Device for retaining cord-like objects, preferably flexible electrical cords and the like

Claim 3

Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part of the plate is substantially flat, for forming a surface substantially parallel to said opposed wall portion.

Claim 4

Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part of the plate comprises two limbs spaced by a cut-out for accommodating a cord.

Claim 5

Device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the limbs are provided at their extremities with portions projecting towards each other so that the cut-out is narrowed in the vicinity of these projecting portions.

Claim 6

Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part has an upper free portion with an outwardly curving shape to form a wider troughlike zone in conjunction with said opposing wall portion.

Claim 7

Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part has an upper free portion bent inward towards said opposing wall portion.

Claim 8

Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part is formed with at least three limbs for entrapping a said cord.

Claim 9

Device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the middle limb is somewhat longer than the remaining ones for facilitating the insertion of the appropriate portions of a cord.

Claim 14

Device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said yoke forms an angle with the plane of its supporting limbs, an upper portion of the intermediate limb similarly forming an angle to the plane of the limbs but is oriented in the opposite direction to and away from the yoke, whereby the yoke and the angled upper portion of the middle limb coact to form a locking portion for an entrapped cord portion intertwining through the spaces between the limbs.

Claim 15

Device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the limbs are made from a resilient material.

Claim 20

Apparatus comprising in combination: a skirting board fixed along the wall of a room; an elongate flexible cord to be carried along an edge of said skirting board; devices spaced along said cord and skirting board for retaining said cord against said skirting board, a said device comprising a plate, at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts, means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board such that the first part and flange face the side and edge of the skirting board, means including the second said part of the plate being for supporting the cord in extended condition along said skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped zone between said second part and an opposing portion of said wall, said zone being floored by said flange and skirting board edge, said flange aligning said device in relation to said edge of said skirting board, the width of said device measured along said cord and skirting board being relatively small for spacing apart plural ones of said devices along said skirting board to maintain alignment of said cord along said skirting board, said second part comprising at least three limbs for entrapping the cord, intermediate portions of said three limbs being spaced sideways from each other along the top edge of said first part for interweaving of said cord through the spaces therebetween, said limbs being resiliently bendable to facilitate said interweaving of said cord thereamong, the intermediate portions of said limbs normally being substantially in the same plane with said first part and extending fixedly upward from said first part and together occupying substantially the same width along said skirting board as said first part, the upper ends of said limbs being bent out of said plane with the bent upper end of the middle limb extending generally away from the bent upper ends of the two end limbs to help guide a cord to be inserted downward into interwoven relation with the intermediate portions of said three limbs, the bent upper end of at least one said limb being wider than the intermediate portion of said one limb so as to extend generally toward the next limb and at least partly close the top of the space separating the intermediate portions of said one and next limbs to releasably lock in the interwoven cord.

Claim 21

Apparatus comprising in combination: a skirting board fixed along the wall of a room; an elongate flexible cord to be carried along an edge of said skirting board; devices spaced along said cord and skirting board for retaining said cord against said skirting board, a said device comprising a plate, at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts, means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board such that the first part and flange face the side and edge of the skirting board, means including the second said part of the plate being for supporting the cord in extended condition along said skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped zone between said second part and an opposing portion of said wall, said zone being floored by said flange and skirting board edge, said flange aligning said device in relation to said edge of said skirting board, the width of said device measured along said cord and skirting board being relatively small for spacing apart plural ones of said devices along said skirting board to maintain alignment of said cord along said skirting board, said second part comprising at least three limbs for entrapping the cord, intermediate portions of said three limbs being spaced sideways from each other along the top edge of said first part for interweaving of said cord through the spaces therebetween, said limbs being resiliently bendable to facilitate said interweaving of said cord thereamong, the intermediate portions of said limbs normally being substantially in the same plane with said first part and extending fixedly upward from said first part and together occupying substantially the same width along said skirting board as said first part, the upper ends of said limbs being bent out of said plane with the bent upper end of the middle limb extending generally away from the bent upper ends of the two end limbs to help guide a cord to be inserted downward into interwoven relation with the intermediate portions of said three limbs, the bent upper end of at least one said limb being wider than the intermediate portion of said one limb so as to extend generally toward the next limb and at least partly close the top of the space separating the intermediate portions of said one and next limbs to releasably lock in the interwoven cord.