Carrier link having removable crossbar with opposite ends snap-fitted on cross-sectionally T-shaped protrusions

摘要

An elongated carrier for holding and protecting lengths of cable and hose includes a plurality of substantially identical links pivotally interconnected to one another in an end-to-end arrangement. Each link includes a pair of sidewalls and a pair of crossbars. The sidewalls has opposite upper and lower portions extending between opposite end portions and a pair of protrusions being cross-sectionally T-shaped and attached to and projecting toward one another from one of the opposite upper and lower portions of the sidewalls. Each protrusion has spaced apart opposite outer and inner portions, spaced apart opposite side portions extending between and forming outer and inner pairs of corners with the opposite outer and inner portions, and recesses defined respectively at the inner pairs of corners adjacent to the inner portion of the protrusion to provide the cross-sectional T-shape of the protrusion. The crossbars are vertically spaced apart and extend transversely between the sidewalls adjacent to the opposite upper and lower portions thereof so as to laterally space the sidewalls apart from one another. One of the crossbars is fixedly attached to and extends between the other of the opposite upper and lower portions of the sidewalls while the other of the crossbars is removable and cross-sectionally channel-shaped and has opposite ends removably snap-fittable over and partially about the outer portions and opposite side portions of the protrusions and into the pair of recesses at the one pair of corners of the protrusions.