Inventors:
Patrick A. Wochnick - Portland OR, 97202
International Classification:
F16L 3137
US Classification:
248 73, 248 60, 248 62, 248 743
Abstract:
Apparatus for supporting a pipe including a base member having a pipe encircling support attached thereto. In one embodiment, the support includes a pair of opposed arcuate flexible gripping arms forming an arc of a circle into which the pipe may be inserted to grip the pipe and a holding clamp having a pair of opposed laterally spaced holding arms which fits around the outside of the gripping arms. In another embodiment, an elongate flexible strap having opposed first and second ends is secured to the base member. The strap has ratchet teeth formed along one side thereof and a latching mechanism on the strap adjacent one end through which the other end and a portion of the strap may move longitudinally. The latching mechanism includes a pawl yieldably biased toward the path of the strap to engage the ratchet teeth permitting movement of the strap in one direction and inhibiting movement in the opposite direction. The apparatus may include a supplementary connector adapted to be secured to a support structure, the supplementary connector having an opening formed therein adapted to receive and hold the base member therein.