Cable clamp and strain relief device

Claim 1

In combination with a plate member having upper and lower surfaces and a pair of spaced apertures therethrough, a cable clamp and strain relief device comprising a body portion; a pair of depending resilient leg members respectively disposed at and connected to opposite transverse margins of said body portion, said leg members each having a distal end portion turned back on itself to form an acute angle with the depending portion, said device being adapted for connection to said plate member by insertion of said depending leg member respectively through said pairs of apertures from the top surface causing said distal ends to be compressed toward said depending portion during transit through said aperture and restoring after transit through said aperture to engage the lower surface of said plate member to resist withdrawal; said leg member turned distal end portions terminating in a rectangular central tab and adjacent shoulder portions which extend perpendicularly from each transverse side of said tab, whereby if said distal end portion is inserted sufficiently the tab underlies the lower surface of the plate member and a shoulder may underlie said lower surface when it is not possible to extend said tab portion wholly beyond said lower surface; and a spring arm attached to said body portion along the margin thereof at one longitudinal end, formed of the material of said body portion and turned back to underlie said body portion between said leg members and compressively retain a cable disposed between said body portion and said plate member.