Trunking

Claim 1

Trunking comprising an elongate channel member, an elongate cover member, the cover member releasably engaging and closing the channel member, the channel member having a base wall and first and second opposed side walls having free, elongate edge regions, said cover member having a top surface terminating in longitudinal side wall portions shaped to fit over said free edge regions of said channel member, connector means for connecting two, spaced apart cover members on at least one length of channel member, the connector means comprising opposed side walls joined by a top wall so dimensioned that the opposed side walls are a sliding fit over both the opposed side walls of said channel member and the opposed side walls of said cover member, said elongate edge regions of said channel member forming first engagement means for engaging said cover member, said cover member being provided with two elongate projections extending from the inner face thereof and substantially parallel to said longitudinal side wall portions, each longitudinal side wall portion and an associated one of said projections forming second engagement means for engaging the first engagement means, whereby said cover member can be placed on said channel member and snapped into engagement therewith by engagement of said second engagement means around said first engagement means, each side wall of said channel member having a first wall portion extending substantially normal to said base wall and a second wall portion including the elongate edge region spaced inwardly of said first wall portion such that when the channel member is closed by the cover member the external surfaces of the corresponding first portion of a wall of the channel member and a longitudinal edge portion of the cover member are in contiguous relationship, and the trunking further comprising retaining means for retaining cable and the like in said channel member, said retaining means comprising a longitudinal projection extending inwardly from each of said opposed side walls of said channel member and substantially parallel to said base wall arranged to support a cable retaining member extending across the channel member, and the cable retaining member is generally channel shaped having a generally planar central wall portion which is, in use, positioned in spaced-parallel relation to the top surface of said cover member, and side walls which extend from said generally planar central wall portion and are provided with edge portions engageable with said longitudinal projections.