Trap bracket assembly

Claim 1

For use in a cable television system having a coaxial cable extending coextensively with and supported by a support cable, with the coaxial cable being adapted to carry a plurality of television signals which are scrambled by scrambling signals injected therein, the continuity of the coaxial cable being interrupted by at least one tap from which the scrambled television signals may be directed via a drop line to subscriber's receiver, with filter traps contained in protective shields and connected in series in the drop line between the tap and the subscriber's receiver to filter out the scrambling signals, the improvement comprising: a trap bracket assembly for supporting said shields and the traps contained therein at a location proximate to said trap, said bracket assembly including: (a) a hanger bracket having a vertical segment, a lower segment extending horizontally from said vertical segment to define an L-shaped configuration, and an upper segment extending horizontally from said vertical segment to overlie said lower segment; (b) first connector means associated with said upper segment for detachably securing said hanger bracket to the support cable; (c) a plurality of vertically stacked clamp blocks underlying said lower segment, said clamp blocks having complimentary confronting sides configured to grip said shields therebetween and to maintain said shields in a mutually spaced parallel arrangement; and (d) second connector means for separably interconnecting said clamp blocks to each other and to said lower segment.