Cable retainer

Claim 1

A two-piece, self-locking, cable retainer for supporting electric cables, and the like, from a panel wall, comprising in combination: 1. an anchor member designed to be received within an aperture in a panel wall; 2. the anchor member having a cylindrical head with a dependent stem terminating in a conical head; 3. the diameters of the bases of the cylindrical and conical heads being greater than that of the panel wall aperture, the diameter of the stem being less than that of said aperture; 4. a substantially flat flexible strap formed integrally with the cylindrical head and extending laterally therefrom; 5. the strap having a plurality of toothlike serrations extending crosswise of its upper surface, the length thereof; 6. the cylindrical head having a diametric groove, of rectangular cross section, open to the top, cut in its upper face, in alignment with the strap; 7. the bottom wall of said groove having a plurality of crosswise toothlike serrations; 8. the anchor member also having a rectangular axial bore therethrough, providing an abutment at the base of the cylindrical head and dividing the stem and conical head into two identical halves free to flex toward or away from each other; 9. a lock member having a head portion with a smooth-walled passageway, of a cross-sectional configuration to receive the free end of the strap therethrough, and an outwardly projecting lug positioned immediately above each end of the passageway; 10. a rectangular shank formed integrally with the head portion and depending therefrom in a plane normal to the long axis of the passageway; 11. the shank having parallel sidewalls faced lengthwise of the passageway, and parallel end walls faced crosswise of the passageway, the shank end walls having paired and spaced lower and upper notches; and 12. the anchor member stem being positioned through the panel wall aperture with the base of its conical head positioned against the back side of the wall; the lock member shank being nested within the anchor member bore to hold the halves of the stem and conical head away from each other; the lock member shank being movable inwardly of the between a first, initial, locking position wherein the anchor member bore abutment is engaged by the shank lower notches, and a second, final, locking position, wherein the anchor member bore abutment is engaged by the shank upper notches; when the lock member is in its first position the head passageway is clear of the anchor head groove, allowing the strap to be flexed upon itself and its free end pulled through the passageway with its serrations faced toward the anchor head groove serrations; when the lock member is in its second position its passageway is nested within the anchor member groove, with the strap and groove serrations held in pressed interlocking engagement by the lock member lugs, to provide a cable retaining loop immovably mounted on the panel wall.