PROTECTIVE SLEEVE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INTEGRAL CLOSURE MEMBER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF

摘要

A protective sleeve assembly for elongate members has a tubular wall with an inner surface providing a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends of the sleeve. The assembly includes at least one closure member laid-in with the tubular wall, such that at least a portion of the closure member within the tubular wall is moveable relative to the tubular wall. At least a portion of the wall inner surface is constricted toward the longitudinal axis to engage the elongate member upon pulling the closure member outwardly from the wall. The sleeve is expandable radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis to allow relative axial movement between the sleeve assembly and the elongate member by pulling the sleeve wall radially outwardly.