Device for fixing pipes, rods and other elongated bodies

A one-piece plastic device for fixing elongated, cylindrical items relative to an apertured support structure, said device includes a base portion, anchoring means vertically provided on the under side of the base portion, a U-shaped housing portion provided on the top side of said base portion and having a pair of opposed vertical walls, each of said walls carrying an engaging projection extending inwardly from each wall in opposed relation adjacent the free end of each wall, an initially V-shaped fitting piece capable of being hinged about the base line of the V and initally positioned above the open end of the U-shaped housing, said V-shaped fitting piece being defined by a pair of wings interconnected at the base of the V along said hinged base line and each wing being connected adjacent its upper extremity through a flexible resilient strap-like member with one of said vertical walls at a point spaced from the free end of the vertical wall, each of said wings being provided on its outboard surface with an engaging pawl, each wing having a first portion of one thickness in transverse section for a substantial portion of its length adjacent the hinged base line and thence provided with a radiused portion of greater thickness than said first portion adjacent the free end of each wing and projecting toward the other wing to define a recess when said wings are folded about said hinged base line toward one another into opposed relation, said wings, when folded, being received within the throat formed by said U-shaped housing portion with said pawls engaging said projections adjacent the free end of the adjacent arm, whereby an elongated rod or the like is introduced into the recess of the wings being captured when said wings are folded inwardly and positioned within the U-shaped housing portion.