses may rest. For convenience in opening the structure engaging loop, a terminal finger loop is provided.

Abstract: A universal pipe support and hanger system comprising a single support member of generally I-shaped cross-section elongated in a first direction between a proximate end and a distal end, and comprising an elongated central web integrally connected with midpoints of first and second flanges extending substantially at right angles to the web, in a second direction. The proximate end has an L-shaped flange for mounting the single support member against a flat surface or a DMV in at least two orthogonal directions. Upper and lower edges of each flange comprise v-shaped cradles to support pipes extending in a third direction. A plurality of septa extend between opposed inner surfaces of said first and second flanges, on either side of the web, so as to define compartments.

Abstract: A bracket includes a clip member having a U-shaped base. One of the clip member legs terminates in a lateral extension projecting away from other clip member leg and the other of said clip member legs terminates in a second normally oriented to extend beyond and spaced from that lateral extension. That other leg is flexible to allow second extension to be moved into engagement with said lateral extension in which orientation a releasable interlocking engagement between the two extensions. A generally U-shape liner is nested within the clip member and has spaced legs extending generally along respective ones of the legs of the clip member. When the second and lateral extensions are in engagement the clip member and liner are interengaged so as to be held against relative movement in X, Y, and Z directions. The lateral and second extensions are constructed to accommodate mounting the bracket to a mounting surface.

Abstract: A junction adapter, having face seal fluid fittings and being for use in a conventional plural line clamping system, has axial extension portions which extend from a central support portion, in a manner which permits face seal fluid connectors to be easily accessed by a wrench or like tool. Two embodiments of this new kind of junction adapter are described. The first embodiment features a junction adapter having axial extension portions which extend symmetrically outwardly from a central support portion substantially beyond the axial extension portions of conventional face seal junction adapters. This first embodiment can be installed in a plural line clamping system in an alternating manner with conventional face seal junction adapters.

Abstract: A cable management apparatus is used in conjunction with a wall panel system having an internal space. The apparatus comprises a plate with spaced apart retainer members extending outward from the plane of the plate. Each retainer member defines at least a partial enclosure sufficient to prevent cables placed therein from slipping out laterally. The plate is fastened to the wall panel system at a desired location within the interior space to hold and separate cables.

Abstract: A fiber optics cable raceway is formed of main channel members and telescope members. The main channel members have a generally U-shaped cross-section with a base, sides, and, at the top, inwardly extending lips. The telescope members have the same cross-section, but are slightly larger so they can fit about the main channel members for a longitudinally sliding fit. By alternately, interfitting main members and telescope members and adjusting the length by telescopic sliding, a raceway of the desired length can quickly be assembled. Small locking clips can then be fitted about the respective overlapping lips of two members to prevent further sliding. The raceway can be installed below the floor by the use of brackets hanging on pre-existing floor-supporting pedestals. It can be installed above a dropped ceiling by the use of hangers clamped to the grid struts of the ceiling. The locking clips serve to electrically interconnect the channel members and the telescope members.

Abstract: An arrangement for fixing a clamp to a C-shaped rail comprises a fixing plate urged against inner arms of the rail by a compression spring, the plate having a width which fits between inner arms so that it can be inserted from above, and a length, which fits between the arms of the C-shape, diagonally opposite portions of the ends of the plate being shaped to permit it to rotate between the arms of the rail. The spring is located between the head of a spigot fixed to the fixing plate and a supporting plate. The ends of inner arms are arranged to be located in grooves in the fixing plate.

Abstract: A clip for the retention of pipes and cables of various diameters or thicknesses comprising a first pair of resilient support members spaced apart by a distance smaller than the diameter of the smallest object to be retained and supported, the resilient support members being temporarily displaceable to allow the object to press between the support members and the support members resuming their original position after the passage of the object so as to retain the object and further comprising as opposing resilient support members a pair of flexible fingers which are arranged scissor-wise side-by-side and adapted to urge the object towards the first pair of resilient support members so that the object is maintained in contact therewith.The first pair of resilient support members may take the form of relatively short resilient fingers or may be flexible fin-like members extending across the clip.

Abstract: A clamp for mounting a tube to a support plate in a gas turbine engine includes a base plate and a capture plate for capturing the tube therebetween, with a fastener positionable through the base and capture plates for clamping them together and mounting the tube to the support plate. A tubular retainer extends through the base and capture plates for retaining them together when the fastener is removed.

Abstract: Holder for elongate articles, in particular for Bowden cables on a bicycle, which can be placed onto a T-bolt which projects relative to a component and on which it is secured both axially and radially against escape by means of an escape preventing means, and which has at least one elongate recess for receiving an article, in which the holder has a flap which is articulated longitudinally laterally and, for holding the article by means of the recess and the escape preventing means is pivoted and is held on the holder by means of a releasably catching mechanism. The holder is preferably formed from plastics material in one piece with the flap, and the flap is articulated by means of a film hinge.

Abstract: A carrier unit for securely holding a pipe so as to isolate the pipe to prevent transmission of sound or heat, which unit provides a significant degree of float or play in the movement of the pipe in the event of settling, shifting or earthquake. The invention also includes a support system for the holding of one or more of the subject carrier units so that a plurality of pipes may be installed in a single system thereby saving considerable time and manpower costs.

Abstract: A corner joint of a chassis of a cart which, positioned at each of the four corners of said chassis, connects frames on two sides that constitutes the chassis at a right angle. The corner joint comprises cylindrical parts formed with insert openings wherein the frame members are inserted for connection, a cylindrical part having a vertical through hole at the outer corner where said two cylindrical parts meet, and a caster attachment part which, provided in the plane defined and enclosed by said cylindrical parts that join each other at a right angle, connects the cylindrical parts at the mid-height thereof and which has the same configuration on the top and the bottom surfaces thereof.