Combined jacket and suspension means for conductors and the like

Claim 1

AN INEXPENSIVE, FLUID-TIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT, ONE-PIECE TUBULAR JACKET FORMED ENTIRELY OF ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE COMPONENTS HAVING A READILY OPENED AND ENCLOSED SEAM EXTENDING FROM END-TO-END THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO BE SUSPENDED FROM TEMPORARY SUPPORTS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO PROVIDE A WEATHER-TIGHT TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, SAID UNITARY TUBULAR JACKET COMPRISING A THIN-WALLED ELONGATED MAIN BODY STRIP WITH LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF FLEXIBLE IMPERVIOUS PLASTIC MATERIAL FREE OF STIFFENING AND REINFORCING ELEMENTS, A PAIR OF STEAM FORMING MEMBERS INTERLOCKING TO PROVIDE A FLUID-TIGHT SEAM EXTENDING FROM END-TO-END OF SAID MAIN BODY AND FORMED OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE PLASTIC MATERIAL, THE FIRST SAID SEAM FORMING MEMBER BEING SECURED IN A FLUID-TIGHT MANNER ALONG ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID MAIN BODY STRIP AND TE SECOND SAID SEAM-FORMING MEMBER BEING SECURED INWARDLY OF THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID MAIN BODY STRIP SUFFICIENTLY TO PROVIDE AN EXTERIOR GUARD FLAP WIDE ENOUGH TO BRIDGE SAID SEAM IN THE CLOSED POSITION OF SAID SEAM, AND A CONTINUOUS JACKET SUSPENSION STRIP FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL PROJECTING OUTWARDLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID MAIN BODY STRIP OF SAID JACKET FROM SAID SECOND SEAM FORMING MEMBER, SAID SUSPENSION STRIP BEING SO SPACED FROM SAID GUARD FLAP THAT SAID SEAM IS LOCATED ALONG ONE LATERAL SIDE OF SAID JACKET WHEN THE LATTER IS SUPPORTED BY SUSPENSION FROM SAID SUSPENSION STRIP AND WHEREBY SAID GUARD FLAP OVERLIES AND CONCEALS THE CLOSED SEAM AND IS EFFECTIVE EAVE-FASHION TO DRAIN RAIN WATER AND THE LIKE FROM THE JACKET WITHOUT PERMITTING THE WATER TO CONTACT THE MATING PORTIONS OF SAID SEAM FORMING MEANS, SAID CONTINUOUS SEAM BEING OPENABLE FROM THE SIDE OF THE SUSPENDED JACKET AND FROM END-TO-END THEREOF TO ADMIT ADDITIONAL CONDUCTORS AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF CONDUCTORS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED.