Appeal No. 1997-3403
Application No. 08/032,889
The disclosed invention is directed to a grommet which is
formed of an elastomeric material and is securable to an edge
of a panel or wall of an enclosure, at an opening or recess
through the enclosure wall defining an exit for a cable to
seal the recess around the cable when the cable has been
inserted therethrough, or to seal the recess if no such cable
is inserted at that particular recess. The grommet can have a
plurality of cable-receiving sections for sealing an array of
recesses. Each cable-receiving section of grommet includes a
vertical virtual slit from and through a thick top edge to a
thick bottom edge, with the slit being openable as a cable is
moved laterally into the section from the top edge and toward
the bottom edge, and which is somewhat stiffly elastic to grip
the cable and close off the recess around the cable. The
grommet is secured to the enclosure wall edge by receiving
into close fitting apertures respective upstanding wall
sections between the cable-receiving sections, latching
projections of the wall sections latch with latching recesses
of the grommet. The grommet may later be removed from the
edge if desired.
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