AU667792B1

AU667792B1 - The collar mount

Info

Publication number: AU667792B1
Application number: AU33016/95A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Long Ngo
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1995-10-03
Filing date: 1995-10-03
Publication date: 1996-04-04
Anticipated expiration: 2015-10-03

Description

P/00/0 1 1 28/W/91 Regulation 3.2

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 6 7 9

ORIGINAL

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Invention Title: The collarm mt The following statement is a full description of this invention, including thle best method of performing it known to me:- 4 i47. 4 p 2cq The Collar Mount This invention relates to improvements in wall mounts for supporting and housing electrical wiring.

Existing wall mounts for electrical wires are limited in application because wire plugs are fixed on at the time of manufacturing. The proliferation of different electrical plugs makes manufacturing corresponding wall mounts uneconomical if it is to cater for every type of plug. Another disadvantage of existing wall mounts is that they are intermediate points of connection, A separate wire with appropriate plugs are required for connection to an appliance. When the appliance is subsequently located elsewhere, this additional wire requires storage.

These problems are overcome by the present invention, which provides a wall mount consisting of two sets of collars which grips the wire and wire plug respectively through a series of serrations to prevent wire movement forward firom the recesses of the wall, the rear collar set is intended to grip and provide resistance to the wire while the firont collar set stabilises the wire plug, where each collar set is comprised of four segmented sections which are pressed into the wire surface and wire plug respectively, with half of each set of segmented collars being housed on a removable plate while the remaining are fixed onto the wall mount, where each set of segmented collars are positioned such that when the plate is united to the wall mount, the inner surfaces of each set of segmented collars forms the shape of the wire and wire plug respectively.

the wall mount.

The removable plate is designed to allow wire leads to be repositioned. It is held in place by two latches on the bottom of the plate and a pressureo te re operated lock o top. The entire wall mount is fixed into the wall by screws.

the shape of the wire and wire plug respectively.

the wall mount,

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.4 4 r I 1 I I Ey 3ci The segmented collars may form not only a cylindrical shape of a circular wire but also box shapes suitable for rectangular wire.

The collar mount and its supports may be made of any suitable material, such as moulded plastic or metal.

To assist with understanding the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which show a few examples of the invention.

In the drawings: FIG. 1 shows one example of the wall mounting device according to this invention.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up of half of two sets of segmented collar mounts that are identical to both the wall mount and the removable plate.

FIG. 3 displays how the series of right angled serrations grip the wire lead and plug.

S 2 FIG 4. shows the application of such a wall mount viewed from inside the wall.

FIG 5. shows variations of the invention.

0 Referring to FIG. 1 it can be seen that the invention consist of the wall mount device 1 and a removable plate 2. The wall mount is fixed onto the wall with screws 3. The removable plate locks securely into the wall mount through two latches on its bottom 4 and a 0o pressure operated lock on top 5. Half of the two sets of segmented collar mounts are fixed onto the wall mount 6 while the other half are on the removable plate 7. Half of the rear collar set is labeled 8 and half of the front set labeled 9.

30 Referring to FIG. 2 shows the series of serrations which are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a wire 10. The serrations are seen to have a cross section in the shape of a right-angled triangle 11 with its hypotenuse sloping down towards the front panel of the wall mount. This allows the wire to be pushed into the wall very easily while requiring A I I .I 4o the need to open the lid if the wire is to be extended outwards. The two segmented collars of the rear set 12 form a semi-circular shape which are designed to hug and grip the wire.

Both the wall mount and the removable lid each have semi-circular openings 13 which run along the base line of the beams.

FIG 3. shows that the inner set of segmented collar mounts 14 grip the wire while the outer set of segmented collar mounts 15 stabilises the wire plug.

FIG 4. incorporates a net 16 with hooks 17 which grips onto the rear side of the wall mount. Wire mount 18 holds the wire in place while also supporting the other end of the net. Any slack from the wire falls into the netting. A wire plug 19 which accidentally falls through into the wall will also be caught by the netting.

FIG 5. shows the inner surfaces of the segmented collar mounts forming a box shape and 21 to closely hug a rectangular wire 22. Multiple sets of wire mounts 23 can also be housed in the one wall mount.

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Claims

1. A wall mount consisting of two sets of collars which grips the wire and wire plug respectively through a series of serrations to prevent wire movement forward from the recesses of the wall, the rear collar set is intended to grip and provide resistance to the wire while the front collar set stabilises the wire plug, where each collar set is comprised of four segmented sections which are pressed into the wire surface and wire plug respectively, with half of each set of segmented collars being housed on a removable plate while the remaining are fixed onto the wall mount, where each set of segmented collars are positioned such that when the plate is united to the wall mount, the inner surfaces of each set of segmented collars forms the shape of the wire and wire plug respectively.

2. On all segmented collar mounts of claim 1, there are a series of serrations which are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wire, with a cross section the shape of a right- angled triangle, its hypotenuse sloping down towards the front panel of the wall mount to provide resistance to a wire being pulled forward.

3. The rear set of segmented collar mounts of claim I is sized to correspond with the wire width while the front set of segmented collar mounts of claim 1 is sized to correspond with the wire plug's width. 0 0

4. The wall mounting device of claims 1 to 4 is made of plastic. The wall mounting device of claim I to 4 is made of metal. a 0 4 6, A wall mounting device substantially as herein described with reference to the S° accompanying diagrams. I i i i r