Cable fastener assembly

Claim 1

A BRAKE CABLE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH A HOLE IN A WORKPLACE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION AN ANNULAR CABLE HOUSING SHEATH MEMBER HAVING HELICAL GROOVES IN THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF AND SURROUNDINGLY DISPOSED TO CABLE WIRE MEANS FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREOF, GROMMENT MEANS HAVING AN ENLARGED HEAD OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID HOLE IN THE WORKPLACE AND HAVING A FIRST BORE OF SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH SURROUNDINGLY DISPOSED TO SAID SHEATH MEMBER AND ALSO HAVING A SECOND BORE LARGER THAN CABLE WIRE MEANS AND SMALLER THAN SAID FIRST BORE TO DEFINE AN INTERNAL SHOULDER, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID GROMMET MEANS BEING STEPPED TO PROVIDE AN END SHANK PORTION OF REDUCED OUTER DIAMETER AND A RELATIVELY LARGER TAPERED SHANK PORTION, AXIALLY ALIGNED GROOVE MEANS FORMED IN THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID FIRST BORE AND PROVIDING OPENINGS ADJACENT TO SAID HEAD, CABLE SHEATH AND GROMMET RETENTION MEANS COMPRISING SHEET MATERIAL MEANS OF GENERALLY ANNULAR SHAPE AND DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID CABLE SHEATH AND SAID GROMMET MEANS, ONE END OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL MEANS BEING FORMED WITH INTURNED FLANGES ARRANGED IN A HELICAL SCREW CONFIGURATION COMPLEMENTARY TO THE GROOVES IN SAID SHEATH FOR RECEIPT THEREOF, SAID ONE END BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID INTERNAL SHOULDER AND FORMED WITH STOP TAB MEANS TO PROVIDE LIMITED HELICAL SCREW ASSEMBLY OF ONE END OF SAID SHEATH THEREWITH, THE OTHER END OF SAID CABLE SHEATH AND GROMMET RETENTION MEANS BEING FORMED WITH HEAD MEANS FOR COOPERATION WITH THE HEAD MEANS OF SAID GROMMET MEANS, A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY ALIGNED SNAP-IN, FLEXIBLE, SPRING TAB ARMS STRUCK OUT OF AND FORMED IN SAID GROMMET AND CABLE SHEATH RETENTION MEANS AND LOCATED FOR EXTENSION THROUGH SAID AXIALLY ALIGNED GROOVES IN SAID GROMMET MEANS, THE END PORTIONS OF SAID SPRING TABS BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE RADIALLY INWARDLY THEN OUTWARDLY UPON PASSAGE THROUGH SAID HOLE IN SAID WORKPLATE FOR SPRING RETENTION AGAINST THE SIDE OF SAID WORK PANEL OPPOSITE TO SAID HEAD MEANS OF SAID GROMMET MEANS, THE WALL PORTIONS OF SAID GROMMET MEANS ADJACENT SAID GROOVE MEANS THEREIN PROVIDING A LIMITING SUPPORT FOR THE SPRING TAB ARMS PREVENTING UNDESIRABLE RADIAL DISTORTION THEREOF UNDER LOAD, AND MEANS FORMED IN THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CABLE SHEATH AND GROMMET RETENTION MEMBER PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED HELICAL UNSCREWING MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLE SHEATH AFTER ASSEMBLY THEREOF.