Pipe clamp
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsGanesh KUMAR, Mahantesh S. GOKAVI
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Abstract
A pipe clamp includes a linearly extending base portion. The base portion has a channel in which a pipe is positioned when inserted into the pipe clamp. The pipe clamp further includes two walled portions that extend from longitudinal edges of the base portion. The pipe clamp may further include a curved flexible support member that includes a fixed end and a moveable end. The fixed end is rigidly attached to an inner surface of one of the walled portions. Further, the flexible member is such that it extends in a curved manner, initially extending away from the inner surface of the walled portion and then curving inwards toward the walled portion into a recess.
Claims10
A pipe clamp, comprising:
- a linearly extending base portion;
- a channel provided on the base portion, wherein the channel extends along a length of the base portion, with the channel being adapted to receive a pipe;
- a first walled portion and a second walled portion, each having an inner surface with a recess, wherein the first walled portion and the second walled portion extend from opposing ends of the base portion in a direction which is perpendicular to a plane in which the base portion is present, with the first walled portion, the second walled portion, and the base portion defining an insertion space;
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- a first curved flexible support member with a fixed end and a moveable end, wherein the fixed end is attached to one of the first walled portion and the second walled portion, and with the length of the first curved flexible support member extending from the fixed end into the insertion space with the flexible support member curving in a concaved path, with the moveable end being present in the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.