Patent · US Expired

Hinged top lid for cable channel

US6107576A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G3/0418
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cable channel and lid assembly including an elongate cable channel for supporting wire and/or optical cable therein and defining outwardly facing grooves adjacent the top edge of each side wall. A hinged top lid is provided including two opposing side walls wherein each side wall includes an inwardly extending portion for being received by a corresponding channel wall groove. One of the top lid side walls is substantially rigid and can be disengagingly raised from its associated channel wall groove, and the other of the top lid side walls is flexible and adapted to be fixedly secured in its associated groove so as to serve as a hinge when the aforesaid opposing top lid side wall is raised.

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