Patent · US Expired

Reversible cable connector

US4140207A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 1977
Grant dateFeb 20, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 29, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/45885
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A reversible cable connector to connect a lanyard to a vertically suspended cable of the type which combines a U-shaped shoe to hold the cable in the crotch of the shoe with a lever arm pivotally mounted upon a pivot pin between the side plates of the shoe, the lever having a cam surface at the inner end of the lever arm engaging the cable when the lever is pulled downwardly and a connecting means at the outer end of the lever arm connecting with the lanyard.

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