Chain Patents (Class 16/204)
  • Patent number: 9784298
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide a theft-resistant cable clamp that increases the time and effort required to remove the cable from the irrigation equipment, thereby deterring thieves As the extensions that protrude from the cable-reception loop are forced together, the walls of the cable-reception loop compress against the cable. Openings in the extensions on the cable clamp allow the cable clamp to fit over a component of the irrigation equipment. A plurality of teeth can protrude from the perimeter of an opening to grip the exterior of the component. A coupler or other component may have a groove into which the teeth engage when the cable clamp is in a final location on the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Reinke Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley George Weatherl