Cord hangers for hoist

Claim 2

A mobile carrier means for detachably supporting from an elongated generally horizontal support a flexible element of extensible character such as an insulated electric power cord, or a fluid conduit, connectable with a work member serviced by said flexible element, said carrier comprising in combination a. at least one support-mountable element hanger of composite upper and lower bracket form; b. said upper bracket having a freely rotatable carrier roller or pully wheel for cooperative mounting upon and mobile movement along said elongated support; c. said lower bracket having means for detachably mounting it in depending fashion from and cooperatively with complemental means provided on said upper bracket; d. said lower bracket having a guide roller or pulley wheel disposed for cooperation with and below said elongated support when attached to said upper bracket with said elongated support disposed between the respective rollers or pulleys of said upper and lower brackets; e. a composite flexible-element-support-and-gripping means, having cooperative means on an upper portion thereof and also on a depending lower portion of said lower portion of said lower bracket by which said flexible-element-support is detachably hung therefrom in a manner providing for free pivotal movement about a generally vertical pivot axis; and f. said flexible-element-support including two separable complementally shaped segments for effecting the gripping of a flexible element therebetween.

Claim 3

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein said complementally shaped segments of paragraph (f) include interengaging co-acting means adjustable for gripping flexible elements of varying cross-sectional size.

Claim 4

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 1, further including in association with said two complemental shaped segments of paragraph (f) flexible sleeve-like means for protectively surrounding said flexible element at least in the gripping area thereof.

Claim 5

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein said upper bracket of paragraphs (a) and (b) is of generally inverted U-shape having said rotatable carrier roller disposed between opposed legs which terminate in free downwardly directed ends; said lower bracket or paragraph (c) is of generally upright U-shape having said guide roller thereof mounted between opposed legs terminating in upwardly extending free ends; said brackets being fabricated of a material which enables at least one of said free leg ends of one bracket to yield slightly relative to a corresponding one of the other bracket to facilitate their mounting one on the other; and wherein the means detachably interconnecting said upper and lower brackets of paragraphs (b) and (c) include complementally interengaging end portions of said respective free leg end portions of said upper and lower brackets.

Claim 6

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 4, wherein at least one pair of corresponding interengaging free leg ends of said upper end lower brackets are provided with inversely disposed coacting claw means capable of frictional snap-on interlocking engagement with one another.

Claim 7

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 5 wherein the other pair of corresponding interengaging free leg ends, of said respective upper and lower brackets, are provided with complemental coacting hinge-forming means to provide for separable detachment of the lower and upper brackets to facilitate assemble with and disassembly frOm a pro-existing, generally horizontal support.

Claim 8

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 4 wherein both corresponding pairs of interengaging free leg ends of said upper and lower brackets are provided with inversely disposed coacting claw means having complemental frictional snap-on interlocking engagement with one another.

Claim 9

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein said composite flexible element-support-and-gripping means includes a main body of inverted L-shape with a short leg of the L generally horizontally disposed and having a hole therein to receive a connecting pin therethrough, said connecting pin dependingly connected to a lower portion of said lower U-shape bracket and constituting part of the means for effecting said hanging for pivotal mounting about the generally vertical axis; said L-shape body having a longer leg disposed generally perpendicular to said shorter leg, and having a medial portion pre-shaped to conform to at least part of the outer surface of said flexible element and constituting one of said two complementally shaped segments of paragraph (f) to hold said flexible element; said longer leg having an upper and lower engagement hole provided in the perpendicular part at opposite sides of said medial pre-shaped portion, said engagement holes provided with oppositely beveled edges relative to the generally vertically disposed main body at their respectively remotely opposite sides; the other of said two shaped segments being an auxiliary body and near generally opposite end thereof being provided with hole-engaging arms projecting transversely therefrom in a common direction, said arms each having a remotely opposed saw tooth edge for complemental and adjustable engagement with said respectively beveled edges of said engagement holes in said main body.

Claim 10

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 1 wherein the two shaped segments of paragraph (f) each have correspondingly disposed means to form a pivotal, hinge-like interconnection with one another, and having complementally formed, serrated or saw-tooth arm and beveled aperture means for releasably interlocking said segments together around a flexible element and at a point beyond where said flexible element would be gripped between said segments.

Claim 11

A mobile carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein said cooperative means of paragraph (e) for interconnecting said flexible-element-support-and-gripping means with said lower bracket include attaching stud and aperture and means for retaining said stud for said freely pivotal movement about a generally vertical pivot axis constituted by said attaching stud.

Claim 12

A mobile carrier means for detachably supporting from an elongated, generally horizontal support a flexible element such as an extensible insulated electric power cord, or a fluid conduit, connectable with a work member serviced by said flexible element and with said flexible element being attachable beneath said carrier, said carrier comprising in combination a. at least one carriage of composite, separably interconnected upper and lower bracket form with means for interconnecting said brackets and with means by which the flexible element is attachably supportable by said lower bracket; b. said upper bracket being of generally inverted U-shape having a rotatable carrier roller disposed between opposed legs which terminate in free downwardly directed ends; said carrier roller disposed for cooperative mounting upon and mobile movement along said elongated support; c. said lower bracket being of upright U-shape having a guide roller thereof mounted between opposed legs which terminate in upwardly extending free ends, said guide roller disposed for cooperation with and below said elongated horizontal support when attached to said upper bracket and with said elongated horizontal support disposed between the respective rollers of said respective brackets; d. said means for interconnecting said upper and lower brackets include complemental releasably inTerlocking portions of said free leg end portions of said upper and lower brackets, and said brackets constructed so that at least one of said free leg ends of one bracket is slightly resiliently yieldable relative to a corresponding one on the other bracket to facilitate their interlocking engagement relationship.

Claim 13

A mobile carrier means for detachably supporting from an elongated, generally horizontal support a flexible element such as an extensible insulated electric power cord, or a fluid conduit, connectable with a work member serviced by said flexible element and with said flexible element being attachable beneath said carrier, said carrier comprising in combination a. at least one carriage of composite, separably interconnected upper and lower bracket form with means for interconnecting said brackets and with means by which the flexible element is attachably supportable by said lower bracket; b. said upper bracket being of generally inverted U-shape having a rotatable carrier roller disposed between opposed legs which terminate in free downwardly directed ends; said carrier roller disposed for cooperative mounting upon and mobile movement along said elongated support; c. said lower bracket being of upright U-shape having a guide roller thereof mounted between opposed legs which terminate in upwardly extending free ends, said guide roller disposed for cooperation with and below said elongated horizontal support when attached to said upper bracket and with said elongated horizontal support disposed between the respective rollers of said respective brackets; d. said means for interconnecting said upper and lower brackets include complemental releasably inTerlocking portions of said free leg end portions of said upper and lower brackets, and said brackets constructed so that at least one of said free leg ends of one bracket is slightly resiliently yieldable relative to a corresponding one on the other bracket to facilitate their interlocking engagement relationship.

Claim 14

A composite support-and-gripping means for assembly around and for detachably supporting a flexible element such as an insulated electric power cord, or a fluid conduit, in detachable and depending association with an overhead carrier usually of the type movably mounted upon and for movement along a generally horizontally stretched cable or elongated rod-like support, the overhead carrier having means for mounting said composite support-and-gripping means in a depending manner therefrom, said composite support-and-gripping means comprising in combination a. two independently separable coacting bracket segments, each having complementally pre-shaped portions in their generally medial area to conform to at least part of the outer surface of and for gripping the flexible element therebetween when assembled around said flexible element; b. one of said segments being a main body of inverted generally L-shape formation, with the short leg of the L being generally horizontally disposed with means for attaching to said overhead carrier so as to have free movement about a generally vertical axis; c. said L-shaped main body having its longer leg disposed generally perpendicular to said shorter leg, and having spaced apart upper and lower engagement holes oppositely adjacent its medial pre-shaped portion. d. the other of said two segments being an auxiliary body provided oppositely adjacent its medial pre-shaped portion near opposite ends thereof with transversely projecting means for interengaging with said upper and lower engagement holes of said L-shaped main body to facilitate the coacting assembly thereof around the flexible element to be supported, and e. at least one of said transversely projecting means of the auxiliary body being of semi-resilient, elongated arm-like formation having a plurality of saw-tooth like notches in one for for detachable interlocking engagement with the corresponding engagement hole.

Claim 15

A composite support-and-gripping means for assembly around and for detachably supporting a flexible element such as an insulated electric power cord, or a fluid conduit, in detachable and depending association with an overhead carrier usually of the type movably mounted upon and for movement along a generally horizontally stretched cable or elongated rod-like support, the overhead carrier having means for mounting said composite support-and-gripping means in a depending manner therefrom, said composite support-and-gripping means comprising in combination a. two independently separable coacting bracket segments, each having complementally pre-shaped portions in their generally medial area to conform to at least part of the outer surface of and for gripping the flexible element therebetween when assembled around said flexible element; b. one of said segments being a main body of inverted generally L-shape formation, with the short leg of the L being generally horizontally disposed with means for attaching to said overhead carrier so as to have free movement about a generally vertical axis; c. said L-shaped main body having its longer leg disposed generally perpendicular to said shorter leg, and having spaced apart upper and lower engagement holes oppositely adjacent its medial pre-shaped portion. d. the other of said two segments being an auxiliary body provided oppositely adjacent its medial pre-shaped portion near opposite ends thereof with transversely projecting means for interengaging with said upper and lower engagement holes of said L-shaped main body to facilitate the coacting assembly thereof around the flexible element to be supported, and e. at least one of said transversely projecting means of the auxiliary body being of semi-resilient, elongated arm-like formation having a plurality of saw-tooth like notches in one for for detachable interlocking engagement with the corresponding engagement hole.