Rack for supporting cables and the like

Claim 2

A rack comprising erect support means providing substantially parallel spaced elements having substantially horizontally aligned passages therethrough bounded by upwardly disposed lips and downwardly disposed shoulders upwardly spaced from the lips; an arm extended through the passages having a pair of separable segments providing mounting portions which are substantially mirror images of each other disposed in the passages and providing oppositely outwardly extended ends, each segment having an outer endwardly disposed inclined contact surface, a laterally disposed central edge longitudinally inwardly extended from said outer contact surface and an inner endwardly disposed contact surface oppositely inclined from said segment''s outer contact surface, the outer contact surfaces being fitted to the inner contact surfaces of the opposite segments with the central edges in fitted engagement, a contact surface of one segment overlaying the other segment at one passage and a contact surface of said other segment overlaying said one segment at the other passage; and spacing means disposed in each passage between the shoulder thereof and the segments holding the segments downwardly in said fitted engagement.

Claim 3

The rack of claim 1 in which the outer contact surfaces overlay the inner contact surfaces to which they are fitted, each of the segments has downwardly disposed notch means adjacent to its inner contact surface fitted downwardly over an adjacent lip, and the spacing means holds said notch means downwardly in fitted relation to their respective lips by holding the outer contact surfaces downwardly against their inner contact surfaces.

Claim 4

A rack comprising erect support means providing parallel spaced elements having substantially horizontally aligned passages therethrough bounded by upwardly disposed lips and downwardly disposed shoulders upwardly spaced from the lips; an arm extended through the passages having a pair of separable segments providing mounting portions which are substantially mirror images of each other disposed in the passages in fitted engagement and providing oppositely extended ends, each mounting portion having an extended side providing an inclined beveled end portion disposed at one passage and an opposite shorter side having an oppositely inclined beveled inner portion disposed at the other passage, the end portion of each segment being in fitted engagement with the inner portion of the other segment, a beveled portion of one segment overlaying a beveled portion of the opposite segment adjacent to one passage and the opposite beveled portion of said one segment being overlaid by the opposite beveled portion of said opposite segment adjacent to the opposite passage; and removable spacing means disposed in each passage between the overlaying portion disposed therein and the shoulder thereabove holding said overlaying beveled portion downwardly against the beveled portion therebelow.

Claim 5

A rack comprising erect support means providing parallel spaced elements having substantially horizontally aligned passages therethrough bounded by upwardly disposed lips and downwardly disposed shoulders upwardly spaced from the lips; an arm extended through the passages having a pair of separable segments providing mounting portions which are substantially mirror images of each other disposed in the passages in fitted engagement and providing oppositely extended ends, each mounting portion having an extended side providing an inclined beveled end portion disposed at one passage and an opposite shorter side having an oppositely inclined beveled inner portion disposed at the other passage, the end portion of each segment being in fitted engagement with the inner portion of the other segment, a beveled portion of one segment overlaying a beveled portion of the opposite segment adjacent to one passage and the opposite beveled portion of said one segment being overlaid by the opposite beveled portion of said opposite segment adjacent to the opposite passage; and removable spacing means disposed in each passage between the overlaying portion disposed therein and the shoulder thereabove holding said overlaying beveled portion downwardly against the beveled portion therebelow.

Claim 6

The rack of claim 3 in which the beveled end portions of the extended sides overlay the beveled inner portions of the shorter sides, the mounting portions have downwardly disposed notch means adjacent to their beveled inner portions fitted downwardly on respective lips, and the spacing means serves to retain the notch means on the lips by holding the overlaying beveled end portions downwardly against the beveled inner end portions.

Claim 7

A rack comprising erect support means providing substantially parallel spaced sides having substantially horizontally aligned passages therethrough bounded by upwardly disposed lips and downwardly disposed shoulders upwardly spaced from the lips; an arm extended through the passages having a pair of separable segments providing mounting portions which are substantially mirror images of each other disposed in the passages and having oppositely outwardly extended ends, the segments being of inverted substantially U-shape, each mounting portion having an elongated side wall providing an inclined beveled end portion disposed at one passage and a shorter side wall having an oppositely inclined beveled inner portion disposed at the other passage, the end portion of each segment being in fitted engagement with the inner portion of the other segment, a beveled portion of segment overlaying a beveled portion of the opposite segment adjacent to one passage and the opposite beveled portion of said one segment being overlaid by the opposite beveled portion of said opposite segment adjacent to the opposite passage; and removable spacing means disposed in each passage between the overlaying beveled portion disposed thereat and the shoulder thereabove holding said overlaying portion downwardly against the beveled portion of the opposite segment therebelow.

Claim 8

A rack comprising erect support means providing substantially parallel spaced sides having substantially horizontally aligned passages therethrough bounded by upwardly disposed lips and downwardly disposed shoulders upwardly spaced from the lips; an arm extended through the passages having a pair of separable segments providing mounting portions which are substantially mirror images of each other disposed in the passages and having oppositely outwardly extended ends, the segments being of inverted substantially U-shape, each mounting portion having an elongated side wall providing an inclined beveled end portion disposed at one passage and a shorter side wall having an oppositely inclined beveled inner portion disposed at the other passage, the end portion of each segment being in fitted engagement with the inner portion of the other segment, a beveled portion of segment overlaying a beveled portion of the opposite segment adjacent to one passage and the opposite beveled portion of said one segment being overlaid by the opposite beveled portion of said opposite segment adjacent to the opposite passage; and removable spacing means disposed in each passage between the overlaying beveled portion disposed thereat and the shoulder thereabove holding said overlaying portion downwardly against the beveled portion of the opposite segment therebelow.

Claim 9

The rack of claim 5 in which the beveled end portions overlay the beveled inner portions, the side walls of the mounting portions have notches therein aligned transversely thereof and fitted downwardly over respective lips, and the spacing means serves to hold the end portions downwardly against the inner portions and the notches downwardly over their respective lips.

Claim 10

The rack of claim 5 in which the elongated side walls project through both passages and each has spaced notches fitted downwardly over the lips and is supported by the lips, and the shorter sides terminate short of the lips with the inner beveled portions thereof overlaying and rested upon the beveled end portions with which they are in fitted engagement.

Claim 11

The rack of claim 7 in which the spacing means hold the elongated side walls downwardly against the lips and the shorter side walls downwardly against the beveled end portions of the elongated side walls.