Cable-tap closure device

Claim 1

A UNITARY CLOSURE DEVICE FORMED OF INSULATING MATERIAL FOR RECEIVING A CABLE-TAP CONNECTION THEREIN COMPRISING, A PAIR OF HIGEDLY CONNECTED COMPLEMENTARY BOXLIKE HALF-SECTIONS, COACTABLE LATCHING MEANS ON THE RESPECTIVE HALF-SECTIONS FOR HOLDING THE SECTIONS IN CLOSED RELATIONSHIP ABOUT THE CABLE TAP C ONNECTION, EACH OF SAID HALF-SECTIONS BEING BOUNDED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS BY A TRANSVERSE END WALL, EACH END WALL CONSTITUTED BY A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL ROWS OF ALINGED, FLEXIBLE COMB-LIKE TINES, DISPOSED IN OUTWARDLY INCLINED RELATION, THE TINES IN EACH ROW BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE TINE, THE TINES IN THE INNERMOST ROW BEING STAGGERED WITH RESPECT TO THE TINES IN THE ADJACENT ROW, SAID TINES BEING ADAPTED TO DISTEND OUTWARDLY ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF A PAIR OF CONNECTED CABLES UPON CLOSURE OF SAID HALFSECTIONS THEREON, THE TINES IN THE INNERMOST ROW FILLING THE SPACES BETWEEN THE TINES IN THE NEXT ADJACENT ROW THEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY SHIELDING SAID CABLE TAP CONNECTION.