Cable restraint
View Patent ↗Disclosed is cable restraint including a flexible and resilient cable retainer including a cable retaining body and a plurality of cable grips, the body and grips defining a cable cavity that is contoured to partially house a cable, a tie down portion extending from a tie down end of the cable retainer, the tie down portion being configured to allow association of the tie down portion with an electronic enclosure, a portability handle extending from the tie down portion, a plug enclosure including a first enclosure portion and a second enclosure portion that is hinged to the first portion, and the second portion being rotatable into enclosing association with the first portion to form and define a plug cavity for disposal of a plug and a plug opening that allows the plug to associate with the electronic enclosure, and a pull handle extending from the first end portion.
1. A cable restraint comprising:
a flexible and resilient cable retainer including a cable retaining body and a plurality of cable grips that extend from the cable retaining body, said cable retaining body and said cable grips defining a cable cavity that is contoured to partially house a cable, and defining a flexible cable entry opening that allows said cable to be disposed in said cable cavity;
a tie down portion extending from a tie down end of said cable retainer, said tie down portion defining a threaded cavity configured to allow threaded association of said tie down portion with an electronic enclosure;
a unit removal and portability handle orthogonally extending from said tie down portion;
a plug enclosure including a first enclosure portion and a second enclosure portion that is hinged to said first enclosure portion, said first enclosure portion extending from an enclosure end of said flexible cable retainer, and said second enclosure portion being rotatable into enclosing association with said first enclosure portion to form and define a plug cavity for disposal of a plug extending from said cable and a plug opening that allows said plug to connect with an outlet of said electronic enclosure; and
a pull handle extending from said first end portion, said pull handle defining a finger loop.
2. The cable restraint of claim 1 , wherein grip teeth extend into said plug cavity from an inner surface of said first enclosure portion and said second enclosure portion, said grip teeth being configured to grip said plug.
3. The cable restraint of claim 1 , wherein a plug snapping extension extends from said first enclosure portion and is associable with a plug snapping groove defined by said second enclosure portion to snap said first enclosure portion and said second enclosure portion together.
4. The cable restraint of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said plurality of cable grips is hinged to said cable body and includes a cable snapping extension that is associable with a cable snapping groove defined by at least one of said plurality of cable grips to close a portion of said cable entry opening and completely enclose a portion of said cable in said cable cavity.
5. The cable restraint of claim 1 , wherein said electronic enclosure is a power supply.
6. The cable restraint of claim 1 , wherein said first enclosure portion and said second enclosure portion define cable grooves.