Cable fastener assembly

Claim 1

A CABLE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH A HOLE IN A WORKPLATE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) CABLE MEANS COMPRISING METALLIC CABLE HOUSING MEANS HAVING AN END PORTION AND A CABLE MEMBER RELATIVELY MOVABLE TO SAID CABLE HOUSING MEANS, (B) LATCHING CLIP MEANS SURROUNDINGLY DISPOSED TO SAID END PORTION OF SAID CABLE HOUSING MEANS, SAID LATCHING CLIP MEANS BEING OF GENERALLY TUBULAR CONFIGURATION HAVING A FIRST END PORTION WTH AN APERTURE THEREIN SMALLER IN DIAMETER THAN SAID CABLE HOUSING MEANS AND LARGER THAN SAID CABLE MEMBER WHICH PASSES THERETHROUGH, (C) SAID LATCHING CLIP MEANS AT THE SECOND END HAVING A SHARPLY FLARED PERIPHERAL EDGE MEANS PORTIONS DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MAIN BODY PORTION OF SAID LATCHING CLIP MEANS, THE OUTWARD EXTENT OF SAID PERIPHERAL EDGE PORTION MEANS BEING LARGER THAN SAID HOLE IN SAID WORKPLATE, (D) RESILIENT TANG MEANS HAVING AN INTEGRAL PORTION AND A WORKPLATE ENGAGING FREE END PORTIONS DISPLACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TUBULAR BODY MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE SIDE OF SAID WORKPLATE OPPOSITE TO SAID PERIPHERAL EDGE PORTION MEANS, (E) SAID LATCHING CLIP MEANS BEING FURTHER FORMED WITH STOP MEANS DISPLACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE TUBULAR BODY PORTION OF SAID LATCHING CLIP MEANS IN THE AREA OF SAID BODY MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE FREE ENDS OF SAID TANG MEANS AND SAID PERIPHERAL EDGE, (F) DEFORMABLE SLEEVE MEANS HAVING A NECK PORTION MEANS GRIPPINGLY DEFORMED TO ENGAGE AND FIXEDLY MOUNT SAID SLEEVE MEANS TO SAID CABLE HOUSING MEANS, SAID SLEEVE MEANS HAVING A BASE PORTION MEANS INTEGRAL THEREWITH DISPOSED ADJACENT TO AND FOLDED OVER SAID PERIPHERAL EDGE MEANS OF SAID TUBULAR LATCHING CLIP MEANS TO PROVIDE A SHOULDER MEANS, (G) GASKET MEANS HAVING A PREDETERMINED THICKNESS DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID SHOULDER MEANS OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS AND THE WORKPLATE WHEN SAID LATCHING CLIP MEANS IS INSERTED IN THE HOLE OF SAID WORKPLATE, SAID GASKET MEANS BEING DISPOSED IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID TUBULAR LATCHING CLIP MEANS IN THE VICINITY OF SAID STOP MEANS, AND (H) RESILIENT INSERT MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID END PORTION OF SAID CABLE HOUSING MEANS AND SAID TUBULAR LATCHING CLIP MEANS, SAID INSERT MEANS HAVING A NECKED DOWN PORTION EXTENDINGLY DISPOSED IN SAID APERTURE IN SAID FIRST END THEREOF IN SURROUNDING RELATION TO SAID CABLE MEMBER, WHEREBY INSERTION OF SAID TUBULAR LATCHING CLIP TO SAID HOLE IN SAID WORKPLATE WILL CAUSE SAID FREE END PORTIONS OF SAID TANG MEANS TO ENGAGE ONE SIDE OF THE WORKPLATE AND SAID GASKET MEANS TO ENGAGE THE OTHER SIDE, SAID THICKNESS OF SAID GASKET MEANS BEING SUCH THAT IT IS TRAPPED BETWEEN AND COMPRESSED INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SHOULDER MEANS OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS AND SAID WORKPLATE TO PROVIDE A STRONG STURDY CABLE ASSEMBLY WHICH IS SEALINGLY MOUNTED TO SAID WORKPLATE.