A cable shortener apparatus for permitting the length adjustment of a cable having a certain incompressable diameter. The cable is arranged for supporting a sign carrier from an overhead support. The cable shortener apparatus may be comprised of a duplicate pair of generally rigid annular rings lockably engagable with one another. Each ring may have an inner arcuate hub flange which defines a fixed hub surface for receiving at least one wrap of a support cable. An annular edge on each of the rings is spaced apart from one another when the rings are mated together. The spaced apart annular edges defining a gap no wider than the diameter of the cable being wrapped about the hub of the shortener.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to cable or line shorteners and more particularly to cable shortener apparatus to permit the ready height adjustment of a ceiling suspended sign by said shortener apparatus arranged at a mid-point of said suspended cable, and is a continuation-in-part application of commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/037,314 filed Dec. 31, 2001 now abandoned, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/036,756 filed Dec. 31, 2001 now abandoned, which are each incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
